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: Another site looking to cash in on the campaign is www.gore2000.com . It's not officially affiliated with the Gore campaign, but the site sells a wide array of Gore paraphernalia--everything from buttons to gourmet coffee. Sentence 2: Fans of my article will be shown a few paragraphs to get them interested in reading the whole thing. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: 'Are you suggesting that I am in some way blunted? Addled? Damaged? Less than a man? Is that what you mean to say, sir, because if it is then I appeal to you to come straight out and say it. Sentence 2: "You can obtain a broom near the entryway, younger sister." Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The big house near the sea, you mean?" Tommy assented brazenly. Sentence 2: Summerhaye was sarcastic with his observation of the situation. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
N