TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Context: 'hi are you getting ready for your camping trip too?' 'I am! I am looking forward to it so much since I haven't been able to go on any vacation due to Covid. I'm going camping with my husband and kids. Where do you plan to be camping?'
Utterance: 'we are going up to the mountain near the lake and it just me and my boyfriend glad to get out as well'

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Context: 'Camping yay!'
Utterance: 'Hello! how are you? hoping today is finding you well. I was wondering if I can get all 3 of your Firewood, I am willing to trade for all 3 waters. I am camping with 40 kids, its our annual youth camp. its rainy season too, I really want to ensure I have enough dried wood with us. need lots of firewood for the amount of cooking I will be doing, keep the camp warm, and specially to keep those pesky bugs away. what do you think?'

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Context: 'Camping yay!' 'Hello! how are you? hoping today is finding you well. I was wondering if I can get all 3 of your Firewood, I am willing to trade for all 3 waters. I am camping with 40 kids, its our annual youth camp. its rainy season too, I really want to ensure I have enough dried wood with us. need lots of firewood for the amount of cooking I will be doing, keep the camp warm, and specially to keep those pesky bugs away. what do you think?'
Utterance: 'I could really use the firewood too, it will be very cold where we are going. Since it will be cold, we will not be drinking much water. How about 2 firewood for you, 3 food for me?, '

SOLUTION:
No