Understanding Sentiment Trends Through Zero-Shot and Few-Shot Learning Models

Year : 2026 | Volume : 04 | Issue : 01 | Page : 01 08
    By

    Kinjal Doshi,

  • Falguni Parsana,

  1. Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Atmiya University Rajkot, Gujarat, India
  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Atmiya University Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Abstract

The requirement for large, manually labeled datasets is one of the main barriers to applying sentiment analysis algorithms in specialized or rapidly evolving disciplines in the present natural language processing (NLP) landscape. This work investigates a paradigm shift from traditional fully supervised learning to data-efficient methods, specifically zero-shot learning (ZSL) and few-shot learning (FSL). This study uses the advanced capabilities of instruction-tuned large language models (LLMs), like GPT-4, to assess the ability to classify emotions in a variety of language settings with little to no task-specific training data. The project mixes benchmark datasets like SST-2 with specialty domain sets like hospital evaluations and financial tweets to evaluate performance stability and domain generalizability. According to our experimental results, highly supervised models like Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) obtain great accuracy (93.2%), whereas the GPT-4 few-shot model achieves a competitive 92.8% accuracy utilizing just 1% of the labeled training data. This is a significant resource allocation optimization that reduces both the amount of human labor required for annotation and the computational overhead of fine-tuning the model. The study then does a comprehensive error analysis, indicating persistent challenges in language complexity, such as recognizing sarcasm and understanding domain-specific jargon. By addressing context ambiguity and data imbalance through purposeful prompt engineering and in-context learning (ICL), this work provides a comprehensive method for performing high-performance sentiment analysis in resource-constrained contexts. The results show that the marginal usefulness of more labeled data rapidly drops at the few-shot barrier, making FSL the most practicable technical and cost-effective method for modern enterprise-level sentiment monitoring.

Keywords: Sentiment analysis, zero-shot learning, few-shot learning, transfer learning, NLP, artificial intelligence, Large Language Models.

[This article belongs to International Journal of Computer Science Languages ]

How to cite this article:
Kinjal Doshi, Falguni Parsana. Understanding Sentiment Trends Through Zero-Shot and Few-Shot Learning Models. International Journal of Computer Science Languages. 2026; 04(01):01-08.
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Volume 04
Issue 01
Received 22/12/2025
Accepted 09/01/2026
Published 27/04/2026
Publication Time 126 Days
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