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 Sarath Fonseka ?  "I am not prepared to protect anyone  if they have committed war crimes " Fonseka said before his arrest.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Goins ? If youâre at a crossroads in your life  not knowing which path to pursue or where your true passion lies  have you ever stopped doing and started listening? Jeff Goins  author of Real Artists Donât Starve  argues that instead of trying to figure out what it is weâre good at  we should take time to figure who we are as people. In a blog post he wrote in 2015   Goins  offered this paraphrase of Parker Palmer: âDonât just tell your life what you want to do with it; listen to what it wants to do with you.â

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Erie ? Skip Twitter post by @NWSCLE With an additional 3.5" of snow at  the Erie   PA airport as of 5PM  this brings the two day (12/25-26) total up to 58" and the storm total (From 7PM Christmas Eve thru 5PM 12/26) up to 60.0". Heavy snow continues to fall. Here is a look at some of the records. #pawx pic.twitter.com/BN5txOpByZ â NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) December 26  2017 Report

SOLUTION:
Negative