TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Waymo is Positive . SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc âs Waymo  sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling  its  high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company  sources familiar with the proposal told Reuters.
The Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use  Waymo  technology in the future  the sources said.
Uber rejected those terms as non-starters  said the sources  who were not authorized to publicly discuss settlement talks. The precise dollar amount requested by  Waymo  and the exact time the offer was made could not be learned.
 Waymoâs  tough negotiating stance  which has not been previously reported  reflects the company âs  confidence in  its  legal position after months of pretrial victories in a case which may help to determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast-growing field of self-driving cars.
The aggressive settlement demands also suggest that  Waymo  is not in a hurry to resolve the lawsuit  in part because of  its  value as a distraction for Uber leadership  said Elizabeth Rowe  a trade secret expert at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
 Waymo  recently persuaded a San Francisco federal judge to delay a trial to decide the dispute from October to early December  citing the need to investigate evidence Uber had not disclosed earlier.
Amy Candido  a  Waymo  attorney  declined to comment on any settlement talks  but said the companyâs reasons for suing Uber are âpretty clear.â
â Waymo  had one goal: to stop Uber from using  its  trade secrets â  she  said. âThat remains  its  goal.â
 Waymo  sued Uber in February  claiming that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14 000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company  called Otto  which Uber acquired soon after.
Uber denied using any of Waymoâs trade secrets.
FILE PHOTO: The  Waymo  logo is displayed during the company's unveil of a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit  Michigan  U.S.  January 8  2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
 Waymoâs  lawsuit has been disruptive for Uber. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted  Waymoâs  request for a pretrial injunction in May  which prohibited Levandowski from working on Lidar  a key sensor technology for self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.
Uber later fired Levandowski  regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology  after he refused to return Waymo documents at the heart of the case. Levandowski has asserted his constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions from  Waymo  lawyers.
Benchmark cited  Waymo âs allegations of trade secret theft in separate litigation aimed at forcing Kalanick off Uberâs board. A Delaware judge put that lawsuit on hold and sent it to private arbitration.
On Sunday Oct. 1  the day before Kalanick was scheduled to give a deposition in the Waymo case  Kalanickâs lawyers called  Waymo  and asked to postpone the deposition  lawyers for both companies said in court last week.
Kalanickâs lawyers said he was in the middle of a fight to appoint new board members and was therefore too busy   Waymo  attorneys said in court.  Waymo  refused the request  forcing Kalanick to attend the deposition.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lowell Hawthorne is Neutral . NEW YORK (AP)  â Lowell Hawthorne   the founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill  has died in New York City. He was 57.
The city's medical examiner's said  Hawthorne  shot himself in the head at his Bronx factory on Saturday.
 Hawthorne  started the successful Caribbean fast food chain in 1989 by selling Jamaican beef patties  jerk chicken and breads.  He  built the business into a national franchise with more than 120 restaurants in nine states.
 Hawthorne  once appeared in an episode of CBS' "Undercover Boss." At the time of  his  death  his  company was planning on building a new $37 million headquarters in Rockland County.
" He  was a nice boss  a wonderful guy " longtime employee Everald Woods told the Daily News. " He 's the kind of guy you want to work for for that long.  He  takes care of  his  employees."

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Scott Pruitt is Neutral . The testimony by EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Barry Breen before a House oversight subcommittee conflicts with the agency's policy positions under President Donald Trump  who has called climate change a hoax. Breen's boss  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt  is an ardent fossil fuel promoter who questions the validity of mainstream climate science.
Under the Obama administration  EPA issued a robust plan for prioritizing cleanup and protection of toxic sites located in flood zones and areas vulnerable to sea level rise. However  a Superfund Task Force appointed by  Pruitt  last year issued a 34-page list of recommendations that makes no mention of climate change  flooding risks from stronger storms or rising seas.
EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox did not respond to questions Thursday about whether  Pruitt  agreed with Breen's testimony or precisely what the agency is currently doing to address to risks posed to Superfund sites by climate change.
 Pruitt  says  he  has made faster Superfund site cleanups a high priority for the agency.  Pruitt 's task force on the issue is led by Albert "Kell" Kelly  a former Oklahoma banker with no experience as an environmental regulator.
AP reported in August that  Pruitt  hired Kelly as a senior adviser at EPA after federal financial regulators cited Kelly for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma. Kelly previously served as chairman of Tulsa-based SpiritBank  which provided a $6.8 million financing when  Pruitt  and  his  business partners purchased Oklahoma City's minor league baseball team in 2003.

SOLUTION:
yes