TASK DEFINITION: You are given a conversation between two people. 'Person1:' and 'Person2:' are used to separate their respective dialogues. You are required to assign a label 'formal' if there is an absence of emotion and a presence of questions anywhere within the conversation. If such pattern is not found assign the label 'informal'.
PROBLEM: Person1: I don't know what to do about the people who live in the flat above me !
Person2:Why ? What are they like ?
Person1: They're incredibly selfish . They ' re always up until the wee hours of the night playing their music so loudly that I have to wear earplugs in order to fall asleep !
Person2:Have you ever talked to them about it ?
Person1: I tried to introduce myself to them when they moved in , but they were so arrogant that I didin't want to ever talk to them again !
Person2:What did they say ?
Person1: They both just talk about how great they are all the time .
Person2:They soud like the neighbours from hell !
Person1: They are ! Besides being loud and arrogant , they're also terrible gossips . They're always talking about everybody else in the apartment .
Person2:I thought you didn't talk to them much .
Person1: I don't , but they talk so loudly that I can hear what they're talking about from my bedroom - and it's not very nice .
Person2:What do the other people in your apartment think about them ?
Person1: Most of my other neighbours are scared of them .
Person2:Maybe you should think about moving .
Person1: I can't afford to move right now .
Person2:Well , perhaps you should have a party and try to get to know them better . Maybe once you get to know them , they'll turn out to be more sensitive .
Person1: I think you're being a bit optimistic . If you met them , you'd understand .
Person2:Well , I don't know what else you could do then . Do you think bribing them with chocolate would work ?

SOLUTION: informal

PROBLEM: Person1: Look ! It ' s the start of the Olympic Games .
Person2:So what ?
Person1: You want to watch , don ' t you ?
Person2:Not really . I couldn ' t careless about the Olympic Games .
Person1: Please yourself .

SOLUTION: formal

PROBLEM: Person1: Hey , there ' s Leo . I wonder why he ' s walking arm in arm with that young woman .
Person2:It ' s as plain as the nose on your face . They ' re dating each other .
Person1: You ' re pulling my leg ! She must be thirty years younger than Leo . Talk about robbing the cradle !
Person2:Well , you can bet this relationship ' s going to be a flash in the pan .
Person1: It must have been love at first sight because I know he didn ' t have a girlfriend last week .
Person2:I think you are absolutely right . Actually , my father proposed to my mother after knowing her only two weeks . They got married a month later .

SOLUTION:
informal