{ "Contributors": [ "Giannis Karamanolakis" ], "Source": [ "sst2" ], "URL": [ "https://aclanthology.org/D13-1170/" ], "Categories": [ "Sentiment Analysis" ], "Reasoning": [], "Definition": [ "In this task, you are given sentences from movie reviews. The task is to classify a sentence as \"POS\" if the sentiment of the sentence is positive or as \"NEG\" if the sentiment of the sentence is negative" ], "Input_language": [ "English" ], "Output_language": [ "English" ], "Instruction_language": [ "English" ], "Domains": [ "Reviews -> Movies" ], "Positive Examples": [ { "input": "It 's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi .", "output": "POS", "explanation": "The sentiment of the sentence is positive. Hence, the label is 'POS'." }, { "input": "Here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep .", "output": "NEG", "explanation": "The sentiment of the sentence is negative. Hence, the label is 'NEG'." } ], "Negative Examples": [ { "input": "A smart , witty follow-up .", "output": "NEG", "explanation": "Although the sentiment of the sentence is positive, the label is 'NEG'. Hence, the label should be 'POS'." }, { "input": "Ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine .", "output": "POS", "explanation": "Although the sentiment of the sentence is positive, the label is 'POS'. 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