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: James started to pant on his way to the park, so he branched his friend house and rest because the _ is far.

Answer: park


Question: While taking classes at the college, Sam bought the textbooks she needed and returned the notebook she didn't. The _ were necessary.

Answer: textbooks


Question: The tower was about to break so we replaced those boards with beams since the _ were old.

Answer:
boards