TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Context: 'Oh.  That sounds fun.  I'm getting ready to go camping with my family next weekend as well.  It will be the first time that my kids have gone camping with me.' 'Aw that will be a great time then 🙂 How old are your kids? ' 'My kids are 14 and 12.  So they're fairly independent - but I also know that they want to do a lot of cooking during our camping trip.  Thus, I think that I'm going to need more firewood as I expect that we'll be having a lot of fires while we're out.  How about you?  What are you planning to do on your camping trip?'
Utterance: 'Good ages. They should be able to help out. We're planning to do a big bonfire, maybe some smores, and hopefully find a lake. We're looking for extra firewood and water for the bonfire and to keep hydrated'

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Context: 'Ok, great!🙂 Just to recap, I'll get 2 water, 0 firewood, 2 food, you get the rest.' 'That's right.  Thanks for making this part of planning for the trip easy' 'same to you, enjoy the trip'
Utterance: 'Thanks, you as well. '

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Context: 'hi, we may be in luck then, i really would like water as i enjoy walking and hiking, i will require some firewood though so i can roast some s'mores' 'How many people are in your camping party?' 'i have 6, and 2 more could be joining us to make 8 '
Utterance: 'Cool! 🙂  It's a good number, we are planning on 10, but you never know on these.  What I do know is this group loves to eat and hike, plus it might get a little chilly.'

SOLUTION:
Yes