In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:The wooden A-frame house was unlike anything else in the area , and it had neither tower nor lantern room . Sentence 2:Instead , a lamp was hung in either gable : red on one end , and white on the other .
[EX A]: instead

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:Nickelodeon was a failure and continually lost money due to weak advertising sales and its inability to compete against its more successful rival , Der Kinderkanal . Sentence 2:As a result , Nickelodeon closed on 31 May 1998 .
[EX A]: as a result

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:A subsequent report focused on biosecurity , especially the so - called dual - use challenge . Sentence 2:For example , while synthetic biology may lead to more efficient production of medical treatments , it may also lead to synthesis or modification of harmful pathogens ( e.g. , smallpox ) .
[EX A]:
for example