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 Chris Christie ?  Christie  was once considered a potential for president  but  his  career has floundered since 2012. First came âBridgegate â in which  Christieâs  former allies shut down lanes of the George Washington Bridge for five days in 2013  apparently as an act of retaliation against a local mayor who did not support Christieâs reelection bid.  Christie  has denied  his  role in the scandal.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gerry Adams Gerry ? GERRY ADAMS  who on November 18th announced plans to retire after 34 years as president of Sinn Fein and the dominant figure in the Irish republican movement  will forever be associated with both war and peace.  He  came to the fore during the Irish Republican Armyâs most violent years in the 1970s and 1980s but also helped turn Sinn Fein into a legitimate political force on both sides of the border.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jennifer Egan Jennifer ?  EGAN : So I had to recognize that I was telling a story that could not live in a tricky structural form. It really required a total immersion in continuity.

SOLUTION:
Positive