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: yeah they sound familiar i probably saw parts of those you know a lot of times i'll watch i'll start watching a movie and i'm tired and it next thing you know it's it's especially if there's commercial in it Sentence 2: The program failed to collect any statistical data early on. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: However, at the risk of being labeled a troglodyte, may I suggest that if you scratch the surface of that picture you might find that a few rays of sunshine still remain for hard copy mail. Sentence 2: It was hard to derive a full sky in his calculations. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Kutchins and Kirk claim that the DSM isn't a true account of mental illness because it's informed by particular social values. Sentence 2: Kutchins and Kirk think the DSM is perfect. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
Y