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: The river is 48 km (30 miles) long, and the 11.2-hour raft ride covers 5 km (3 miles) of navigable river that meanders through the lush countryside, where you can take in the verdant river banks and the peace and quiet. Sentence 2: Left-wing historians were unjustified in their defence of black culture. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: He watched the farmers, tradesmen, herders, and children finishing their day. Sentence 2: The camp was a sane and serene place. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: This last-comer came up the stairs so quietly that he was almost abreast of Tommy before the young man had realized his presence. Sentence 2: Richard Castle is the architect who built the Rotunda. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
N