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: There were footsteps on the stairs above them, and voices. Sentence 2: I've never heard of fixing the motor that way that is quite surprising.  Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Among many native peoples, the elderly are cherished and respected for their funny smell. Sentence 2: In native societies, there is no respect for the elderly. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: During the past decade, Serbia has taken advantage of this version of its World War II history to make common cause with Israel. Sentence 2: Serbia has worked to sever ties with Israel over the last decade Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
Y