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: It's just my stupidity and lack of understanding what could happen, he said.  Sentence 2: Australia and Canada make sure their program managers are accountable.  Genre: government.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: In my view, it's not on the issue of whether they should be recorded as compensation expense; it's more a matter of how it should be done. Sentence 2: There are exciting water sports at unpopular resorts. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: What an awful place Piccadilly Circus is. Sentence 2: She thought that Piccadilly Circus was not very nice. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
Y