Reproach to me indicates negative polarity but it is counted as positive. Does polarity simply mean that there is a negation word in the sentence or does it mean the sentence has a negative evaluation of the situation?
"polarity" here means the clause as a whole. Negative polarity means a negation word in the clause, not a negative sense or connotation.
So to be clear: "I do not hate cats" would be negative, while "I hate cats" would be positive. Is that right? Even though the concept of "hate" is generally accepted as a negative thing, it's not grammatically negative to say "I hate cats." Just trying to make sure I understand this.
If I still didn't get it, set me straight - but not about cats (my mind is made up about them [;)]).
That's right, we're talking about the grammatical clause, and "I hate cats" doesn't have negative polarity (even if it has a negative attitude).
"polarity" here means the clause as a whole.
Got it - grammatical negation not sentiment analysis.
Here's a very short definition from SIL's Linguistic Glossary of Terms.
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/WhatIsPolarity.htm
Thanks - that's my standard go to dictionary. I've never run into polarity before just sentiment analysis in NLP.
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