Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism. Choices:  1. The Yamato court received copies of sacred images and scriptures before leaving Korea. 2. The Japanese would never have embraced Buddhism if not for the documents they received from the Koreans. 3. The Japanese remained in the Korean peninsula after the sixth century.

1