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.

Q: Context: 'I am excited too. I really need food too. What other item is priority for you?' 'I also need water because we plan to do a lot of hiking. What about you?' 'Wow, I think we planned the same activities for our trip. I need water too 🙂'
Utterance: 'Haha well we'll be seeing a lot of each other then. Is water your number one or two priority?'

A: Yes
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Q: Context: 'ok i accept  ur thoughts.sharing is good habit' 'Perfect 🙂 I think that sounds like a good deal for both of us!' 'yes i deal with u'
Utterance: 'Ok so when we can submit, this will be the breakdown: '

A: Yes
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Q: Context: 'I am so excited to go camping!  I am planning a nice long walk in the woods to decompress from the hectic days of working.'
Utterance: 'I am too.  I've been thinking of this since COVID.  I hear we have some materials to share between the two of us.  What are you thinking?  For me, I am from the South so I get cold easily 🙂 so firewood is my main priority.'

A:
Yes
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