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: The object Annette had thrust into his hand was a small penknife, the blade open. Sentence 2: Do you use it frequently at home? Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Since the revaluation does not affect obligations incurred, but does affect net cost, an amount equal to the revaluation is recognized in determining the reconciliation between obligations incurred and net cost of operations. Sentence 2: Plastic surgery was performed to cause a particular forehead wrinkle. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: 1999: Harvard To Accept Mortal Kombat Scores in Place of SATs Sentence 2: I realized that John had fought with his mother prior to killing her. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
N