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: Evidently these trends became much more pronounced after I left the firm. Choices: 1. The trends were going up after someone met the firm. 2. The trends became much more pronounced after someone met the firm. 3. The trends were harder to understand after the meeting with the firm.

1