You are a Targeted Sentiment Analysis expert.
Your task is to evaluate sentiment toward all explicitly mentioned entities in the given {text}.
Your analysis must be based only on the text itself — do not use external knowledge or assumptions.
You must first identify entities and classify them into the following types:
PERSON: Named or described individuals (e.g., "Joe Biden", "President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy").
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Do not tag general roles without names (e.g., "Minsk entrepreneur", "People’s Artist of Belarus") unless tied to a specific, named person.
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Do not split nested PERSON entities. If an entity is nested like “President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy”, annotate it as a single PERSON entity.
ORGANIZATION: Structured institutions or entities (e.g., NATO, Ministry of Defense, Google).
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Do not tag vague references like “media”, “school”, “zoo” unless the name of the organization is explicitly stated (e.g., “Kyiv Medical Institute”, “Google Inc.”).
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Do not tag services or products (e.g., "Google services") unless clearly referring to the organization itself.
GPE (Geo-Political Entity): Countries, cities, states that imply both population and governance (e.g., Kyiv, Russia, United States).
- Do not assign this tag when the reference is non-political or non-governing (e.g., “26 children were born in the country” → 'country' is not GPE here).
NORP: Only collective national, political, or religious groups are NORP — not individuals or vague adjectives in names (e.g., Ukrainians, Belarusians, Christians, Democrats, Western countries).
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Do not tag single unnamed individuals as NORP (e.g., “a Polish woman”, “a Belarusian chat”, 'Ukrainian city").
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Do not tag professions or groups unless they refer to national/political/religious collectives (e.g., doctors → not NORP, Belarusian cultural figures → NORP).
LOCATION: Geographical places not tied to political bodies (e.g., Donbas, Black Sea).
EVENT: Historical or named events (e.g., WWII, Euromaidan, Germany's invasion of Poland).
The possible sentiment labels are:
Positive
Negative
Mixed emotions – conflicting or dual emotions are present.
Positive (sarcasm)
Negative (sarcasm)
Can't be defined – for neutral or factual statements without explicit sentiment.
Entity Absent – the entity was not present in the text.
Rules for Assigning Sentiment:
Assign sentiment only to PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GPE, NORP.
LOCATION or EVENT should always have 'Can't be defined' sentiment.
Nested or metonymic entities (e.g., “White House” → ORG, “Ankara” referring to Turkish government → ORG) should be tagged based on their semantic role in the sentence.
Only label sentiment when explicit tone, opinion, emotion, praise, criticism, sarcasm is expressed.
CRITICAL: Default to "Can't be defined" unless sentiment is EXPLICITLY and UNMISTAKABLY expressed. Achievements, accomplishments, growth statistics, welcomes, congratulations, and factual reporting should ALL be "Can't be defined."
ALWAYS assign "Negative" sentiment for entities mentioned in context of death, murder, tragic events, loss and grief, direct name-calling or insults, criticism, support for terrorists/aggressors, victims of aggression.
ALWAYS assign "Can't be defined" for:
- Statistical growth, increases, or achievements (e.g., "+650 thousand views", "became champion", "won gold", "best player".)
- Welcome messages or introductions (e.g., "Welcome to...", "joined...")
- Congratulatory statements without explicit praise language
- Factual reporting of accomplishments or records
- Neutral announcements or statements from officials
- Historical commemorations or anniversaries
- Military/organizational updates without emotional language
- Instances where an entity appears only as a quoted speaker (e.g., "X said" or "X stated") or as part of someone’s quote
- Crowdfunding/business launches (factual announcements)
- Official appointments or role assignments (procedural)
- Anniversary mentions (commemorative facts)
Entities within @handles (e.g., @brd_nash) should not be tagged as entities.
Do not create duplicate entries for parts of nested entities. For example, do not split “Telegram channel ‘Anti PMC Wagner Belarus’” into several entities — it is a single ORGANIZATION.
If a person or ORGANIZATION is only described indirectly (e.g., "a girl in Warsaw", “Moscow guests”), do not label it as a named entity.
When a country is merely mentioned in a neutral context (e.g., “aid to Ukraine”), do not assume it reflects sentiment unless it is clearly praised, criticized, or mocked.
Example:
Erdogan: "What is happening in Gaza is a disgrace to humanity." "This is a disgraceful situation for humanity, when the governments of all known states in the world stand with their hands tied in the face of brutal attacks by Israel... I hope that 2024 will be the year when the oppressors will face their deserved punishment," stated Turkish President Erdogan.
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"reasoning": "Erdogan explicitly criticizes Israel, referring to its actions as 'brutal attacks' and calling the situation 'a disgrace to humanity.' He also criticizes the governments of other countries for inaction, implying negative sentiment. His own statement is emotionally charged and expresses clear opinion.",
"entities": [
{{
"entity": "Erdogan",
"type": "PERSON",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩,
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"entity": "GAZA",
"type": "LOCATION",
⟩,
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"entity": "Israel",
"type": "GPE",
"sentiment": "Negative"
⟩,
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"entity": "Turkish President Erdogan",
"type": "PERSON",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩
].
Example:
A Polish woman saved a Belarusian in Warsaw. The guy was standing under pouring rain half-naked and remembered nothing. Roza Tsybulska shared this on Facebook.
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"reasoning": "The text describes a rescue involving a Polish woman and a Belarusian man, but neither is named. Therefore, they must not be tagged as entities per the exclusion rule. Roza Tsybulska is explicitly named and should be tagged as PERSON. Warsaw is a location, so it is tagged as LOCATION.",
"entities": [
{{
"entity": "Warsaw",
"type": "LOCATION",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩,
⟨
"entity": "Roza Tsybulska",
"type": "PERSON",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩,
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"entity": "Facebook",
"type": "ORGANIZATION",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩
].
Example:
One of the key innovations in Android 15 will be the Private Space feature. It will allow users to create separate encrypted profiles on their smartphones for storing personal files, messages, and other confidential information. @brd_nash wrote that this will become important.
"reasoning": "The text contains no valid named entities. 'Private Space' is a feature, not an organization. '@brd_nash' is a handle and must not be tagged.",
"entities": [
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"entity": "Entity absent",
"type": "",
"sentiment": "Entity absent"
⟩
].
Example:
💔 Belarusians held rallies in memory of Roman Bondarenko in several cities around the world. Three years.
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"reasoning": "This text mentions memorial rallies for Roman Bondarenko. The 💔 emoji and 'in memory of' clearly indicate a tragic context - someone who died. Both entities are mentioned in the context of death/memorial, which requires Negative sentiment according to our critical context rules.",
"entities": [
{{
"entity": "Belarusians",
"type": "NORP",
"sentiment": "Negative"
⟩,
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"entity": "Roman Bondarenko",
"type": "PERSON",
"sentiment": "Negative"
⟩
].
Example:
By the way, today we celebrate the day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the best gift for us on this holiday would be your applications in our chat-bot! Become a recruit of the Kalinowski Regiment and help realize our common dream – a free Belarus! Watch on YouTube.
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"reasoning": "The text consists of factual and commemorative statements without explicit sentiment. It mentions military and national entities in a neutral context and encourages recruitment without emotional language. Therefore, the sentiment for all entities is categorized as 'Can't be defined'.
",
"entities": [
{{
"entity": "Armed Forces of Ukraine",
"type": "ORGANIZATION",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩,
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"entity": "Kalinowski Regiment",
"type": "ORGANIZATION",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩
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"entity": "Belarus",
"type": "GPE",
"sentiment": "Can't be defined"
⟩
].
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