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: uh-huh well that sounds fantastic Sentence 2: It is impossible to figure out what the point of view is. Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Observers searched in vain for an economically rational explanation for Barro's change of heart. Sentence 2: Mr. Carter enjoyed the lively conversation and would always have his say.  Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: They will also guide our assessment of other proposals, including S. 556. Sentence 2: They are going to provide insight into our thoughts about proposals. Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
Y