Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story incoherent / implausible by indicating 1 or 2 in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes less sense.
Q: Beginning: Mark was having trouble paying all of his bills. Middle 1: Mark's friends loaned him some money. Middle 2: Mark's friends gave him some bills. Ending: Mark was so grateful and he thanked them.
A:
2