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 hospital rejected the patient so they had to go to the clinic instead. The _ had inadequate facilities to help them.

A: hospital
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Q: Joe eats meat less often than he eats seafood because the _ is always older near the sea where he lives.

A: meat
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Q: The cat can only jump from the floor to the table and not to the top of the shelf because the _ is tall.

A:
shelf
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