jonc/cei-benchmark huggingface dataset:
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): In the office kitchen, one colleague brings up that Jamie's slides skipped several key data points and asks if Jamie can explain.
Speaker: Jaime (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: peer
Utterance: "No worries, I've brought donuts for everyone, let's all grab one! Also, who's up for moving the Friday coffee run to earlier?"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (passive-aggression): A junior analyst posts a reply in a team thread after a senior analyst provided detailed critiques and requested last-minute changes to a report that was already reviewed. The team has a history of late edits from that senior analyst.
Speaker: junior analyst (relation to listener: low-to-high)
Listener: senior analyst
Utterance: "Thanks for the notes, I'll make the edits, and hopefully next time we can avoid so many last-minute changes."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): A close friend is talking to you about a flaky romantic partner they're clearly infatuated with recently. Your friend brings up concerns after noticing a pattern of letdowns.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: friend
Utterance: "That's distressing. I just want you to be with someone who treats you more consistently."
Speaker's actual emotion: trust
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): At a family dinner, the younger sibling volunteered to cook for everyone for the first time but accidentally burned the main dish. The parents are trying not to make the younger sibling feel worse. After one bite, the older sibling quips:
Speaker: older sibling (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: younger sibling
Utterance: "Wow, this tastes just like a five-star restaurant."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (passive-aggression): You've been dating casually; the other person has canceled plans three times in the past month for similar reasons. They cancel again tonight, saying they have to work late. You're disappointed but trying not to seem clingy.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: dating partner
Utterance: "Alright, whatever works for you, you let me know if you ever want to meet up."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): At a cafe, a younger friend asks their older friend if the younger friend is still seeing the person they'd been dating a few months ago, after rumors at a mutual friend's party.
Speaker: older_friend (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: younger_friend
Utterance: "Still seeing them? Like you're seeing your partner? BTW, hows that going?"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): On a walk, a younger ex asks their older ex whether they'd ever consider getting back together; the conversation feels tense and the question is direct.
Speaker: older ex partner (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: younger ex partner
Utterance: "Did we ever really break up?"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): After a tense conversation where a woman raises concerns about their partner's emotional availability, the woman pushes for a serious discussion about priorities. The partner responds quickly.
Speaker: partner (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: woman
Utterance: "Available? 24/7 baby"
Speaker's actual emotion: disgust
Scenario (mixed-signals): You've been checking in with a friend all week about their horrible dating experiences. They text you late one night after a terrible date. You've offered help before but have started to feel worn out by repeating yourself.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: friend
Utterance: "Can't talk right now. Check my previous text advice. And don't go changing for anyone."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): A professor emails a student about the student's recently submitted class assignment that fell far short of expectations.
Speaker: professor (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: student
Utterance: "Your introduction is strong and I appreciate the effort, but the methodology section onward still needs substantial work. With revisions I think this could be a solid paper."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): During the official state dinner, the vegetables were overcooked and the fish undercooked. The ambassador looks embarrassed. His counterpart across the table, comments while everyone stares at the food.
Speaker: counterpart (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: ambassador
Utterance: "In my country our food is prepared the opposite: raw vegetables and cooked fish."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): During a post operation discussion, the assisting surgeon realizes the main surgeon left a sponge in the patient's abdomin.
Speaker: assisting surgeon (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: main surgeon
Utterance: "I hope his insurance pays for that extra sponge or it's coming out of your paycheck"
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (passive-aggression): A project coordinator had an approved day off but their manager asks them to cover a client call. The coordinator responds in person before leaving for the day.
Speaker: project coordinator (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: manager
Utterance: "As you know I have my trip scheduled for today, so it will depend on flight wifi."
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): Morgan promised to feed Carl's fish while Carl was on extended vacation. Morgan accidently fed the fish the wrong pet food which proved toxic. Staring at all his dead tropical fish floating upside down at the top of their fishtank, Carl notes:
Speaker: Carl (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: Morgan
Utterance: "Well at least you remembered to feed them."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (strategic-politeness): An adult child who works full time is talking to their elderly parent who has been asking for weekly in-home help. The adult is exhausted but wants to remain polite.
Speaker: adult child (relation to listener: low-to-high)
Listener: elderly parent
Utterance: "I really wish I could help more, but I can't commit to coming over every weekend. Would it be okay if we scheduled a visit and see how it goes?"
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (passive-aggression): After your partner repeatedly cancels plans at the last minute, you just learned your partner now wants to go out tonight despite their earlier cancellations.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: partner
Utterance: "Leave it to you to cancel a cancelation."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): After a virtual presentation, a you post feedback in the team Slack channel praising the presenter and suggesting a small change.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: teammate
Utterance: "Great job on the presentation! You covered the main points clearly. One small suggestion: tighten the intro by about a minute so we don't run over. Otherwise, really strong session!"
