Detailed Instructions: 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.
Problem:Statement:  The cloud of glowing stuff from the rising air column was spreading out now, reflecting the light and heat back to the earth. Choices: 1. Light and heat were spread back to the ground from the glowing cloud. 2. The glowing cloud did not spread but remained stationary, quietly floating over the ground.  3. The cloud flickered a strange orange color, as if controlled by an unseen force.
Solution:
3