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 Mohamed Hamdan ? A leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon said  Hamdan  was involved in operations in Israel. âThe incident has Israeli fingerprints â Mounir al-Maqdah  the Fatah official  told Reuters.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald Trump Jr. ? If Sir Thomas More were alive today  that’s what he might say about congressional Republicans who gave their political souls in exchange for  Trump ’s support because they thought they needed it to be reelected. They have been held hostage by  Trump ’s popularity with  his  base and  his  grip on the swing vote. But after last week  that grip looks a lot looser.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bill Gates ? Since stepping down from the helm of Microsoft in 2006   Gates  has thrown  himself  into the Bill &  Melinda Gates  Foundation  which donates money to research and charitable organizations.

SOLUTION:
Positive