TASK DEFINITION: The input is taken from a negotiation between two participants who take the role of campsite neighbors and negotiate for Food, Water, and Firewood packages, based on their individual preferences and requirements. Given an utterance and recent dialogue context containing past 3 utterances (wherever available), output Yes if the utterance contains the small-talk strategy, otherwise output No. small-talk is a cooperative negotiation strategy. It is used for discussing topics apart from the negotiation, in an attempt to build a rapport with the opponent. For example, discussing how the opponent is doing during the pandemic or sharing excitement for the camping trip.
PROBLEM: Context: 'i have plenty of water, if you have firewood and some food' 'I have plenty of firewood. I need two pieces of food though for my hiking. ' 'one piece wouldn't be enough? i will give all the water'
Utterance: 'Nope, I need two. I can give you all of the firewood. '

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Context: 'I really wish I could take you up on that offer but I could really use some of that water as well. Perhaps, I can get one water while I'll give you some extra food.' 'okay so how about i take 2 waters 1 firewood and 2 food?' 'Are you sure that's enough firewood for you and the baby? I know that babies can easily get very sick from dropping temperatures.'
Utterance: ' would you mind then if i take 2 waters 2 firewood and 1 food? does that work for you?'

SOLUTION: No

PROBLEM: Context: 'Hi friend. 🙂 I'm going camping in the woods near my grandparents cabin. I'm inviting some friends along for a little bit of fun too because they have a guest house and a great field for tents. Would you like to come too? '
Utterance: 'Oh that sounds awesome. I am actually going camping with my grandparents and my children. So I would love to have 2 firewoods for them. They get cold easily so I would like a little extra to make sure they can stay warm throughout the evening. 🙂'

SOLUTION:
Yes