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 Ali Bongo ? Ali Bongo will be sworn in as Gabon's president this week  succeeding his late father  after a top court upheld his victory in hotly disputed presidential polls.
 The oil- and timber-rich West African nation's Constitutional Court confirmed Bongo won the election prompted by the death of his father Omar Bongo Ondimba  who had ruled the country for 41 years.
 Chief Justice Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo confirmed Bongo as the poll winner with 41.79 percent of the ballot.
 Interim president Rose Francine Rogombe will formally hand over power to Bongo as part of the ceremony at the presidential palace in Libreville. The organisers have also planned a military parade and fireworks display.
 But the secretary general of Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party  Faustin Boukoubi  said he had "a feeling of full satisfaction."
 "Right and the law have prevailed " he said. "All Gabonese have a president who will get down to all the problems of the Gabonese people and make Gabon into an emerging country."
 If reaction to the court's ruling passes without incident  Ali Bongo still faces a difficult start to his presidency  observers say.
 However  according to an official of Mamboundou's UPG (Union of Gabonese People) party  the country's ethnic mix will severely test Bongo's ability to win consensus.
 "No-one is prepared to negotiate with him " said the official. Bongo  who comes from a minority ethnic group "will have lined up against him the Fang  the Punu  and Nzebis. The country is going to be ungovernable."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Collins Collins ? Terry Collins â imminent firing didnât have to get ugly  if not downright reprehensible. Really  it shouldnât have been difficult at all.
The difference was the Phillies informed Mackanin of their decision â imagine that â and asked  him  to remain in the organization as an assistant to GM Matt Klentak  an offer the ex-manager said he was happy to accept.
And Mackanin failed to so much as manage the Phillies to a winning record  never mind a World Series. He was on the job for less than three full seasons  or not even half the time  Collins  managed in New York.
David Wright bashes Mets teammates for ripping  Terry Collins 
So why couldnât the Mets have handled their business in a similarly classy manner  instead of keeping  Collins  in the dark about a decision that was a foregone conclusion for months  and then trashing him with anonymous front-office quotes in his final few days in the big chair.
What  they got mad when  Collins   in response to names of potential successors being leaked to the media  said he had no intention of retiring at the end of the season?
If they had given him the Mackanin treatment before the Metsâ final homestand  and offered him some type of organizational job for a couple of years  Iâm certain  Collins  would have then agreed to say it was time to step down.
After all  heâs 68 and well aware the front office has been critical of his decision-making for years  particularly his handling of pitchers. While the 2017 season was hardly  Collins â fault   his  team crippled by injuries  the Metsâ brass had every right if it felt the time had come for change.
 Collins  refuses to address allegations  he  lost Mets clubhouse
The way the  Terry Collins  era of Mets baseball is ending is no laughing matter. (David Zalubowski/AP)
All management had to do was communicate that to  him  at some point and then allow  him  to finish the season. The team was playing out the string anyway  and though Metsâ fans have had their issues over the years with  his  in-game strategy  surely they would have given  Collins  an ovation or two last week at Citi Field.
Even if  Collins  deserves some of the blame for what turned into a cold war of sorts this summer with the front office and ownership  perhaps in part because  he  didnât like being told  he  couldnât talk about injuries  in the end Alderson should have been bigger than that.
And  yes  Iâm aware that Fred and Jeff Wilpon have the final say  but thatâs no excuse for the GM leaving  Collins  hanging.
When I spoke with  Collins  last week   he  said  he  hadnât been told a thing about  his  future. When I asked  him  if  he  had considered going to Alderson to ask about it   he  shook  his  head.
âI shouldnât have to â  he  said.
 He âs right about that.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Yellen ? CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve needs to continue gradual rate hikes despite broad uncertainty about the path of inflation   Fed Chair Janet Yellen  said on Tuesday in remarks that acknowledged the central bankâs struggles to forecast one of its key policy objectives.
It is possible   Yellen  said  that the Fed may have âmisspecifiedâ its models for inflation  and âmisjudgedâ key facts like the underlying strength of the labor market and whether inflation expectations are as stable as they seem  and central bankers need to remain open to that possibility as they decide on policy.
Still  recent low inflation was likely a reflection of factors that would fade over time and despite uncertainties  it âwould be imprudent to keep monetary policy on hold until inflation is back to 2 percent â  Yellen  said in a 37-page address to the National Association for Business Economics
 Yellen âs remarks attempt to resolve a debate that has split members of the central bank among those worried that inflation may be permanently anchored below the Fedâs 2 percent target because of structural changes in the global economy  and those who feel it is only a matter of time before tight labor markets lead wages and prices to rise.
The dollar shot up then retreated after Yellenâs comments  reflecting uncertainty about her message. Treasury yields and stocks edged slightly higher.
 Yellen  said Tuesday  she  would be looking at inflation and labor market data closely in coming months to assess the outlook  but âthe data is noisy and itâs not going to be a magic bullet.â
And while the timing of rate hikes may not be predictable   she  said  âthe path is likely to be gradual.â
 Yellen  walked systematically through arguments that weak inflation reflected structural changes  and largely discounted them.
There was not yet âempirical supportâ for the theory that global trade  worldwide supply chains  and other forces were holding down U.S. prices   she  said.
Meanwhile  the Fed calculates that cyclical slack in the labor market was now having a ânegligibleâ impact on low inflation readings  compared to oil prices and other changes that will fade. And some aspects of the labor market that appear weak  such as the still-elevated number of part-time workers  may reflect permanent changes in the workforce  and not cyclical factors   Yellen  said.
But for now the Fed âcontinues to anticipate that  with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy  inflation will rise and stabilize at around 2 percent over the medium term â  she  said. âWe should be wary of moving too gradually.â

SOLUTION:
Positive