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.

[EX Q]: The chef cooked all the eggplant in the wok. It cooked very quickly because the _ was very small.
[EX A]: eggplant

[EX Q]: Bill got a new king sized mattress but had to throw out his old queen bed frame because the _ was larger.
[EX A]: mattress

[EX Q]: The man ate more pasta than he did sauce because the _ had less acid.
[EX A]:
pasta