Verbs speak loud: verb categories in learning polarity and strength of opinions

  • Authors:
  • Marina Sokolova;Guy Lapalme

  • Affiliations:
  • Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal;Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal

  • Venue:
  • Canadian AI'08 Proceedings of the Canadian Society for computational studies of intelligence, 21st conference on Advances in artificial intelligence
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We show that verbs reliably represent texts when machine learning algorithms are used to learn opinions. We identify semantic verb categories that capture essential properties of human communication. Lexical patterns are applied to construct verb-based features that represent texts in machine learning experiments. Our empirical results show that expressed actions provide a reliable accuracy in learning opinions.