""" Multi-layered NLP sentiment scoring engine. Produces 12 sentiment dimensions per text, aggregated into composite scores per model. Designed for time-series analysis of LLM perception across social/developer platforms. Architecture: Layer 1 — Lexicon-based (VADER + TextBlob): fast, interpretable, baseline Layer 2 — Transformer-based (FinBERT / distilbert-sst2): nuanced financial + general sentiment Layer 3 — Domain-specific aspect extraction: LLM performance dimensions Layer 4 — Engagement-weighted scoring: likes/upvotes amplify signal strength Layer 5 — Time-series indicators: momentum, volatility, z-scores """ import re import math import logging from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict from datetime import datetime, timezone from vaderSentiment.vaderSentiment import SentimentIntensityAnalyzer from textblob import TextBlob logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) # ── Layer 1: Lexicon Scorers ────────────────────────────────────────────────── _vader = SentimentIntensityAnalyzer() def vader_scores(text: str) -> dict: """VADER: optimised for social media (handles emojis, slang, caps, punctuation).""" vs = _vader.polarity_scores(text) return { "vader_compound": vs["compound"], # -1 to +1 overall "vader_pos": vs["pos"], # 0-1 proportion positive "vader_neg": vs["neg"], # 0-1 proportion negative "vader_neu": vs["neu"], # 0-1 proportion neutral } def textblob_scores(text: str) -> dict: """TextBlob: pattern-based, captures polarity + subjectivity.""" blob = TextBlob(text) return { "tb_polarity": blob.sentiment.polarity, # -1 to +1 "tb_subjectivity": blob.sentiment.subjectivity, # 0 (objective) to 1 (subjective) } # ── Layer 2: Transformer Scorers ───────────────────────────────────────────── _finbert = None _distilbert = None def _get_finbert(): global _finbert if _finbert is None: from transformers import pipeline _finbert = pipeline("sentiment-analysis", model="ProsusAI/finbert", truncation=True, max_length=512) logger.info("[sentiment] FinBERT loaded") return _finbert def _get_distilbert(): global _distilbert if _distilbert is None: from transformers import pipeline _distilbert = pipeline("sentiment-analysis", model="distilbert/distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english", truncation=True, max_length=512) logger.info("[sentiment] DistilBERT-SST2 loaded") return _distilbert def finbert_scores(text: str) -> dict: """FinBERT: financial sentiment (positive / negative / neutral).""" try: result = _get_finbert()(text[:512])[0] label = result["label"].lower() # positive, negative, neutral score = result["score"] # Convert to -1 to +1 scale if label == "positive": finbert_val = score elif label == "negative": finbert_val = -score else: finbert_val = 0.0 return {"finbert_sentiment": finbert_val, "finbert_confidence": score} except Exception as e: logger.debug("finbert error: %s", e) return {"finbert_sentiment": 0.0, "finbert_confidence": 0.0} def distilbert_scores(text: str) -> dict: """DistilBERT SST-2: general positive/negative sentiment.""" try: result = _get_distilbert()(text[:512])[0] label = result["label"] # POSITIVE or NEGATIVE score = result["score"] val = score if label == "POSITIVE" else -score return {"distilbert_sentiment": val, "distilbert_confidence": score} except Exception as e: logger.debug("distilbert error: %s", e) return {"distilbert_sentiment": 0.0, "distilbert_confidence": 0.0} # ── Layer 3: Domain-Specific Aspect Extraction ──────────────────────────────── # # Instead of general "positive/negative", detect LLM-specific dimensions: # - Performance perception (speed, quality, accuracy) # - Reliability perception (downtime, errors, hallucinations) # - Cost perception (expensive, cheap, value) # - Innovation perception (breakthrough, impressive, game-changer) # - Adoption signal (using, switched to, migrated, building with) # - Complaint signal (broken, worse, degraded, disappointed) ASPECT_LEXICONS = { "performance": { "positive": ["fast", "quick", "impressive", "excellent", "powerful", "capable", "accurate", "smart", "intelligent", "brilliant", "amazing", "best", "superior", "outperforms", "crushes", "dominates", "state-of-the-art", "sota", "benchmark", "top", "leading"], "negative": ["slow", "dumb", "stupid", "terrible", "awful", "poor", "inaccurate", "wrong", "garbage", "useless", "mediocre", "worse", "inferior", "disappointing", "underwhelming"], }, "reliability": { "positive": ["reliable", "stable", "consistent", "dependable", "solid", "robust", "uptime", "available", "works well"], "negative": ["hallucinate", "hallucination", "unreliable", "inconsistent", "broken", "crash", "error", "bug", "fail", "down", "outage", "degraded", "throttled", "timeout", "429", "500", "rate limit"], }, "cost": { "positive": ["cheap", "affordable", "value", "cost-effective", "free", "fair price", "reasonable", "bargain", "open source", "open-source"], "negative": ["expensive", "overpriced", "costly", "ripoff", "pricey", "not worth", "waste of money", "too much", "$$$"], }, "innovation": { "positive": ["breakthrough", "revolutionary", "game-changer", "innovative", "novel", "impressive", "exciting", "next-gen", "frontier", "leap", "paradigm", "unprecedented"], "negative": ["incremental", "nothing