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: 'how about 2 food for me, 2 water for you?' 'How about 2 food for me, 2 water for me, and you can have everything else' 'okay 2 food & 2 water for you 🙂'
Utterance: 'great, that sounds good'

A: No
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Q: Context: 'ok, so what at I get 2 firewood and you get 1 so you can cook your fish.' 'I'll really need 2 firewood if we do this.' 'I need the firewood also because this campsite is bare and the little bit of wood I did have a raccoon came and stole it.☹️'
Utterance: 'Okay, how about I get 1 food, three water, and 1 firewood?'

A: No
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Q: Context: 'I would really like some extra firewood to keep the chill off on those cold  nights.🙂' 'Me too. It has been rather cold lately! But I am also really interested in water.'
Utterance: 'I don't need the water as much.  How about I get 2 firewood and you get 2 water?'

A:
No
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