TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a conversation and a question. You should categorize the question into matching, summary, logic, arithmetic and, commonsense groups. Matching is a question entailed or paraphrased by exactly one sentence in a dialogue. The answer can be extracted from the same sentence. Questions that cannot be answered by the surface meaning of a single sentence belong to the reasoning category. We further define summary, logic, arithmetic and, commonsense subcategories. Answering summary questions requires the whole picture of dialogue, such as the topic of dialogue and the relation between speakers. We require logical reasoning to answer logical questions. in arithmetic questions Inferring the answer requires arithmetic knowledge. To answer commonsense questions, besides the textual information in the dialogue, we also require additional commonsense knowledge that cannot be obtained from the dialogue. Note that a question can be in more than one group. "W" and "M" in the conversations stand for "woman" and "man".
PROBLEM: W: How's your dinner, sir? M: It's just fine. W: Can I bring you any thing? M: No, thanks. Everything's fine., Question: What does the man think of the dinner? (A) He thinks it's bad. (B) He thinks it's fine. (C) He thinks it's neither bad or fine.

SOLUTION: logic

PROBLEM: W: If I were you, I'd be more careful about locking the back door at night. M: Don't worry. No one will break in., Question: What does the woman worry about? (A) The man will not be able to sleep. (B) Someone will enter the back door while the man is sleeping. (C) The lock on the door will break.

SOLUTION: commonsense

PROBLEM: W: Good morning, sir. Can I help you? M: Yes, I'd like to see the manager. Here's my card. W: Thank you, Mr. Wang. Do you have an appointment? M: No, I'm afraid I don't. Is it possible for me to see him now? W: I'm afraid Mr. Li is engaged at the moment. Would you mind waiting? M: Well, how long will it be? W: About half an hour. M: That's too bad. I can't wait that long. I have another appointment at ten. W: Can the assistant manager meet you instead? M: No, I have discussed the details about the sales of our new equipment with manager on the telephone yesterday. W: Do you want to make another appointment? M: Yes, I suppose that's the best thing I can do for now. I'll be here on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Is that all right? W: Yes, I'll make a note of that and ask Mr. Li to confirm., Question: What did the man talk about with the manager yesterday? (A) The appointment today. (B) The sales of his new equipment. (C) The discussion with the assistant manager.

SOLUTION:
matching

