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: The call was a hoarse, urgent whisper, and the youngster bounded to the open window. Sentence 2: The scream made the old man open the door. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The town has a high percentage of Nubians in its population; these people, though fully integrated into Egyptian society, remain proud of their separate cultural identity. Sentence 2: There are no Nubians residing in the town.  Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: These groups give workers a selection of plans and reduce paperwork hassles for employers. Sentence 2: There was a relationship which was reformed in 1999. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
N