The input is taken from a negotiation between two participants who take the role of campsite neighbors and negotiate for Food, Water, and Firewood packages, based on their individual preferences and requirements. Given an utterance and recent dialogue context containing past 3 utterances (wherever available), output Yes if the utterance contains the small-talk strategy, otherwise output No. small-talk is a cooperative negotiation strategy. It is used for discussing topics apart from the negotiation, in an attempt to build a rapport with the opponent. For example, discussing how the opponent is doing during the pandemic or sharing excitement for the camping trip.

[Q]: Context: 'Hello there 🙂' 'Hello, I hope we can work together on an offer that benefits both of us. Do you think it's OK?🙂'
Utterance: 'Yes definitely!  I am pretty easy to work with and would like a deal that will help us both out as much as possible.'
[A]: No


[Q]: Context: 'Hello partner  How are you today?' 'Oh, I'm a bit ill, fever, chills.'
Utterance: 'SO do I😮!!!  That is not good.'
[A]: Yes


[Q]: Context: 'That's good.  Best way to stay healthy is with water.  How about you take 1 water and all the firewood?' 'I need at least one ration of food.  Would it be ok with me:  3 firewood and 1 each of food and water.  If you are ok with that, I am too.' 'Sure, that sounds like a nice deal.'
Utterance: 'That's awesome.  Sounds like we need to set the deal up.'
[A]:
No