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.

Q: Statement: A Washington Post piece bathed her in golden  She hopes to go to graduate school in sociology, she's scrimping because she doesn't want to burden her parents financially, she is so much a hostage to the media that she couldn't attend her own mom's wedding, and--the icing on the cake--she has taken up knitting. Choices:  1. The New York Times was the newspaper that opted to bathe her in gold. 2. She wanted to study sociology in graduate school so that she could explain people's behaviors. 3. She didn't want to put the financial burden on her parents so she took to scrimping and extreme saving.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: When you hear that despite the fact that he has economists who know better, the Justice Department's Joel Klein apparently either believes or chooses to claim that this case is about path dependence, you start to wonder. Choices:  1. Joel Klein is lying about the case, and it's obvious why. 2. Joel Klein's claim that the case is about path dependence is fully backed up by his economists. 3. Joel Klein says that this case is about path dependence, even though the economists who work for him know that isn't true.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Seconds passed while he interpreted his strange surroundings. Choices:  1. He was in a completely new place. 2. He didn't take time to interpret his surroundings. 3. He took a few seconds to check out his surroundings.

A:
3
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