Definition: In this task, you're given a statement, and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence clearly disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3' corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: And yet the strength of these companies--each, by the way, now valued at stratospheric heights--is helping carry those around them. Choices:  1. The strength of the companies helps carry those around them. 2. The companies are unable to help carry those around them. 3. The companies are strong because they are making huge profits.

2