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 Pope Francis Letter is Negative . Well  it’s now happened.  The great scandal of the modern Catholic Church  —  its  tolerance for clergy who abuse children  and  its  laxity when dealing with bishops who themselves tolerated or enabled priest-abusers — now touches directly on  the pope himself .
 It ’s worth laying out the timeline clearly. In 2015  Pope Francis appointed Juan Barros Madrid to the bishopric of Osorno  Chile. The appointment was met with local protests  among Catholics and non-Catholics who believed that Barros was implicated in the crimes of child sexual abuse committed by his friend Father Fernando Karadima  a prominent Chilean churchman who habitually kissed and fondled boys. In the days after the installation of Barros at Osono  Pope Francis told an archbishop that there was “no objective reason at all” to oppose the appointment. The Vatican’s own department governing these matters  the Congregation for Bishops  released a statement saying they had “carefully examined the prelate’s candidature and did not find objective reasons to preclude the appointment.”
In the months following the appointment   Pope Francis  became extremely dismissive of complaints. “Osorno suffers  yes  for silliness ”  the pope  said of the outrage in the media. “Think with your head  and do not be carried away by the noses of the leftists  who are the ones who put this thing together ” he added.
A few weeks ago   Pope Francis ’s visit to Chile was marked by protests  and  the pope  continued  his  extremely brusque dismissal. “The day I see proof against Bishop Barros  then I will talk ” the pontiff said. “There is not a single piece of evidence against  him . It is all slander. Is that clear?”  Francis  said that no victims had come forward to  him . It was apparently this statement that caused Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston to scramble down to Chile and meet with the pope. After O’Malley’s intervention  presumably  the pope issued a half-apology  but repeated that the accusations against Barros were “slander” before adding  “I’m convinced he’s innocent.”
And now the news drops. In the time between the pope’s appointment of Barros and his commentary about protesters being carried away by leftists  members of the Vatican’s own Commission for the Protection of Minors gathered to discuss the appointment. They had a representative hand-deliver a letter to Pope Francis  from Carlos Cruz. The letter alleged  in lurid detail  that Barros had personally witnessed the abuse of Cruz at Karadima’s hands. Members of the commission photographed the hand-off of the letter to  the pope   to reassure Cruz that they were doing everything possible to make his cry for justice heard.
The facts as we know them leave us with a few interpretations. 1)  Pope Francis  simply never read the letter  ignoring this extraordinary intervention by the Vatican’s own commission on a matter of public controversy for  his  pontificate. 2)  Francis  read the letter but forgot about it  reverting to  his  original understanding of the case. 3)  Francis  read the letter  but stuck to  his  decision for Barros  committing unintentional or intentional deceptions about the state of  his  knowledge of the accusations. 4)  He  read the letter  but either doubted the accusations in it  or at least found them so unimpressive that  he  did not decide to follow up on them.
The first explanation would mean that  Francis  was culpably ignorant. The second that  he  may lack the mental or moral faculties to competently govern the Catholic Church. The third that  he  is too stubborn or vain to change course in the face of evidence. And the last that  he  has little trust or faith in the Commission on the Protection of Minors to pass on credible counsel to  him . Perhaps more reporting or disclosure will change our understanding  but none of these are satisfactory.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sidney Crosby is Negative . This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House  and threw into stark relief  the comments of superstar Sidney Crosby  a native of Cole Harbour  Nova Scotia .
 His comments  came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as "sons of bitches " declaring they should be fired for "disrespecting the flag." Following his comments players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism  the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a "great team."
This wishful thinking disappeared when  Crosby  was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  he  saw the visit "as an opportunity." But  he  also said there had been "little to no discussion" in the locker room about the decision to go.
"I'm pretty aware of what's going on "  Crosby  told the Post-Gazette. "People have that right to not go  too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group  we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it."
Sidney Crosby  a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia  has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian  he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada  they argue  does not have the same issues with race.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.
This is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface  and where  he  was memorably accused of not playing the "white" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg  the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable  humble  black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds  a descendent of African Nova Scotians  had a banana thrown at him on the ice.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey  where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto  where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future  the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus  buddy with them  and then let them know that when it comes down to it  their lives do not matter.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tyler Barriss is Negative . Tyler Barriss   the 25-year-old man suspected of making a fatal prank "swatting" call to police after an argument over the video game Call of Duty  has waived extradition to Kansas  according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. The fugitive from justice warrant lists  Barriss'  charge as making a false alarm  according to NBC News.
Authorities in Los Angeles arrested  Barriss  on Friday. Wichita police say they received a call on Thursday from someone claiming they had killed their father  doused the home in gas  and planned to set it on fire with their mother and brother inside. Police went to the given address  where they found 28-year-old Andrew Finch. Finch was fatally shot during the incident.
This isn't the first time  Barriss  has been arrested in connection to a fake 911 call. In October 2015  police in California arrested  Barriss  for making bomb threats to KABC-TV. He was charged with two felony counts of false report of a bomb to an agency of business and one felony count of criminal threats. According to Los Angeles Sheriff's Office records   Barriss  was sentenced to 972 days in the adjudicated case.
Now that  Barriss  has waived extradition  he will be transported back to Kansas within the next two to three weeks. When he arrives in Wichita  he will make his first appearance in a district court. Glixel has reached out to the DA's office to see if  Barriss  faces any additional charges.

SOLUTION:
no