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 lecture failed to present a good argument, but the essay did, as the _ was unclear in its meaning.
[A]: lecture


[Q]: Yesterday at the barn we removed the apples from the bags because the _ were too large.
[A]: apples


[Q]: Amy tried to spread the cake icing all over the cake but the _ was not enough.
[A]:
icing