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: Popular, too, is the game of caroms, played by flicking checkers on a square board with corner pockets. Choices: 1. The game is played by throwing stones on a round board. 2. The game of caroms is rather popular too. 3. Many tourists try to learn the game of caroms every year.

3