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: Plato, less interested in humans' inner states than in their behavior as members of the state, redefined the four humors in social  as artisans, guardians, rationals, and idealists. Sentence 2: Plato was interested in creating the ideal state. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Although unified budget surpluses increase national saving available for private investment, increasing federal spending on infrastructure, if properly designed and administered, can be another way to increase national saving and investment. Sentence 2: There is no way to determine the reliability of a system. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: For example, the high efficiency air conditioners in the commercial sector are assumed to cost less than in scenario A. This encourages a greater rate of market penetration as electricity prices rise in response to the emissions caps. Sentence 2: Air conditioners in the commercial sector are supposed to cost more than in scenario A. Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
Y