Aspect-Based Sentiment Summarization
First Claim
1. A method of summarizing sentiment expressed by reviews of an entity, comprising:
- identifying sentiment phrases in the reviews expressing sentiment about the entity;
identifying reviewable aspects of the entity;
associating the sentiment phrases with the reviewable aspects of the entity to which the sentiment phrases pertain;
summarizing the sentiment expressed by the sentiment phrases associated with the reviewable aspects of the entity; and
storing the summarized sentiment in a data repository.
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Abstract
Reviews express sentiment about one or more entities. Phrases in the reviews that express sentiment about a particular aspect are identified. Reviewable aspects of the entity are also identified. The reviewable aspects include static aspects that are specific to particular types of entities and dynamic aspects that are extracted from the reviews of a specific entity instance. The sentiment phrases are associated with the reviewable aspects to which the phrases pertain. The sentiment expressed by the phrases associated with each aspect is summarized, thereby producing a summary of sentiment associated with each reviewable aspect of the entity. The summarized sentiment and associated phrases can be stored and displayed to a user as a summary description of the entity.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of summarizing sentiment expressed by reviews of an entity, comprising:
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identifying sentiment phrases in the reviews expressing sentiment about the entity; identifying reviewable aspects of the entity; associating the sentiment phrases with the reviewable aspects of the entity to which the sentiment phrases pertain; summarizing the sentiment expressed by the sentiment phrases associated with the reviewable aspects of the entity; and storing the summarized sentiment in a data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable code encoded therein for summarizing sentiment expressed by reviews of an entity, comprising:
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a sentiment classification module configured to identify sentiment phrases in the reviews expressing sentiment about the entity; an aspect module configured to identify reviewable aspects of the entity; an association module configured to associate the sentiment phrases with the reviewable aspects of the entity to which the sentiment phrases pertain; and a summary module configured to summarize the sentiment expressed by the sentiment phrases associated with the reviewable aspects of the entity and to store the summarized sentiment in a data repository. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented system for summarizing sentiment expressed by reviews of an entity, comprising:
a readable storage medium having computer-executable code encoded therein, the code comprising; a sentiment classification module configured to identify sentiment phrases in the reviews expressing sentiment about the entity; an aspect module configured to identify reviewable aspects of the entity; an association module configured to associate the sentiment phrases with the reviewable aspects of the entity to which the sentiment phrases pertain; and a summary module configured to summarize the sentiment expressed by the phrases associated with the reviewable aspects of the entity and to store the summarized sentiment in a data repository. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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