Polarity Classifier

Closed weights University of Edinburgh,University of Pittsburgh September 2009

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
University of Edinburgh,University of Pittsburgh
Organisation type
Academia,Academia
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
Published
1 September 2009
Authors
Theresa Wilson, Janyce Wiebe, Paul Hoffmann.

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Text classification

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

Section 3.3 reveals there are 11,112 sentences. Since this is phrase-level sentiment analysis sentences seem like the best unit

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Citations
866

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Recognizing Contextual Polarity: An Exploration of Features for Phrase-Level Sentiment Analysis
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

What this model is

Polarity Classifier was published by University of Edinburgh,University of Pittsburgh, in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in September 2009. It comes out of academia,Academia.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing text classification.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

Polarity Classifier — common questions

01

When was Polarity Classifier released?

Polarity Classifier was published in September 2009. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

02

What is Polarity Classifier used for?

Polarity Classifier works in Language, and is recorded as handling text classification. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

03

What GPU do I need to run Polarity Classifier?

None. Polarity Classifier is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

04

Is Polarity Classifier open source?

The licensing for Polarity Classifier was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

05

How many parameters does Polarity Classifier have?

No parameter count has been published for Polarity Classifier, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

06

Who created Polarity Classifier?

Polarity Classifier was published by University of Edinburgh,University of Pittsburgh, based in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, categorised as academia,Academia.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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