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.

[Q]: Wanting to be comfortable, the woman placed a pillow on the sofa because the _ was stiff.
[A]: sofa


[Q]: My son didn't like the sports balls that he got compared to the discs, because the _ were second hand.
[A]: balls


[Q]: The songs sounded inferior on the recording, compared to the live performance.  The _ was high in energy.
[A]:
performance