Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: The implications of the downsizing of federal workforce over the past decade are also significant. Choices: 1. These implications may harm the unemployment rate by making it go up overall in the nation.  2. Implications of decreasing federal workforce over the past ten years is also significant.  3. The implications of downsizing federal workforce is unimportant and doesn't affect anything else. 

1