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: But don't fret, son. Sentence 2: Don't worry, kid. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: You brought me to life again with a mandrake root and spells; you can do anything you want with me. Sentence 2: You may have brought me to life but you can't do whatever you want with me. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: um we've got a couple of portable lap top PCs at the office that i end up bringing one of them home a lot Sentence 2: The evolution of syntax made us human. Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION:
N