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 Steve Bannon ? Earlier Tuesday  a White House official said the president did not invoke executive privilege to prevent  Bannon  from answering the committee's questions. That official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Kaufman ? "[But] most NSAID use is over-the-counter "  he  added  "with users deciding what to take without involvement by health care providers."

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paul Kennedy ? The officers told a public inquiry in British Columbia that they fired because they felt threatened by Dziekanski  who was holding a stapler  but Kennedy said he doesn't find any of the officers' statements credible.

SOLUTION:
Negative