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: 5 million worth of tickets Wednesday--a new high for single-day and opening-day grosses--but its $61. Sentence 2: Wednesday saw more tickets sold than any day ever. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The red colour was ebbing out of his face. Sentence 2: His face grew redder. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: I've spoken with them. Sentence 2: None of us have talked to them. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
Y