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.
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Question: Sentence 1: The difference in labor costs for rural and city carriers has its roots in the development of the two crafts. Sentence 2: There are very strong arguments in favor of equal labor costs.

Answer: government


Question: Sentence 1: I didn't know whether to stare at the ceiling, pretend I saw nothing, or thank her for the free show. Sentence 2: I was in a quandary as to how to behave at that moment.

Answer: slate


Question: Sentence 1: Kindly answer my question.  Sentence 2: Please reply to me.

Answer:
fiction