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]: The disease that the cat had was worse than the sickness that the dog had, therefore the _ died later.
[EX A]: sickness

[EX Q]: The hollyhocks in her garden needed plenty of sun and water to moisten the soil. She made sure to give them a lot of the _ .
[EX A]: water

[EX Q]: The woman developed eye strain from staring at the computer screen for too long, because the _ was cumulative.
[EX A]:
strain