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]: The pine trees were still green in December, but the oak trees were not, because the _ keep their leaves in fall.
[A]: pine trees


[Q]: The message with its number of bytes could not be sent in an email using the same internet connection because the _ is weak.
[A]: connection


[Q]: The grammar guide dictated that the semicolon should be used in this sentence, because the _ was appropriate.
[A]:
semicolon