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].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Taylor Swift ? Taylor Swiftâs lawyers  are trying to shake off claims that the âShake It Offâ singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.
 Swift  was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler  who created the song âPlayas Gonâ Playâ for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that  Swift  stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single âShake It Off.â
On Wednesday  the singerâs lawyers asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against  Swift  and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and âpublic domain clichÃ©sâ that canât be claimed as copyright  according to Variety.
 Swift  used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says  âPlayers gonna play  play  play  play  play  and haters gonna hate  hate  hate  hate  hate.â
âThere can be no copyright protection in âplayas  they gonna play and haters  they gonna hate â because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate â  Swift âs lawyers said. âPlaintiffsâ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolousâ¦ Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.â
To further prove their argument   Swift âs legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the âplayerâ and âhaterâ phrase such as âDreamsâ by Fleetwood Mac  in which the song says  âPlayers only love you when theyâre playing â and âPlaya Hater â by the Notorious B.I.G.  where the phrase âplaya  playa haterâ is used as the part of the songâs chorus.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hope Hicks ? Hope Hicks  29  is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign  she had no political experience.
 Hicks  was born in Greenwich  a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.
 Hicks  didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign  instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.
And  Hicks  has been with Trump — to use  his  words — "from the beginning." She stuck on  his  campaign through several staff revamps  including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.
Here's what we know about  Hicks .

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Carles Puigdemont ? Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona  Spain  October 10  2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea
In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament  ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police  Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration  claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.
One EU official said  Puigdemont  “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.
However  the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite  Puigdemont ’s gesture  with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law”  a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.
The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to  Puigdemont ’s declaration.
Both Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government and European Council President Donald Tusk had urged  Puigdemont  not to proclaim independence. And French President Emmanuel Macron rejected  Puigdemont ’s call for European Union mediation  saying he was confident Madrid could handle the situation.
 Puigdemont  told the Barcelona regional parliament that the result provided a popular mandate for independence and  he  called for talks and reduced tensions.
”We aren’t criminals  nor crazy  nor coup plotters  nor abducted “  he  said. ”We are normal people who ask to be allowed to vote and who have been ready for all the dialogue necessary to achieve it in an agreed way.
“I assume ... the mandate that Catalonia become an independent state in the form of a republic ”  he  said to prolonged applause.
After  Puigdemont ’s speech  stocks around the world rose as Wall Street eked out record highs ahead of earnings season  while U.S. Treasury prices pared gains.
Some analysts  however  said  Puigdemont ’s stance would prolong the uncertainty and risk from the Catalan impasse.
Independence supporters watched  Puigdemont ’s speech on large screens outside the 18th-century parliament building. Initially  people chanted “independence”  cheered and kissed each other  but as it became clear there would be no formal declaration of independence  some people whistled and shook their heads.
Pensioner Marisol Rioja  65  said: “We would have liked more. But he ( Puigdemont ) couldn’t do it.”

Answer:
Positive