We used the WebAbout system to find the opinions about certain car models like Pegeut 207 and vacuum cleaner producers. The system works quite well. As a matter of fact, it works better when there is a specific model provided at the input, however it also returns useful information when only the trademark name is given.
We try to adapt it to scan opinions about people. Language constructions in which people participate are different than the constructions for not animate objects – the semantic differences result in different language constructions
