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: As the empire receded, colonized populations from North and Central Africa, Indochina, and elsewhere began to move to France and alter the French identity once more. Choices:  1. The empire just kept getting bigger. 2. The empire recede in Northern AFrica. 3. The empire recede.

1