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! Which items are important to you?' 'Food is the most important to me because I need to eat more often so that I can take my medications.  '
Utterance: 'Yeah, that is important. I do not have a problem letting you have more food than me.'

A: No
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Q: Context: 'i am an avid water drinker. i can afford to give you 2 water for three firewood though' 'I have alot of children, and those little rascals can chug water like there is no tomorrow, will you allow me to get the 3 waters and you can have 2 firewood and and 3 foods, what do you think?' 'i need the firewood because i tend to catch a cold easily and also scared of the dark. i can give you 2 water and 2 food for 3 firewood and i food'
Utterance: 'will you allow me to get 3 waters and you can have the 3 firewood and 2 foods? 🙂'

A: No
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Q: Context: 'Hello!' 'Hello, how are you doing today?'
Utterance: 'i am doing great! how about you?'

A:
Yes
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