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 Devin Kelley ? Given his background  how did  Devin Kelley  get a gun?
 Kelley  previously served in the U.S. Air Force  but was discharged in 2014  an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Fox News on Monday.
 He  was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting  his  wife and child.  He  was then sentenced to 12 months in custody before being given a bad conduct discharge.
A 1968 Gun Control Act made it unlawful for a licensed firearms dealer to sell a weapon to any person who is given a dishonorable discharge. But because  Kelley  was discharged on bad conduct  the law was not triggered  Adam Winkler  a professor of law and a specialist in American constitutional law at the University of California at Los Angeles  told Fox News on Monday.
 Kelley  purchased two firearms from two separate Academy Sports + Outdoors stores in San Antonio in 2016 and 2017  respectively  the sporting goods store confirmed to Fox News in a statement on Monday. One of the purchases was allegedly a Ruger model AR-556 rifle.
However   Kelley âs domestic violence charges shouldâve been enough to prevent  him  from purchasing a gun  Winkler said -- but the Air Force most likely didnât report this information to the federal background check system  thus allowing the purchase to go forward.
And Winklerâs prediction was right: The Air Force announced late Monday night that the Holloman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations -- the base where  Kelley  was stationed -- failed to report  Kelley âs domestic violence conviction to the FBIâs Criminal Justice Investigation Services Division for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database. The database is used to conduct background checks on those who want to purchase a gun.
The âbiggest mystery â Winkler said  is how  Kelley  was denied a handgun permit but was allowed to purchase a gun from the sporting goods store. But this information is currently unclear.
Additionally  Texas authorities confirmed Monday that  Kelley  did not have a license to carry. However   he  did have a private security license -- often used by armed and unarmed security guards  personal protection officers  private investigators  and more  according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Farris-Watkins ? Isaac Newton Farris Sr.  who suffered from prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease  died at his Atlanta home on Saturday morning   his daughter Angela Farris-Watkins  told The Associated Press.  He  was 83.
 Farris  married Christine King in a ceremony performed by Martin Luther King Jr. and their brother A.D. King on Aug. 19  1960.
“ He  wasn’t caught up marrying into a prominent family ”  Farris-Watkins  said by phone. “ He  was secure in  his  own right.”
 Farris  was a successful entrepreneur and founder of Farris Color Visions.  He  also served a project manager for the construction of The King Center.
“Through all the tragedies and victories  he  helped build the King Center ”  Farris-Watkins  said.
 Farris  was also a deacon and trustee at the historic Ebenezer Baptist church where  he  was a member for over 60 years.
“ He  was such an integral part of our family who will be sorely missed ”  Farris-Watkins  said.
In addition to  his  daughter   Farris  is survived by  his  wife  Christine  his son Isaac Farris Jr.   his  granddaughter  Farris Watkins   his  sister Gail Farris Joyce and many nieces  nephews and cousins.
Funeral arrangements will be handled by  Willie A. Watkins  Funeral Home in Atlanta.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity NicolÃ¡s Maduro ? The arrests here of six top executives of Citgo  the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil giant  amount to a dramatic shake-up in the leadership of the oil interests that have been keeping  embattled President NicolÃ¡s Maduro  in power. The move suggests  observers say  a possible attempt by the government to ensure the loyalty of Citgo's management.
On Wednesday   Maduro  named AsdrÃºbal ChÃ¡vez  a cousin of late president Hugo ChÃ¡vez  the new president of Citgo in an event broadcast on state television. ChÃ¡vez  a former minister of oil and mining and now a member of parliament  will be heading to the United States to "reconstruct" Citgo in the coming days.
Observers said  however  that the arrests of such high-level officials could be linked to a tug of war for loyalties in the upper ranks of Venezuela's government.  Maduro  was the handpicked successor of ChÃ¡vez  the leftist firebrand who died in 2013. But especially in recent months  high-profile ChÃ¡vez followers - known as Chavistas - have broken with  Maduro .
The men arrested  analysts say  appeared to be loyal to Rafael Ramirez  a former president of PDVSA and longtime ChÃ¡vez ally who is Venezuela's representative at the United Nations. Ramirez is seen as subscribing to a more moderate brand of ChÃ¡vez's leftist-nationalist ideology  known as Chavismo. On Sunday  Ramirez published an article on the left-leaning website Aporrea in which he appeared to criticize  Maduro 's handling of the economy.
At least five of the detained executives are American citizens  according to an official familiar with the situation who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue. In televised comments   Maduro  said one of the men had claimed  he  could not be arrested because  he  was a naturalized U.S. citizen  though born in Venezuela.  He  described their acts as "treason."
"When the intelligence police  with orders from the chief prosecutor  arrived to arrest the directors for corruption  one of them  born in the state of Falcon  said he couldn't be detained because he's an American citizen "  Maduro  said. "Can you imagine how far this treason goes?"

SOLUTION:
Positive