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: The agency viewed such an analysis as unnecessary in light of its lack of discretion with respect to the rule, but stated that past evaluations indicated few if any small businesses would be affected. Choices: 1. The analysis was thought to be a conflict in interest. 2. The analysis was deemed unnecessary by the agency. 3. The agency recommended doing an analysis to find out if the rule had been broken. 

1