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: Among many native peoples, the elderly are cherished and respected for their funny smell. Sentence 2: In native societies, there is no respect for the elderly. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Continue along the Quai Saint-Nicolas to the Musee Alsacien at num?­ber 23, a group of 16th- and 17th-century houses appropriate to the colorful collections of Alsatian folklore. Sentence 2: It is impossible to view houses from the 16th century, as no examples still exist.  Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: This effect depends in part on how the borrowed funds are used. Sentence 2: Borrowed funds produce many effects  Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
Y