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: Anthony Hopkins plays the zillionaire communications baron whom Death enlists in the hope of understanding the human condition--an odd choice for a tour guide, since most people's condition doesn't involve personal helicopters, sprawling mansions on Long Island Sound, or Manhattan apartments that sport Olympic-size swimming pools. Sentence 2: Anthony Hopkins was not the first choice to play the rich communications baron. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: You can view it from the building opposite before going behind the temple to see the sacred bull, stained deep vermilion by the libations of its worshippers. Sentence 2: One of the best places to see traditional Malay life with its rich Muslim culture is on the northeast coast of Malaysia, especially between Kuantan and Kota Bharu. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: yeah i mean they've been they've been young for a while and they're almost almost starting to age a little bit here i just um yeah they they're they're really hurting pitching wise i mean they've got Ryan but you know who knows Sentence 2: The man says that the other people are hurting, pitching wise. Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION:
Y