Speaker's actual emotion: joy
Scenario (mixed-signals): You get a late DM from a friend you haven't heard from in two months, you respond with a message worried about them. They finally reply the next day.
Speaker: friend (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: you
Utterance: "Can't talk, don’t worry about it."
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (passive-aggression): You are in a group chat with friends planning a weekend trip where others are choosing dates and activities without asking. One member who has been quieter lately speaks up
Speaker: quiet friend (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: other planning friends
Utterance: "Sure, go ahead and book whatever works for you. I don't want to be a burden."
Speaker's actual emotion: fear
Scenario (passive-aggression): On a company's editorial Slack channel, a senior editor responds to an intern's draft for a public post.
Speaker: senior editor (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: intern
Utterance: "That's a cute take. Maybe try rewording it to sound more professional before you post."
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): A junior developer just spent the morning presenting a design proposal their manager quickly dismissed in front of everyone. The manager then gave the junior developer a single vague sentence of feedback and moved on.
Speaker: junior developer (lower) (relation to listener: low-to-high)
Listener: team manager
Utterance: "I guess I left him nearly speechless which is either really good or really bad?"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (mixed-signals): After a tense develoepr sprint demo where a bug was pointed out, you get a short direct message from a teammate who stayed late this week to help you with the feature.
Speaker: colleague (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: you
Utterance: "You're code clobbered by recent updates, but don't worry about it."
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): A scheduled controlled forest burn escaped and accidently damanged thousands of acres. The governor gathers all the leaders involved to address them.
Speaker: firefighters (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: governor
Utterance: "I think you left out one of the words in the phrase "controlled forrest burn"."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): On the company shipping status webpage, Taylor is asked by the shipping manager about why they didn't post the update that was due an hour ago and what's being done about it now.
Speaker: Taylor (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: shipping manager
Utterance: "Oh no, my bad! Totally spaced out."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (strategic-politeness): After a colleague's client-facing presentation which contained several critical factual errors, you send a follow-up message in the team chat.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: colleague
Utterance: "Nice work on the presentation. It looked polished overall, but there were a few gaps in the data that we'd need to tighten up for the client, but great job pulling it together."
Speaker's actual emotion: joy
Scenario (mixed-signals): After an awkward client call, the manager texts the junior analyst from home late at night.
Speaker: manager (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: junior analyst
Utterance: "We lost the client. Don't worry, get  some rest, and we'll go over it tomorrow."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): During a mid-year compensation discussion after a great performance review, the employee asks their manager whether a promised raise will be applied this quarter.
Speaker: manager (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: employee
Utterance: "Yes, raises can be contingent upon performance reviews."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (mixed-signals): At the end of a busy Friday, the director says this to a new team member who asked for feedback.
Speaker: director (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: new team member
Utterance: "I'm usually very busy, but my door's open."
Speaker's actual emotion: joy
Scenario (mixed-signals): You asked your director for feedback on a draft. The director spent the afternoon in a meeting but emailed you a blunt note at 9pm.
Speaker: associate (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: director
Utterance: "If you can make this draft better, please send it by tomorrow."
Speaker's actual emotion: fear
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): During a live product demo to executives, the prototype froze after the director insisted on showing the new feature right away. The junior developer who had to restart the demo is now speaking to that director in the team chat after the meeting.
Speaker: junior developer (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: director
Utterance: "Hopefully the audience thought the pause was a tomato timer feature, not a bug."
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): A father comes home to find the teenager's spilled food, a stack of dirty plates, and clothes all over the living room. Guests are due in an hour, so the father speaks.
Speaker: father (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: teenager
Utterance: "Thanks for helping clean-up before our guests arrive, but I think you missed a few spots."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (passive-aggression): At a family potluck, an aunt samples a niece's homemade dish that the rest of the family finds unconventional. After pausing the aunt responds.
Speaker: aunt (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: niece
Utterance: "Thanks for bringing such a creative dish, it's always interesting to try new things."
Speaker's actual emotion: joy
Scenario (passive-aggression): A father has repeatedly covered his adult daughter's share of household bills. After a month without payment, he brings it up while helping her pack laundry.
Speaker: parent (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: adult daughter
Utterance: "If you'd like, I can remind you again next month about the rent. I know how you can forget sometimes."
Speaker's actual emotion: trust
Scenario (strategic-politeness): A parent is responding to an adult child's request to move back into the family home for a few months.
