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: 'You can take 2 firewood and 1 water.' 'okk thank you' 'That is okay for me, hope you can utilize that.'
Utterance: 'yes'

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Context: 'Yes' 'It sounds like we are going to have a really good weekend!  I'm pumped up!  We'll have enough firewood to keep warm, lots of water, and food as well!' 'Excellent'
Utterance: 'Thanks for coming along!  I'm glad we are going to have plenty of supplies.'

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Context: 'Rock on.. we love fish.. well at least I do 🙂  Not sure about everyone else.. but if not, oh well, more fish for me 🙂' 'Well if they don't like fish more for us :) So we are 100% agreed now?' 'Yes.. absolutely.. I'll put the deal together now 🙂'
Utterance: 'Thank you, been great chatting to you. Lets enjoy the trip!'

SOLUTION:
Yes