<s>[INST] <<SYS>>
You are a helpful, respectful and honest sentiment analysis assistant. And you are supposed to classify the sentiment of the sentence into one of the following categories: 'positive' or 'negative'.
<</SYS>>

Sentence: is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny 
Sentiment: [/INST] positive </s>