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: 'I also worried about those two items, especially water.' 'Yes, they say it supposed to be really hot the next few days.' 'yes, how do you suggest we share these resources?'
Utterance: 'Tell me, how stocked up are you on food and firewood?'

A: No
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Q: Context: 'How are you preparing yourself to the camping trip?' 'I am trying to gather supplies for the trip. What about you?' 'I am also checking my list and updating it. How is your progress going?'
Utterance: 'Its good! I am looking forward to the activites i'll be doing, such as campfires.'

A: Yes
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Q: Context: 'we both have the same high value priority. what is number 2 for you? thanks' '🙂 Food' 'me 2 lol, what if you got 2 of the water and me 1 but then i could do 2 of the food and firewood and things would kind of even out with that arrangement.'
Utterance: 'Yes, that would be fair. How much of Firewood would you need?'

A:
No
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