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 Donald J. Trump ? “I did about 200 cataract surgeries with a group of surgeons in Haiti and the same in Central America ” Senator Paul  an ophthalmologist  said on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday. “And when we asked  Donald J. Trump  as a private citizen to support those trips   he  was a large financial backer of both medical mission trips.” Paul continued: “I think it’s unfair then to sort of all of a sudden paint him  ‘Oh well   he ’s a racist ’ when I know  for a fact  that  he  cares very deeply about the people in Haiti because  he  helped finance a trip where we were able to get vision back for 200 people in Haiti.”

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Umar Cheema ?  Cheema says he wrote more than 50 articles this year that questioned various aspects of the conduct of the military and the government  including corruption accusations against the president  Asif Ali Zardari.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Richard Burr ? Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.)  said "we have not come to any final conclusions" about the Russia investigation on Oct. 4  but that they are still looking into the Mayflower meeting  former president Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking  the Intelligence Community Assessment and the drafting of the RNC's platform.  (Reuters)

SOLUTION:
Neutral