TASK DEFINITION: Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Richard Buckley ? The women told the Austin American-Statesman that opera executives and board members knew of  Richard Buckley's  behavior  but chose not to intervene because of  his  fame and talent.
On Feb. 1  Austin Opera said it fired  Buckley  for inappropriate behavior that violated the company's policy on harassment. The opera declined to provide further details.
 Buckley  told the Statesman in a statement that  he  never intended to offend anyone and that  he  used humor to "release pressure and defuse tension. "
Buckley  was in  his  13th season with Austin Opera.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elaine Wynn ? Earlier in the day  the company appeared to side with its chairman in dismissing the Journalâs article  saying in a statement that the newspaper account âreflected allegationsâ made by his ex-wife  Elaine Wynn  in her litigation against him and the company.
âThe idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous â he said. âThe instigation of these accusations is the continued work of my ex-wife  Elaine Wynn  with whom I am involved in a terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised divorce settlement.â
 A spokeswoman for Elaine Wynn  75   declined comment  but  her  Washington-based attorney  James Cole  told Reuters the notion that his client fomented the allegations in the Journal article âis just not true.â
The couple first married in 1963 and divorced in 1986. They remarried in 1991 and divorced again in 2010  according to court papers. In an escalating battle that followed their bitter second split  Elaine Wynn sued her former spouse in 2016 seeking to gain control over her 9.4 percent stock in Wynn Resorts.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Abdus Salam Murshedy ? In June the sector contracted 0.1 percent month-on-month after growing 9.6 percent in May  Abdus Salam Murshedy  president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association  told reporters late Tuesday.
 He said prices for Bangladeshi garment products have fallen 20 to 25 percent in the global market and the situation is taking a "serious turn". About 25 factories were shut down over June and July.
 "The buyers do not want to offer good rate anymore " he said as the entrepreneurs late Tuesday held a meeting with Members of Parliament in the capital  Dhaka  to discuss the crisis.
 "We are under tremendous pressure to keep us afloat " Murshedy said.
 Murshedy said the next three months till October would be the most challenging period for the industry as domestic issues including frequent power outages and a gas crisis are aggravating the situation.
 He demanded the government bring the entrepreneurs under a special stimulus package to support the sector at least until June 2010.

SOLUTION:
Positive