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: He shook his head. Sentence 2: "We're all too laid back now, if you ask me" said Tommy  Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Defenders argue that it's less idiotic than the current Medicare policy of subsidizing physician training, which has exacerbated the surplus. Sentence 2: Supporters counter this policy is less asinine than the current one. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: They were friends instantly with the quick unquestioning friendship of young ones not yet quite in adolescence, before even the first stains of adulthood began to make their appearance. Sentence 2: There would not be enough pro bono lawyers even if every lawyer in Texas did some pro bono work. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
N