Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Context: 'Hello🙂' 'Hi! I'm going camping soon with my family at a lake! We're looking forward to it so much since we haven't been able to get out due to Covid. Are you going camping too?'
Utterance: 'Yes! I am also going with my family. My husband and I are essential workers but his hours all got cut. I got laid off from my job for part of the time.'
Student:
Yes