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: Because while the dandy stands for beauty and elegance, he also stands for the restraint and self-discipline required to appear refined at all times. Sentence 2: The dandy is an antiquated, Victorian concept. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: US EPA, Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Policy. Sentence 2: The EPA has no office of policy. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Oh, yes, I was trying to convert you and knowing I'd failed already. Sentence 2: Of course, I tried to bring you over to our side, even knowing that I had not succeeded. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
Y