TASK DEFINITION: You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
PROBLEM: The chef cooked all the eggplant in the wok. It cooked very quickly because the _ was very small.

SOLUTION: eggplant

PROBLEM: Erin got a massage every week to relax her muscles, but it didn't help much with her joints so the _ still ached.

SOLUTION: joints

PROBLEM: The training at the school didn't work out too well because the _ was lax.

SOLUTION:
school