Research Article

Emotional Dialogue Generation Based on Conditional Variational Autoencoder and Dual Emotion Framework

Table 5

Sample responses generated by CVAE-DE and other baseline models. For each input sequence, a generated example response is listed for each emotion category.

PostModelResponse (original)Response (translated)

港澳游很好 玩啊!Seq2Seq [21]哈哈, 是啊, 我也想去。Haha, yeah, I want to go too.
ECM [14]Like嗯, 我喜欢旅游。Well, I like traveling.
Sad唉, 可惜我去不了Oh, it’s a pity I cannot go.
Disgust我觉得太贵了。I think it is too expensive.
Angry难道你们觉得好玩?Do you guys find it fun?
Happy哈哈, 太好玩了。Haha, it’s so fun.
Traveling in Hong Kong and Macau is fun!CVAE-DELike不错哦, 我也很想去, 我的兴趣就是去各地旅游!Not bad, I also want to go, my hobby is to travel everywhere!
Sad很郁闷, 我还要加班, 只能等下次去马尔代夫了。Very depressed, I have to work overtime and can only wait for the next time I go to the Maldives.
Disgust这个旅游实在是很无聊的, 还需要港澳通行证。This tour is really boring and requires a Hong Kong and Macau pass.
Angry你们都不告诉我, 难道我是空气?You do not tell me, am I the air?
Happy哈哈, 收获很多, 太开心了。Haha, I have gained a lot, so happy.
Seq2Seq [21]哈哈, 是啊, 我也觉得。Haha, yeah, I think too.
ECM [14]Like我喜欢这个发型。I like this hairstyle.
你换发型了?Sad很郁闷, 我也觉得不好。Very depressed, I also feel bad.
Have you changed your hair style?Disgust换发型很无聊啊!Changing hair style is boring!
Angry我不喜欢理发。I do not like haircuts.
Happy哈哈, 剪了短发。Haha, I cut my hair short.
CVAE-DELike新发型是蛮爽的哦! 我就是喜欢这种风格!The new hairstyle is pretty cool! I just like this style!
Sad太恐怖了, 我只是想换, 但是没有勇气。It’s horrible, I just want to change, but I do not have the courage.
Disgust无聊啊, 换了一个不喜欢的发型。Bored, changed to a hairstyle that I do not like.
Angry难道你不喜欢我的发型?Do not you like my hairstyle?
Happy哈哈, 这个发型, 你会爱上我的。Haha, with this hairstyle, you will fall in love with me.
上海下雨了吗?Seq2Seq [21]是啊, 下雨了。Yes, it’s raining
ECM [14]Like我喜欢这种天气。I like this weather.
Sad估计会被淋湿的。It is estimated that it will get wet.
Disgust下雨太难受了。The rain is too uncomfortable.
Is it raining in Shanghai?Angry我还不能出门。I cannot go out yet.
Happy哈哈, 已经凉快了。Haha, it’s already cool.
CVAE-DELike在上海, 天气预报不错, 下雨很凉快耶In Shanghai, the weather forecast is good, and the rain is very cool
Sad可惜最近完全没有下雨, 是一个干旱的季节。It is a pity that it has not rained at all recently, it is a dry season.
Disgust是的, 上海的天气太热了!Yes, the weather in Shanghai is too hot!
Angry没啊!我说过不会的, 你们不相信。No! I said no, you do not believe it.
Happy哈哈哈, 估计大暴雨就要来了。Hahaha, it is estimated that the heavy rain is coming.