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: 'Hello there! How are you today?' 'I am fine . How about you?'
Utterance: 'I am doing well so far. 🙂 What items are of preference for you today?'
[A]: Yes


[Q]: Context: 'will you allow me to get 3 waters and you can have the 3 firewood and 2 foods? 🙂' 'yes i can agree to that, thats a good compromise' 'yay, thank you so much! to very I am getting 3 waters, 0 firewood, and 1 food?'
Utterance: 'i will be getting 3 firewood, 0 water and 2 food'
[A]: No


[Q]: Context: 'Hello there! How are you today?'
Utterance: 'I am fine . How about you?'
[A]:
Yes