Table 2 Examples of Weibo posts for each emotion category.

From: A novel approach for multiclass sentiment analysis on Chinese social media with ERNIE-MCBMA

Sentiment

Examples

Neutral

Original: 我们都已经开始自由, 我要做个压抑时放纵的坏人.

Translation: We have all started to be free; I want to be a bad person who indulges when feeling oppressed.

Happy

Original: 明明可以靠颜值, 而我却要靠实力.

Translation: I could clearly rely on my good looks, but I insist on relying on my abilities.

Angry

Original: 麻将桌上就那男的从一开始就不停的讲.

Translation: At the mahjong table, that man has been talking nonstop from the very beginning.

Sad

Original: 太快了。爱情来的太快也走的太快.

Translation: It’s too fast. The love comes and goes too fast.

Fear

Original: 我想知道这天下究竟要发生什么…简直风云突变.

Translation: I want to know what’s going to happen in this world… it’s like a sudden change in the situation.

Surprise

Original: 中午吃着饭一抬头, 发现小果发芽了!

Translation: While eating lunch, I looked up and found that the small fruit had sprouted!