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One of the most crucial components of natural human-robot interaction is artificial intuition and its influence on dialog systems. The intuitive capability that humans have is undeniably extraordinary, and so remains one of the greatest…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-11-21 N. Dianna Radpour , Vinay Ashokkumar

Sarcasm is a complex linguistic phenomenon that involves a disparity between literal and intended meanings, making it challenging for sentiment analysis and other emotion-sensitive tasks. While traditional sarcasm detection methods…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Xinyu Wang , Yue Zhang , Liqiang Jing

Sarcasm is a linguistic expression often used to communicate the opposite of what is said, usually something that is very unpleasant with an intention to insult or ridicule. Inherent ambiguity in sarcastic expressions, make sarcasm…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Ramya Akula , Ivan Garibay

Sarcasm, a common feature of human communication, poses challenges in interpersonal interactions and human-machine interactions. Linguistic research has highlighted the importance of prosodic cues, such as variations in pitch, speaking…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Xiyuan Gao , Shekhar Nayak , Matt Coler

Past work in computational sarcasm deals primarily with sarcasm detection. In this paper, we introduce a novel, related problem: sarcasm target identification i.e., extracting the target of ridicule in a sarcastic sentence). We present an…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-08-28 Aditya Joshi , Pranav Goel , Pushpak Bhattacharyya , Mark Carman

Sentiment classification and sarcasm detection are both important natural language processing (NLP) tasks. Sentiment is always coupled with sarcasm where intensive emotion is expressed. Nevertheless, most literature considers them as two…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Navonil Majumder , Soujanya Poria , Haiyun Peng , Niyati Chhaya , Erik Cambria , Alexander Gelbukh

This paper focuses on sarcasm detection, which aims to identify whether given statements convey criticism, mockery, or other negative sentiment opposite to the literal meaning. To detect sarcasm, humans often require a comprehensive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Ziqi Qiu , Jianxing Yu , Yufeng Zhang , Hanjiang Lai , Yanghui Rao , Qinliang Su , Jian Yin

Automatic sarcasm detection methods have traditionally been designed for maximum performance on a specific domain. This poses challenges for those wishing to transfer those approaches to other existing or novel domains, which may be…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Natalie Parde , Rodney D. Nielsen

Sarcasm can be defined as saying or writing the opposite of what one truly wants to express, usually to insult, irritate, or amuse someone. Because of the obscure nature of sarcasm in textual data, detecting it is difficult and of great…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Faria Binte Kader , Nafisa Hossain Nujat , Tasmia Binte Sogir , Mohsinul Kabir , Hasan Mahmud , Kamrul Hasan

Automatic sarcasm detection is the task of predicting sarcasm in text. This is a crucial step to sentiment analysis, considering prevalence and challenges of sarcasm in sentiment-bearing text. Beginning with an approach that used…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2016-09-22 Aditya Joshi , Pushpak Bhattacharyya , Mark James Carman

Sarcasm detection remains a significant challenge due to its reliance on nuanced contextual understanding, world knowledge, and multi-faceted linguistic cues that vary substantially across different sarcastic expressions. Existing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ziyang Zhou , Ziqi Liu , Yan Wang , Yiming Lin , Yangbin Chen

Sarcasm is the use of words usually used to either mock or annoy someone, or for humorous purposes. Sarcasm is largely used in social networks and microblogging websites, where people mock or censure in a way that makes it difficult even…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Alif Tri Handoyo , Hidayaturrahman , Derwin Suhartono

Detecting sarcasm remains a challenging task in the areas of Natural Language Processing (NLP) despite recent advances in neural network approaches. Currently, Pre-trained Language Models (PLMs) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Michael Iskandardinata , William Christian , Derwin Suhartono

Sarcasm is hard to interpret as human beings. Being able to interpret sarcasm is often termed as a sign of intelligence, given the complex nature of sarcasm. Hence, this is a field of Natural Language Processing which is still complex for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Harleen Kaur Bagga , Jasmine Bernard , Sahil Shaheen , Sarthak Arora

Conversations emerge as the primary media for exchanging ideas and conceptions. From the listener's perspective, identifying various affective qualities, such as sarcasm, humour, and emotions, is paramount for comprehending the true…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Shivani Kumar , Ishani Mondal , Md Shad Akhtar , Tanmoy Chakraborty

Sarcasm is a rhetorical device that is used to convey the opposite of the literal meaning of an utterance. Sarcasm is widely used on social media and other forms of computer-mediated communication motivating the use of computational models…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Shafkat Farabi , Tharindu Ranasinghe , Diptesh Kanojia , Yu Kong , Marcos Zampieri

Sarcasm detection is a significant challenge in sentiment analysis due to the nuanced and context-dependent nature of verbiage. We introduce Pragmatic Metacognitive Prompting (PMP) to improve the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs)…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Joshua Lee , Wyatt Fong , Alexander Le , Sur Shah , Kevin Han , Kevin Zhu

Recent work in neural machine translation has demonstrated both the necessity and feasibility of using inter-sentential context -- context from sentences other than those currently being translated. However, while many current methods…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Patrick Fernandes , Kayo Yin , Graham Neubig , André F. T. Martins

Sarcasm is a specific type of irony which involves discerning what is said from what is meant. Detecting sarcasm depends not only on the literal content of an utterance but also on non-verbal cues such as speaker's tonality, facial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Anisha Saha , Varsha Suresh , Timothy Hospedales , Vera Demberg

Automatic sarcasm detection is a growing field in computer science. Short text messages are increasingly used for communication, especially over social media platforms such as Twitter. Due to insufficient or missing context, unidentified…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Bleau Moores , Vijay Mago