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: Andrew took notes and asked his teacher lots of questions in class, and he thought that the _ helped him prepare for the test.

SOLUTION: notes

PROBLEM: The project analyst found a critical error in the business process flow chart, because the _ was observant.

SOLUTION: analyst

PROBLEM: John never mentioned his canoe, but had a long conversation with Ron about the raft, because John often used the _ .

SOLUTION:
raft