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: 'Hi there fellow camper!'
Utterance: 'Howdy 🙂 How are things?'
[A]: Yes


[Q]: Context: 'I see. I do need at least 1 food package because I will be spending lots of calories working. But I can give you all the water.' 'How about this, you get one firewood and one food, and I get all the water?' 'No, sorry. How about you get one firewood, two food and all the water?'
Utterance: 'I really need the two food if I only have one firewood.'
[A]: No


[Q]: Context: 'Hi there! I was looking for 3 extra packages of food and 3 packages of firewood.' 'We can work a deal out. How's your day? 🙂'
Utterance: 'It's good, thank you 🙂 Which package is the most important for you to have on your trip do you think?'
[A]:
Yes