TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given two sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2, and the genre they belong to. Your job is to determine if the two sentences belong to the same genre or not. Indicate your answer with Y and N respectively. Genres available include: face-to-face, government, letters, 9/11, slate, telephone, travel, verbatim, oup, fiction. Sentences belonging to 'face-to-face' genres relate to conversations or dialogues, 'government' encompasses information released from public government websites, 'letters' refers to any written work for philanthropic fundraising, '9/11' relates to information pertaining to the 9/11 attacks, 'oup' includes non-fiction works on the textile industry and child development, 'slate' refers to any cultural topic that appears in the slate magazine, 'telephone' includes telephonic dialogue, 'travel' deals with information in travel guides, 'verbatim' includes short posts regarding linguistics, and 'fiction' includes popular works of fiction like 'The Secret Adversary' etc.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Anthony Hopkins plays the zillionaire communications baron whom Death enlists in the hope of understanding the human condition--an odd choice for a tour guide, since most people's condition doesn't involve personal helicopters, sprawling mansions on Long Island Sound, or Manhattan apartments that sport Olympic-size swimming pools. Sentence 2: Anthony Hopkins was not the first choice to play the rich communications baron. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The Postal Service has established the zones and the ZIP Codes that are now used by all carriers. Sentence 2: Postal Service mail codes have contributed to the digitization of carrier information. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Aspects of the system that could be tested through sampling might include verifying that the electronic recording of receipt and acceptance was supported by other sources. Sentence 2: We broke up six months ago. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
N