Sentiments Results Schema for JSON

The SentimentsResults schema describes the structure of the JSON data returned from the Sentiments application by the SDK or the Portal.

Definition

The SentimentsResults schema is defined as:

• array[SentimentResult] – The list of sentiments found in the document

• positive (str) – The percentage of positive expressions found in the document

• negative (str) – The percentage of negative expressions found in the document

with SentimentResult defined as:

• object – The sentiment information

  • polarity (str) – the polarity of the sentiment, either positive or negative.

  • text (str) – The sentiment itself

  • object (str) – The object to which the sentiment refers to

  • adjective (str) – When the polarity comes from an adjective, like ‘beautiful’

  • noun (str) – When the polarity comes from a noun, like ‘crisis’

  • verb (str) – When the polarity comes from a verb, like ‘hate’

  • expression (str) – When the polarity comes from a verb, like ‘make waves’

  • begin_offset (int) – The begin offset of the sentiment.

  • end_offset (int) – The end offset of the sentiment.

Example

The following is an example of the JSON results for this application:

eot_sentiments

{
    "positive": 50.0,
    "negative": 50.0,
    "sentiments": [
        {
            "polarity": "positive",
            "text": "John Dow is a very nice Person",
            "begin_offset": 0,
            "end_offset": 30,
            "object": "John Dow",
            "adjective": "nice"
        },
        {
            "polarity": "negative",
            "text": "John Dow sucks",
            "begin_offset": 36,
            "end_offset": 44,
            "object": "John Dow",
            "expression": "suck",
            "comp": "intrans",
            "verb": "suck"
        }
    ]
}