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: Hemmed in between the Apennine mountains and the sea, for centuries Genoa tended, like historic rival Venice on the east coast, to turn its back on Italy and seek its fortune on the high seas. Choices: 1. The city of Genoa is on the coast. 2. Genoa has always been intimately connected to the rest of Italy. 3. Genoa was historically more successful than Venice.

3