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 Wayne Williams ? Lindsey: It was carpet fibers and dog hairs they were able to link from  Wayne Williams  —  his  car   his  home — to some of the victims. Besides that  everything else was mostly circumstantial. And  he  obviously had failed a couple of polygraph tests  but those were inadmissible in court. Besides that  they didn't have much against  him .

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sarah Shourd ? Sarah Shourd was freed in September and returned to the United States. Her fiance  Shane Bauer  and their friend Josh Fattal remain in prison.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Richard Smith ? Congress pounced on  Richard Smith   the former CEO of Equifax  just minutes into  his  hearing before the House Energy Committee Tuesday.

SOLUTION:
Negative