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.

[EX Q]: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: yeah well they do well it it we found out that didn't work because we even even bought the expensive stuff and they looked at it like you've got to be kidding like you know what are you a fool paying that much money for this Choices:  1. We discovered even the expensive stuff didn't work and they laughed at us for paying a lot of money for this 2. We found out only the really expensive stuff work because they looked at it and told us that it worked. 3. We were really angry to find out that it didn't work and that we had spent so much money on it
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: The Temple Bar Gallery (Temple Bar) exhibits the work of up to 40 resident artists. Choices:  1. The Temple Bar Gallery is a popular venue. 2. As many as 40 artists have their work shown at the Temple Bar Gallery. 3. The Temple Bar Gallery no longer displays works.
[EX A]:
2

