Table 1. Seed words.
The seed words were manually selected to be context insensitive (without knowledge of the test lexicons).
| Domain | Positive seed words | Negative seed words |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | good, lovely, excellent, fortunate, pleasant, | bad, horrible, poor, unfortunate, unpleasant, |
| English | delightful, perfect, loved, love, happy | disgusting, evil, hated, hate, unhappy |
| Finance | successful, excellent, profit, beneficial, improving, improved, success, gains, positive | negligent, loss, volatile, wrong, losses, damages, bad, litigation, failure, down, negative |
| love, loved, loves, awesome, nice, amazing, best, fantastic, correct, happy | hate, hated, hates, terrible, nasty, awful, worst, horrible, wrong, sad |