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SENTIMENT (SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX)¶
Returns an overall sentiment score for the given English-language input text.
Syntax¶
SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX.SENTIMENT(<text>)
Arguments¶
- text
- A string containing the text for which a sentiment score should be calculated. 
Returns¶
A floating-point number from -1 to 1 (inclusive) indicating the model’s level of certainty of any detected sentiment. A score close to 0 indicates that the function could not determine a clear sentiment in the text; this result can be considered neutral. A score close to 1 indicates positive sentiment, while a score close to -1 indicates negative sentiment. The chart below provides guidance on how to interpret the sentiment scores:
| Sentiment | Sentiment Score | 
|---|---|
| Positive | 0.5 to 1 | 
| Neutral | -0.5 to 0.5 | 
| Negative | -0.5 to -1 | 
The result does not indicate the intensity of sentiment, but the polarity (positive, neutral, or negative) and certainty.
Access control requirements¶
Users must use a role that has been granted the SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX_USER database role. See Cortex LLM privileges for more information on this privilege.
Examples¶
The following example uses SENTIMENT to get the sentiment classification of a food service review, which we can infer as modestly positive, given the score of 0.54.
SELECT SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX.SENTIMENT('A tourist\'s delight, in low urban light,
  Recommended gem, a pizza night sight. Swift arrival, a pleasure so right,
  Yet, pockets felt lighter, a slight pricey bite. 💰🍕🚀');
Response:
0.5424458
In the following example, a table named reviews contains a column named review_content containing the text of reviews
submitted by users. The query returns a sentiment score for each review.
SELECT SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX.SENTIMENT(review_content), review_content FROM reviews LIMIT 10;
Legal notices¶
Refer to Snowflake AI and ML.
Limitations¶
Snowflake Cortex functions do not support dynamic tables.