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UKP_Psycontrol system wins SemEval-2026 Task 2 for affective dynamics modeling

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A research paper details the UKP_Psycontrol system's success in SemEval-2026 Task 2, which focuses on modeling affective dynamics in user-generated text. The system employed a combination of large language model (LLM) prompting, a Maximum Entropy model, and a neural regression model. Notably, the LLMs proved effective at identifying current affective states, while recent numerical state trajectories were better predictors of short-term affective changes than textual content alone. The UKP_Psycontrol system achieved first place in both Subtask 1 and Subtask 2A of the competition. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates advanced LLM capabilities in analyzing emotional states and changes in text, with implications for sentiment analysis and user behavior modeling.

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UKP_Psycontrol system wins SemEval-2026 Task 2 for affective dynamics modeling

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Darya Hryhoryeva, Amaia Zurinaga, Hamidreza Jamalabadi, Iryna Gurevych ·

    UKP_Psycontrol at SemEval-2026 Task 2: Modeling Valence and Arousal Dynamics from Text

    arXiv:2604.21534v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper presents our system developed for SemEval-2026 Task 2. The task requires modeling both current affect and short-term affective change in chronologically ordered user-generated texts. We explore three complementary app…

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