TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to write a single word that describes the genre that the two sentences belong to, such as face-to-face, government, letters, 9/11, slate, telephone, travel, verbatim, oup, fiction.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: they just um they just send me everything and pick it up courier or whatever so you know Sentence 2: They don't send me anything, unfortunately. 

SOLUTION: telephone

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Exactly, said Poirot.  Sentence 2: Poirot adamantly agreed.

SOLUTION: fiction

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The story is oddly competitive, keeping score between the genders on strength, agility, and aggression, and mischievously wondering which sex should rule. Sentence 2: The story bids between genders and questions whether males or females must rule.

SOLUTION:
slate