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]: We could not hear the dog bark since we were watching the television and the _ is loud.
[EX A]: television

[EX Q]: Tai needed to hire a contractor, either licensed or unlicensed, but the _ was too expensive.
[EX A]: licensed

[EX Q]: Wanting to be comfortable, the woman placed a pillow on the sofa because the _ was stiff.
[EX A]:
sofa