Speaker: parent (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: adult child
Utterance: "I wish I could help more, but I don't think moving back in is a good idea right now; let's talk about other ways I can support you."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): You and a friend are getting ready for a double date. As the other person's date arrives, your friend knocks over a glass of red wine all over their partner's white shirt.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: your friend who spilled wine
Utterance: "Great! Now I'm going to have to spill a glass of wine too so our dates match."
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): A friend (using the same dating-app you've successfully used) asks you to review a short bio and you give a quick line-by-line reaction. Your friend's short bio is terrible partner repellant.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: friend
Utterance: "I like your photos, you come across really confident. Maybe drop the self-deprecating 'hopeless at dating' line and consider a complete textaul makeover."
Speaker's actual emotion: trust
Scenario (sarcasm-irony): At a small house party the you accidentally mentioned a private story about you new partner in front of the your ex, causing visible embarrassment. Your new partner feels betrayed, responds with a short remark.
Speaker: new partner (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: you
Utterance: "Glad to know you stay on intimate terms with both your current and future ex's"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): Slack thread between a developer manager and the project manager about a feature deadline. The developer manager has reviewed the project manager's proposed unrealistic timeline.
Speaker: developer manager (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: project manager
Utterance: "Thanks for laying this out. It seems a bit ambitious for the scope we agreed on. I can try to hit it, but I worry quality will suffer unless we adjust the timeline."
Speaker's actual emotion: trust
Scenario (strategic-politeness): A short group message from a junior analyst to their department head after a weekly meeting where the head's notes and follow-ups were disorganized.
Speaker: junior analyst (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: director
Utterance: "I really appreciate how you push us to think bigger. That said, some of the follow-up notes were hard to follow. Maybe we could standardize the format? You're always so supportive of the team."
Speaker's actual emotion: joy
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): During a check-in the employee directly asks whether there's budget for a promotion this quarter; the manager responds quickly.
Speaker: manager (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: employee
Utterance: "That's a great questionâI'll have HR send you the details."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (mixed-signals): After staying late all week to fix issues caused by a faulty component, a automotive engineer speaks candidly in a one-on-one with their engineering director about a recent unilateral decision that created extra work.
Speaker: automobile engineer (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: engineering director
Utterance: "That decision really challenged us more than it should have"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): After a tense exchange about who borrowed Dad's car without asking, the father hold up his son's distinctive jacket left in car this morning.
Speaker: son (relation to listener: low-to-high)
Listener: father
Utterance: "You got a jacket just like mine!"
Speaker's actual emotion: anger
Scenario (passive-aggression): At a family dinner, a pair of brother and sister adult siblings are taking a side dish the sister brought. The sister (the listener) has a history of undercooking or sloppily preparing food, and there has been low-level tension about it. The brother comments.
Speaker: brother (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: sister
Utterance: "Wow, I've never had mashed potatoes like these before. It's nice to see you trying."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (mixed-signals): A mother has been staying up late to help her 13-year-old with repeated school assignments. After cleaning up the child's messy desk again the mother snaps.
Speaker: mother (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: child
Utterance: "This is the absolute last time I'm cleaning up after you. Alright?"
Speaker's actual emotion: fear
Scenario (mixed-signals): A mother who has been distant lately replies to her younger child's excited message about a school recital. She has missed recent events but always promises she'll make the next one.
Speaker: mother (relation to listener: high-to-low)
Listener: child
Utterance: "I'll be there if I can."
Speaker's actual emotion: sadness
Scenario (mixed-signals): An adult son, juggling a demanding job, replies to his elderly father's repeated hints that he'd like a visit at the rest home. The son offers a brief, open-sounding response.
Speaker: adult_son (relation to listener: low-to-high)
Listener: father
Utterance: "Of course, looking forward to seeing you once I can catch a break from work."
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation
Scenario (deflection-misdirection): A man texts a partner he is dating to ask why they didn't respond after a tense thread message the previous night. The partner replies quickly with an upbeat plan.
Speaker: partner (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: man
Utterance: "Oh my god, why so serious. We should plan a beach day next weekend: sunscreen, snacks, and a ridiculous playlist. You in?"
Speaker's actual emotion: surprise
Scenario (strategic-politeness): For your parents 50th anniversary, your dominating older brother want to raise money for a trip to visit them in Seattle. Your other siblings and you live elsewhere and would rather fly them to their childhood home in Hawaii.
Speaker: you (relation to listener: peer)
Listener: older brother
Utterance: "Yes, let's raise money from the siblings to send them on a great 50th anniversary trip. Why don't we all get together to brainstorm ideas?"
Speaker's actual emotion: anticipation