TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to classify the genre of the sentences from the 10 options displayed. Indicate your answer by entering the number of the choice as 1-10.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: I suppose you're right, she said. Sentence 2: I don't think that's correct. Choices: 1. FACE-TO-FACE, 2. GOVERNMENT, 3. LETTERS, 4. 9/11, 5. SLATE, 6. TELEPHONE, 7. TRAVEL, 8. VERBATIM, 9. OUP, 10. FICTION.

SOLUTION: 9

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Debt held by the public plus debt held by government accounts, such as budget trust funds, compose gross federal debt. Sentence 2: It is possible to alleviate public debt by injecting money into the economy. Choices: 1. FACE-TO-FACE, 2. GOVERNMENT, 3. LETTERS, 4. 9/11, 5. SLATE, 6. TELEPHONE, 7. TRAVEL, 8. VERBATIM, 9. OUP, 10. FICTION.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: But Dowd must have had a little trouble making her word  she hits Nexis (aka Columnist Helper) pretty hard, filling out her wicked but simple point with quotes from Alexander Woolcott, P.G. Sentence 2: Dowd uses Nexis a lot. Choices: 1. FACE-TO-FACE, 2. GOVERNMENT, 3. LETTERS, 4. 9/11, 5. SLATE, 6. TELEPHONE, 7. TRAVEL, 8. VERBATIM, 9. OUP, 10. FICTION.

SOLUTION:
4