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: So let me assure you that this is in no way intended to deter any proceedings under way in the House of Representatives, no matter how idiotic. Sentence 2: There are proceedings in the House of Representatives every hour. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: From the bus station, signs in English point the way to the path winding along a stream, past many stalls and small shops selling Ohara's famous pickles, to the temple's massive front gate. Sentence 2: There were no riding centers at the Algarve. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Ad-git Prop Sentence 2: Schumer stands up to Wall Street and refuses to do as they say. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
N