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].

Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mrs Merkel ? If possible  Germanyâs establishmentâincluding  Mrs Merkel  and Mr Steinmeierâwill seek to avoid new elections. These could most benefit the far-right Alternative for Germany and would not necessarily rupture the deadlock  current polls putting the main parties very close to the results they obtained at the September election. In  her  comments last night  Mrs Merkel  emphasised that  her  party would âtake responsibility for this country  even in difficult timesâ.  She  is determined  in other words  to make the best of the hand the German people dealt  her  in September. Precisely how  she  plans to proceed should become clearer today.

A: Positive
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Steven Mnuchin ? In response to comments about pending congressional legislation to address cannabis businesses' access to financial services   Mnuchin  pledged to consult with White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney  who as a member of Congress previously sponsored a similar bill.

A: Positive
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elijah Cummings ? In his letter to Chaffetz   Cummings  contended that this investigation should be a bipartisan endeavor to ensure the security of American democracy:

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Positive
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