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: This is the only city in the world to have been the capital of both an Islamic and a Christian empire. Sentence 2: No Christian empire was ever based in this city. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: and i've bought you know i've bought greeting cards that are made out of recycled paper and i think they're just fine Sentence 2: GAO will give out 500 different products.  Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: By the end of the 20th century, Poland had joined NATO, and a decision on EU membership was expected by 2003. Sentence 2: Sinic civilization has a rich language and history. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION:
N