Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: Following the earl's death, Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle decided to inspire his fellow countrymen through a national gallery devoted to their heroes. Choices:  1. Thomas Carlyle opened a national gallery for the Scottish people. 2. If the earl didn't die, there would be no national gallery from Thomas Carlyle. 3. Thomas Carlyle was an English biologist who studied reptiles.

1