new", "overhyped", "hype", "marketing", "same old", "rehash", "disappointed"], }, "adoption": { "positive": ["using", "switched to", "migrated", "building with", "deployed", "adopted", "integrated", "love using", "recommend", "try it", "my go-to", "daily driver", "production"], "negative": ["stopped using", "switched away", "abandoned", "dropped", "going back to", "unsubscribed", "cancelled"], }, } def aspect_scores(text: str) -> dict: """Score text along domain-specific LLM perception dimensions.""" text_lower = text.lower() scores = {} for aspect, lexicon in ASPECT_LEXICONS.items(): pos_count = sum(1 for w in lexicon["positive"] if w in text_lower) neg_count = sum(1 for w in lexicon["negative"] if w in text_lower) total = pos_count + neg_count if total == 0: scores[f"aspect_{aspect}"] = 0.0 scores[f"aspect_{aspect}_intensity"] = 0.0 else: # Score: -1 (all negative mentions) to +1 (all positive) scores[f"aspect_{aspect}"] = (pos_count - neg_count) / total # Intensity: how much does this text discuss this aspect? (0 = not at all) scores[f"aspect_{aspect}_intensity"] = min(total / 5.0, 1.0) return scores # ── Layer 4: Engagement-Weighted Scoring ────────────────────────────────────── def engagement_weight(likes: int = 0, reposts: int = 0, replies: int = 0, score: int = 0, views: int = 0) -> float: """ Compute an engagement multiplier that amplifies high-signal posts. Uses log-scale to prevent viral posts from dominating. Returns a weight in [0.1, 5.0] range. """ raw = (likes or 0) + (reposts or 0) * 2 + (replies or 0) * 0.5 + (score or 0) + (views or 0) * 0.01 if raw <= 0: return 0.1 # log-scale: 1 engagement → 0.1, 10 → ~1.1, 100 → ~2.1, 1000 → ~3.1 return min(0.1 + math.log10(max(raw, 1)), 5.0) # ── Composite Scorer ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @dataclass class SentimentResult: """All sentiment dimensions for a single text.""" # Layer 1: Lexicon vader_compound: float = 0.0 vader_pos: float = 0.0 vader_neg: float = 0.0 vader_neu: float = 0.0 tb_polarity: float = 0.0 tb_subjectivity: float = 0.0 # Layer 2: Transformer finbert_sentiment: float = 0.0 finbert_confidence: float = 0.0 distilbert_sentiment: float = 0.0 distilbert_confidence: float = 0.0 # Layer 3: Aspects aspect_performance: float = 0.0 aspect_performance_intensity: float = 0.0 aspect_reliability: float = 0.0 aspect_reliability_intensity: float = 0.0 aspect_cost: float = 0.0 aspect_cost_intensity: float = 0.0 aspect_innovation: float = 0.0 aspect_innovation_intensity: float = 0.0 aspect_adoption: float = 0.0 aspect_adoption_intensity: float = 0.0 # Layer 4: Engagement engagement_weight: float = 0.1 # Composites composite_sentiment: float = 0.0 # weighted average of all sentiment layers composite_quality: float = 0.0 # performance + reliability aspects composite_buzz: float = 0.0 # innovation + adoption + engagement def to_dict(self) -> dict: return asdict(self) def score_text(text: str, likes: int = 0, reposts: int = 0, replies: int = 0, score: int = 0, views: int = 0, use_transformers: bool = True) -> SentimentResult: """ Score a single text across all sentiment dimensions. Args: text: the post/title text likes/reposts/replies/score/views: engagement metrics from the platform use_transformers: if False, skip FinBERT + DistilBERT (faster, CPU-only) Returns: SentimentResult with all 20+ dimensions populated """ if not text or not text.strip(): return SentimentResult() # Clean text text = re.sub(r'https?://\S+', '', text) # remove URLs text = re.sub(r'@\w+', '', text) # remove @mentions text = text.strip() if len(text) < 5: return SentimentResult() # Layer 1 v = vader_scores(text) t = textblob_scores(text) # Layer 2 f = {"finbert_sentiment": 0.0, "finbert_confidence": 0.0} d = {"distilbert_sentiment": 0.0, "distilbert_confidence": 0.0} if use_transformers: f = finbert_scores(text) d = distilbert_scores(text) # Layer 3 a = aspect_scores(text) # Layer 4 ew = engagement_weight(likes, reposts, replies, score, views) # ── Composites ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # Composite sentiment: weighted blend of all sentiment signals # VADER is best for social media, FinBERT for financial framing, DistilBERT for general composite_sentiment = ( v["vader_compound"] * 0.30 + t["tb_polarity"] * 0.10 + f["finbert_sentiment"] * 0.35 + d["distilbert_sentiment"] * 0.25 ) # Composite quality perception: performance + reliability aspects perf = a.get("aspect_performance", 0) * a.get("aspect_performance_intensity", 0) reli = a.get("aspect_reliability", 0) * a.get("aspect_reliability_intensity", 0) composite_quality = (perf + reli) / 2 # Composite buzz: innovation + adoption + engagement amplification inno = a.get("aspect_innovation", 0) * a.get("aspect_innovation_intensity", 0) adop = a.get("aspect_adoption", 0) * a.get("aspect_adoption_intensity", 0) composite_buzz = (inno + adop) / 2 * ew return SentimentResult( **v, **t, **f, **d, **a, engagement_weight=ew, composite_sentiment=composite_sentiment, composite_quality=composite_quality, composite_buzz=composite_buzz, )