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].

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity LaVar Ball ? Notorious basketball father LaVar Ball  is attempting to grow  his  personal profile by creating a new basketball league for high school seniors who have decided not to bother going to college  reports say.
 Ball  claims the new league  to be called the Junior Basketball Association (JBA)  will pay the lowest-ranked players $3 000 a month while the stars would get $10 00 a month  according to Sporting News.
Logo of  LaVar Ball âs league aimed at top high school players is a silhouette of Lonzo ready to dunk. pic.twitter.com/hBf9WHBdJG â Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 20  2017
âGetting these players is going to be easy â  Ball  said. âThis is giving guys a chance to get a jump start on their career  to be seen by pro scouts  and weâre going to pay them because someone has to pay these kids.â
 Ball  also said the league will use NBA regulations but that all players will wear his Big Baller brand shoes and gear because his company is funding the league.
âWeâll give it to them all. Theyâll be wearing our uniform  our shoes  our T-shirts and our hoodies â  Ball  insisted.
 Ball  said  he  wants to assemble ten teams in cities such as Los Angeles  Dallas  Brooklyn  and Atlanta.
 Ball  recently made news with a feud with President Donald Trump over the assistance the president lent his son  LiAngelo  who was arrested for shoplifting by Chinese authorities when his college team was in that country in November. President Trump personally intervened with Chinaâs leadership to get LiAngelo and two other players released after the arrest  but the senior  Ball  refused to give Trump any credit for helping his son out of the jam.
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Marco Weiss ? "Of course we are very disappointed  and I can also say in Marco's name that he feels this verdict is unjust " Weiss' father  Ralf Jahns  told reporters in the family's home town of Uelzen  Germany.
 "This verdict says nothing about Marco's guilt or innocence " his mother  Martina  said  and suggested the court's motivation had been that "the long time in investigative custody had to be justified."
 The verdict follows a lengthy trial that dragged on as the court demanded various reports on the girl's physical and mental condition from British authorities. Some prosecutors and judges in the panel of three overseeing the case were also changed  delaying proceedings. It began as a closed-door trial  with Weiss still a minor and identified only as Marco W. It was later opened to journalists.
 Weiss maintained that he and the girl became close while in the Mediterranean resort of Side  near Antalya  and one night ended up in the girl's hotel bedroom where they had physical contact but no intercourse. He also said the girl had lied about her age and said she was 15 -- the age of consent in Turkey.
 He was arrested the next day  after the girl's mother filed a complaint with Turkish police  and he was held for eight months in custody until being allowed to return home after an appeal from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
 On his return  Weiss wrote a book -- "Marco W. -- My 247 days in a Turkish prison" -- detailing his time inside the jail in Antalya.
 WeissWeiss' lawyer said he would appeal Wednesday's conviction  arguing that his client should have been cleared on grounds of insufficient proof and shortfalls in the investigation.
 "Marco Weiss should have been acquitted " Mehmet Asim Iplikcioglu said. "We will fight for that until the end."
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Federica Mogherini ? Despite warning Iran to allow for peaceful protests this week  the European Union and its foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini have supported the Iranian regime and President Hassan Rouhani several times in the recent past.
On Monday  Mogherini âs EU  along with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel  requested that the Iranian regime respect the right to protest after several deaths have been reported.
A spokesman for  Ms. Mogherini  said: âWe have been in touch with the Iranian authorities and we expect that the right to peaceful demonstration and freedom of expression will be guaranteed â the Times of Israel reports.
The move is a dramatic turn for  Mogherini  who has spoken out in favour of the Iranian regime in recent disputes regarding the U.S.-Iran deal which President Donald Trump has routinely slammed.
It is not the first time  Mogherini  had spoken out for the Iranian regime. In 2015  on a visit to Iran  she declared that ballistic missile tests were not a violation of the nuclear deal and said: âWe expect Iran to fulfil all its international obligations.â
When current Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was reelected last year   Mogherini  was one of the most prominent voices in Europe to congratulate  him . On Twitter   she  wrote: âI congratulate President @ HassanRouhani for strong mandate received.â
The move was not well-received in Iran where many took to social media  likely through virtual private networks (VPNs) as many services are banned in Iran  to condemn the lawmakers taking selfies with  Ms. Mogherini .
Not only a supporter of the Iranian regime   Mogherini  has even come out in favour of the idea of political Islam in Europe. At a speech in Brussels in 2015  she remarked: âIslam belongs in Europe. It holds a place in Europeâs history  in our culture  in our food and â what matters most â in Europeâs present and future.â
[EX A]:
Positive