Two analogies that signify affordances are given in the form "A : B. C : ?". Affordance is the possibility of an action being done on an object, for example book is an affordance of writing. The phrase "A : B" implies that B is an affordance of A. Your task is to replace the question mark (?) with the appropriate affordance of the given action C, following the "A : B" relation. Your answer should be a single object without further explanation.

[EX Q]: sing : song. say : ?
[EX A]: word

[EX Q]: carry : burden. operate : ?
[EX A]: machine

[EX Q]: fire : employee. hire : ?
[EX A]:
employee