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.

[EX Q]: John took a sip of the milk and spat it on the food in front of him. The _ is putrid.
[EX A]: milk

[EX Q]: Ruth wanted to invest her money in either stocks or savings.  She chose to invest in the _ because she wanted to take a risk.
[EX A]: stocks

[EX Q]: He had tonsillitis so he bypassed herbs and used lozenges instead since the _ were discouraged.
[EX A]:
herbs