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: You should always pay attention to your instincts." Sentence 2: The embassies and government buildings are closely located. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: well you it's it's kind of funny um i know a lot Sentence 2: It is funny that I know a lot.   Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: United States General Accounting Office Office of Special Investigations Washington, DC 20548 Sentence 2: The General Accounting Office of Special Investigations is in Washington. Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
Y