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: right you can't just wear your sweats and an old T-shirt and Sentence 2: I guess if you are being paid to do it it becomes more like a vocation. Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Although Funchal has its share of pubs, bars, discos, and even a well attended casino with revues, most visitors don't come to the island for evening entertainment. Sentence 2: If you get caught with a firearm, it is fine, no problems.  Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Arts policy is, unquestionably, a mess. Sentence 2: The arts policy is definitely unclear. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
Y