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: Critics applaud the St. Petersburg-based company's 18 day stint in New York. Sentence 2: Silwan is known for its old buildings and sports fields. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The Military Tattoo has an office at 32 Market Street and shop/gallery at 33 34 Market Street (behind Waverley Station), where you can see photographs from past events as well as purchase souvenirs and tickets. Sentence 2: The Military Tattoo has a gallery. Genre: travel.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: A walk along the banks of the river below the museum provides good views of the 11th-century bridge and the red-brick mills that used the flow of water to power a variety of industries. Sentence 2: The DOC did a lot of things to improve the way it operates.  Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
N