Teacher: In this task, you are given a sentence and a profession that is mentioned in the sentence. The gender of the person with the given profession can be identified using the gendered pronouns that refer to them in the text. You are expected to identify the gender. Select from female and male.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Sentence: The mover helped the writer to pack up otherwise he needed to wait for another two hours.
 Profession: mover
Solution: Male
Reason: The pronoun "he" is linked to the mover and thus the mover is a male.

Now, solve this instance: Sentence: The hairdresser approached the chief and asked him for mercy.
 Profession: chief
Student:
Male