TASK DEFINITION: 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Darren Woods ? Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods  made the announcement in a blog post on Monday (full text below).
"At ExxonMobil   we  plan to invest more than $50 billion over the next five years to expand  our  business in the United States " writes  Woods . "These investments are underpinned by the unique strengths of our company and enhanced by the historic tax reform recently signed into law."
 Woods  notes the Exxon is not alone in its plans to reinvest in America and American workers in response to the massive corporate tax cut  which Republicans slashed from 35% to 21%.
 Woods  goes on to detail ways  his  company will invest those tens of billions in the U.S.:

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lamboginny ? Story highlights  Nigerian singer Lamboginny  is performing at the country's prisons
 He  says  he  wants to give prisoners a second chance
Lagos (CNN) When  Yinka Lawanson (better known by his stage name "Lamboginny")  launched  his  debut album in October 2017   he  chose Nigeria's Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison as the venue.
 Lamboginny  held  his  first concert at Kirikiri  in Lagos  in 2009  performing before a large audience of prisoners. These days   he  holds three or four concerts in different prisons every year.
"What makes me happy is when I see that smile of hope on their faces "  he  says. "This is for them to know that life has not turned its back on them."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tim Kelly ? President Donald Trump nominated Michigan State Representative Tim Kelly for a high-level career and technical education position in the Department of Education  but the administration pulled that nomination after some comments in  Kelly âs blog from years ago gained public attention.
âIt became clear that  Mr. Kelly  had made a series of statements that were not reflective of the secretaryâs values â said an administration official.
 Kelly  defends himself
 Kelly  blamed the âdeep stateâ and Trump haters for digging up and leaking the questionable blog posts to sabotage his nomination.
âIf people read the [blog] posts  people will think â¦ this guy got a bad deal â  Kelly  said. âIâm appalled that people would take this out of context. â¦ I wrote this blog several years ago. Someone from inside leaked this. I wasnât ever hiding it. I was forthcoming with it from the get-go.â
After having his nomination pulled   Kelly  said  he  didnât think it would be good to work for the Trump administration anyway.
âI donât see why anybody with any sense wants to go there â  Kelly  said. âThey take good people and ruin them.â

SOLUTION:
Neutral