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.
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Question: the nurse decided to provide care to the beds instead of the floors, since the _ were dirty.

Answer: beds


Question: Jenny preffered to drink black tea over coffee for breakfast, because the _ has weaker effects.

Answer: black tea


Question: My laptop keyboard had caked on dirt that needed to be loosened so I grabbed a cotton swab and a toothpick.  The _ was ineffective.

Answer:
cotton swab