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 engineer created robots to replace the algorithms at solving the puzzle. The _ were more advanced.

Answer: robots


Question: The songs sounded inferior on the recording, compared to the live performance.  The _ was high in energy.

Answer: performance


Question: My friend Jose always came to my house less he went to Sam's home, because the _ was closer to him.

Answer:
home