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: Once a cathedral, the 13th-century Basilique Notre-Dame can be hard to find among the narrow cobbled streets of the old town. Sentence 2: The Basilique Notre-Dame was almost demolished by a powerful earthquake in the 17th century. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: We seek, through our strategic and annual planning process, to lead by example by being a model for implementation of GPRA. Sentence 2: We seek to lead through example by being a model for gpra.  Genre: government.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: So let me assure you that this is in no way intended to deter any proceedings under way in the House of Representatives, no matter how idiotic. Sentence 2: There are proceedings in the House of Representatives every hour. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION:
Y