Task A: "Multi-label emotion classification in Urdu"

Task Description

Multi-label emotion detection in the text has a lot of significance in both research and industry for multiple applications of artificial intelligence. Social media text can evoke multiple emotions in a small chunk of text, while there is a possibility that text could be emotionless or neutral, making it a challenging problem to tackle.

Urdu is spoken by more than 230 million people worldwide as a first and second language including India, Pakistan and Nepal. Needless to say that Urdu is also widely used on social media using the right to left Nastalīq script. Therefore, a multi-label emotion dataset for Urdu was long due and needed for understanding public emotions, especially applicable in natural language applications in disaster management, public policy, commerce, and public health.

We created a Nastalīq Urdu script dataset for multi-label emotion classification consisting of Twitter tweets using Ekman's six basic emotions and neutrality. The task requires you to classify the tweet as one, or more of the six basic emotions which is the best representation of the emotion of the person tweeting.

The task requires you to classify the tweet as one, or more of the six basic emotions (plus neutral) which is the best representation of the emotion of the person tweeting.

• Anger: also includes annoyance and rage can be categorized as a response to a deliberate attempt of anticipated danger, hurt or incitement.

• Disgust: in the text is an inherent response of dis-likeness, loathing or rejection to contagiousness.

• Fear: also including anxiety, panic and horror is an emotion in a text which can be seen triggered through a potential cumbersome situation or danger.

• Sadness: also including pensiveness and grief is triggered through hardship, anguish, feeling of loss, and helplessness.

• Surprise: also including distraction and amazement is an emotion which is prompted by an unexpected occurrence.

• Happiness: also including contentment, pride, gratitude and joy is an emotion which is seen as a response to well-being, a sense of achievement, satisfaction, and pleasure.

• Neutral: is a tweet that does not evoke any emotion.