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: Dissenters congratulate Quindlen for having moved beyond veiled autobiography. Sentence 2: Quindlen has been universally criticized. Genre: slate.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: GAGAS incorporate the AICPA's field work and reporting standards and the related statements on the standards for financial audits unless specifically excluded, as discussed in chapters 4 and 5. GAGAS incorporates the AICPA's general standard on criteria, and the field work and reporting standards and the related statements on the standards for attestation engagements, unless specifically excluded, as discussed in chapter 6. To meet the needs of users of government audits and attestation engagements, GAGAS also prescribe additional requirements to those provided by the AICPA for these types of work. Sentence 2: AICPA field work is usually incorporated by GAGAs. Genre: government.

SOLUTION: Y

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: i don't work my husband works nope i'm just one of those housewives Sentence 2: I knew I would have to pay the $19. Genre: telephone.

SOLUTION:
N

