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: Historically the stronghold of merchants and royalty, today it remains the home of commerce and government. Choices: 1. The governor lives there today and there are several large corporations. 2. The stronghold only historically belonged to the home of commerce and government. 3. Today it's a place with a lot of business and government activity.

1