TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence and an entity, the task is to select the authors sentiment towards the enity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the sentence expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the sentence 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 sentence 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 Nouri Kamal al-Maliki ?  Military experts anticipate more violence in the days ahead. Maliki's effort to capitalize on Iraq's latent anti-Americanism and to extol the abilities of his troops is a risky strategy. If it turns out that Iraqi troops cannot control the violence  al-Maliki will be vulnerable to criticism from rivals -- both if he has to ask the Americans to return but also if he fails to enforce security without them.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Deborah Danner ?  Deborah Danner  asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kris Jenner ? Diehard Kylie devotees (and one or two Travis Scott fans  I guess) have all sorts of ideas about how and when Kylie will announce her progeny. One widespread theory held that the Kardashians would reveal a pregnant Kylie on their annual Christmas card. Although the month-long countdown kept tensions high  the 25th came and went without a festive baby bump; in fact   Jenner  was entirely absent from the photo shoot.

SOLUTION:
Neutral