You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
Example: The kid on the street is ____ soccer
Example solution: playing
Example explanation: This is the original sentence 'The kid on the street is playing soccer' So, we have correctly predicted the missing word to be 'soccer'

Problem: in the court showing his merchandise was a tradesman who had been admitted with ____ same precautions the baroness ascended the steps she felt herself strongly infected with the sadness which seemed to magnify her own

Solution: the