The input is taken from a negotiation between two participants who take the role of campsite neighbors and negotiate for Food, Water, and Firewood packages, based on their individual preferences and requirements. Given an utterance and recent dialogue context containing past 3 utterances (wherever available), output Yes if the utterance contains the small-talk strategy, otherwise output No. small-talk is a cooperative negotiation strategy. It is used for discussing topics apart from the negotiation, in an attempt to build a rapport with the opponent. For example, discussing how the opponent is doing during the pandemic or sharing excitement for the camping trip.

[Q]: Context: 'Ok I hope you are okay with that. Please confirm!' 'Okay, I will confirm that. Thanks! 🙂' 'That is great! it was so easy to work with you'
Utterance: 'You too, this was real easy to do! 🙂'
[A]: Yes


[Q]: Context: 'I think that sounds pretty good.  I look forward to singing songs around the fire and going on extra hikes. ' 'fantastic! and i look forward to getting my kids noses out of the electronics! ' 'I hear that. I think all of us could use a "digital detox" from time to time.  '
Utterance: 'Especially right now when everything is closed with the COVID pandemic! '
[A]: Yes


[Q]: Context: 'Good. I am diabetic so would like to take 3 of the food' 'I would do that but our meat spoiled because the ice box was not properly closed. How about you get 2 of the meat, and I get 3 of the water?' 'ok I will just be able to get by with 2 of the food, I can give you all 3 of the water if I can take 2 of the wood. I have panic attacks in the dark.'
Utterance: 'Okay that works for me as well.'
[A]:
No