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: 'I am about to go on a charity event with a kid from the make a wish foundation, I would like to get some firewood and maybe some food for his trip so he wont be cold and hungry at least.' 'I can give you 2 units of food. How much firewood do you need?' 'I was thinking about 2 units of firewood and 1 unit of food and one unit of water, what are you going to be needing this for?'
Utterance: 'I can do that. I am going camping in the fall with my family so we need a lot of food. We're camping by the lake so if you want I can give you an extra unit of water.'

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Context: 'no i think i need 2 waters' 'That will be very difficult for me. I have a condition that requires water all the time.' 'Same thing here. Also i only need 1 food so can i get 2 waters'
Utterance: 'Let me see the best offer for us then. I hope you will be okay.'

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Context: 'What type of place are you thinking of going camping to? Like what is the climate/area? More desert or forest, etc?' 'Forest, for sure. Deserts have scorpions and tarantulas and I'm scared of those.' 'Amen! Me too! 🙂 I too was thinking of going to the forest. Is your forest going to be wet or pretty dry?'
Utterance: 'It'll be pretty dry. I don't want to catch a cold. '

SOLUTION:
Yes