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 Oscar Grant ? The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station  which documented the life of  22-year old Oscar Grant  before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal  gut-wrenching look at  Grant's  death  and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale  which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings  it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan  Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before  Grant  was shot  shedding light on  his  relationships   his  friends  and  his  past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of  his  life  like  his  relationship with young daughter  or how  he 'd recently lost  his  job. It goes so far as to show how  he  interacts with strangers  like  his  warm conversations about marriage with a couple  he 'd just met  or how  he  runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
 Oscar Grant's death in 2009  proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality  race  and authority.  It  sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland  and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage  some arguing that  it  made Grant's life a political fulcrum  including Coogler.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gabart ? Around The World In 42 Days : Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP There is a new world record for sailing around the world : 42 days   16 hours   40 minutes and 35 seconds . If verified   it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record   set a year earlier . Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP French sailor François Gabart   aboard a 100 - foot trimaran   set out on Nov . 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville . On Sunday   Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France ' s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France . He reportedly averaged 27 . 2 knots ( 31 . 3 mph ) over 27   859 . 7 nautical miles . YouTube Making such a journey is a difficult feat . It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica   all the while tending a high - performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope . After reaching Brest   Gabart   34   said he was " aching all over ." "[ It ' s ] been like that for weeks   weeks since a proper sleep – I can hardly go on  " he told reporters after making landfall at Brest . " It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time ." Exhausted or not   Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew . " It hasn ' t sunk in yet but I know it ' s a great time  " he said . Britain ' s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non - stop circumnavigation in 2005   but lost it to Francis Joyon of France . She regained it three years later .  Gabart ' s  record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council   which will scrutinize  his  vessel ' s GPS data before signing off on the new record .

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Breana Stewart ? WNBA star Breana Stewart  is now sharing a story of  her  own in light of the #MeToo movement.
In an essay called "Me Too" on The Players' Tribune   Stewart  revealed that  she  was sexually abused as a child by a man who lived in one of the houses of  her  relatives.  She  said the man was a construction worker and smoked cigarettes but did not identify  her  abuser.
 Stewart  said  she  turned to basketball during this time because it "became a sort of safe space" for the current Seattle Storm forward.
"In some ways  I'm still the same 11-year-old who just wanted to go to practice  " Stewart  wrote. "I've never been to therapy. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to relive it. It's something I've tried to tuck away as far back on the shelf as I could. But that only works to an extent. I've cried. I cry most after I tell someone who's important to me. Talking about what I went through  explaining all of it -- it guts me. I'm forced to relive it. That's when it hits that what happened is real. It wasn't just an awful nightmare. It wasn't some other life I lived at another time."
The 23-year-old said  she  told  her  parents about the abuse when  she  was 11 years old and the man was later arrested and confessed his crimes.  Stewart  said  she  wishes  she  could forget the memories of  her  experience.
"I'm angry he took advantage of me as a child. I'll never get that time back. And what memories I still have  I'll never be able to erase them. Sometimes I wish for a few more black holes "  Stewart  said.
 Breanna Stewart  said basketball became a safe space for  her  as child. (Jessica Hill/AP)
 Stewart  said  she  decided to come forward with  her  story because the movement is something bigger than  her .
 Stewart  was a basketball star for the UConn women's basketball team.  She  won the NCAA national championship four times and was given the Naismith Award for college basketball's most outstanding player on three occasions.
So far  she  has seamlessly transitioned to the WNBA and was given the Rookie of the Year award in 2016.

SOLUTION:
Positive