An opinionated sentiment analysis using a rule-based method

Mareye Zeleke Mekonen, Tsehay Admassu Assegie, Shamik Palit, Angati Kalyan Kumar, Chandrima Sinha Roy, Chandi Priya Kompala, Komal Kumar Napa

Abstract


The categorization of opinions into positive, negative, or neutral facilitates information gathering, pinpointing individual weaknesses, and streamlining the decision-making process. Precision in opinion classification enables decision-makers to extract valuable insights, make well-informed decisions, and execute suitable actions. Sentiment analysis is language-specific due to the distinct morphological structures unique to each language, distinguishing them from one another. This study implemented a rule-based sentiment analysis approach for Kafi-noonoo opinionated texts, leveraging a rule-based system tailored for smaller datasets that operate based on a predefined set of rules. The rule-based mechanism calculates the overall polarity of a given sentence by applying a set of rules and categorizes it into positive, negative, or neutral sentiments upon identifying sentimental terms from a dedicated file. While the analysis utilized 1,500 words sourced from Facebook and music review samples, the modest sample size yielded satisfactory results. Performance evaluation metrics such as precision, recall, and F-measure were employed, indicating positive word scores of 91%, 86%, and 88.4%, and negative word scores of 80%, 75%, and 77%, respectively.

Keywords


Fake news; Hate speech; Kafi-noonoo; Opinionated text; Sentiment analysis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v14i1.8568

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