Emotional Arc Analyst

Analyse the emotional arc of a paragraph — mapping emotion type, intensity, and trigger at each sentence.

Skills Tested

Emotional analysisLiterary close readingSentence-level precision

Challenge Prompt

This is the example prompt structure. Write your own variation below.

Analyse the emotional arc of this paragraph sentence by sentence:

"The day I was accepted to university, I called my mother before I even opened the letter properly. She didn't answer. I remember staring at my phone, the acceptance letter half-unfolded in my other hand, the world very quiet. She called back three days later, from a different country, and said she'd known I would get in."

For each sentence: (1) primary emotion, (2) intensity 1-5, (3) trigger word or phrase. Then: overall arc in one sentence. Output as a table plus one-sentence arc summary.

Your Prompt

Write your own version. Every word matters — be specific.

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Reward

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Hints (3)

1Trigger word identification is the hardest part — it reveals the AI's emotional reasoning.
2The arc summary should capture the emotional movement (e.g., joy → abandonment → ambivalence).
3Judge on whether the emotional labels are specific and defensible, not just plausible.