TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: He kicked the ball towards the hoop, but he missed it, because the _ stopped.

SOLUTION: ball

PROBLEM: The disease that the cat had was worse than the sickness that the dog had, therefore the _ died later.

SOLUTION: sickness

PROBLEM: She cut into the jello with a fork which was easy because the _ is soft.

SOLUTION:
jello