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: hum-um it should be never it should that should have a cutoff time just like uh uh statutes of limits and everything all that other stuff you know they they should have like within one year so that they'd have enough time for an appeal and uh you know get that stuff out of the way and if it's turned down the the you know after that if if two people have said it then two is enough Sentence 2: There was a lack of topics to communicate about during free time.  Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: My security clearance was shaky at best, but the guards knew who I was. Sentence 2: The guards knew me. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: For example, EPA's web site provided detailed information on its 1999 proposed rules on lead and lead compounds and other persistent bioaccumulative toxins. Sentence 2: Information about the EPA and its 1999 proposed rules on leads and other toxins is available by brochure only. Genre: government.

SOLUTION:
Y