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: While publicly accusing Republicans of tactics aimed at gaining political advantage, Democrats privately gloat that the tactics will give Democrats a political advantage. Sentence 2: Republicans boast that their approach will give them an advantage. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: It's downright impossible for anyone to get here quicker than we did. Sentence 2: The man had nothing to drink. Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory.  Sentence 2: People always agree with each other when they give evidence.  Genre: fiction.

SOLUTION:
Y

