instruction:
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.
question:
Chris changed out of his basketball shorts into swimming trunks before jumping in the river, because the _ were looser.
answer:
shorts


question:
I am allergic to avocados, so I avoid guacamole everywhere we go because I do not like the taste of the _ .
answer:
guacamole


question:
I gave my dad a new phone and he liked it better than his tablet, because the _ was mint.
answer:

phone