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.

[Q]: John was dancing to the song of the parrot until when the television come on and the _ is louder.
[A]: television


[Q]: Steven's teacher made him redo the homework assignment, because he had failed to understand the _ .
[A]: assignment


[Q]: The chef prohibited both machetes and butter knives, as the _ were too dull to use properly.
[A]:
butter knives