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 Patrick Riml ? U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml  began  his  trek back to Utah before the last ski race of the Olympics was done.  He  knows  he  has work to do after the country produced its fewest golds in the sport since 2002  fewest medals since 2006.
In a telephone interview Saturday  Riml called  his  men's team's Olympic performance "disappointing" and acknowledged that "we definitely have to rebuild" before the 2022 Beijing Games.
"We had quite a few up and downs "  Riml  said about the past two weeks. "We had some very strong performances and  in other events  we definitely were struggling."
 He  said  he  was pleased with the U.S. women  including having three members of the top seven finishers in the downhill.
But "on the men's side  the performance was disappointing. ... We definitely would have hoped for better results there "  Riml  said  adding: "Not just talking about medals  but the performances on each day."
Looking ahead to  the next Winter Olympics  Riml  noted that Vonn and Ligety — who have earned a combined five Olympic medals  including three golds — are not expected to still be competing. Both would be 37 years old.
"We know we have to go into a rebuilding phase and develop some young skiers "  Riml  said  "and hopefully next time around  we can be competitive and perform on a high level."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Bezos ? Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos agree: It pays to take risks.
" Jeff Bezos  — and I follow this to a T — I was reading   he  said  'Look  you don't want to be [80] years old and look back and ask yourself ... why didn't I do this? Why didn't I try it?" Cuban says.
While speaking at the Summit Series conference in Los Angeles   Bezos  revealed  he  was indeed thinking something similar when  he  quit  his  good job on Wall Street to found Amazon.
"For me  the best way to think about it was to project  myself  forward to age 80 "  Bezos  says. "When I'm 80 years old  I want to have minimized the number of regrets that I have. I don't want to be 80 years old  in a quiet moment of reflection thinking back over my life  and cataloging a bunch of major regrets.
"I decided I had to give it a shot "  Bezos  says in a 2010 baccalaureate address at Princeton. "I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all."
Cuban  worth $3.3 billion  agrees that pushing  himself  to experience new things has been worth it.
"Maybe it will come back to haunt me  all the fun I've had  but I've had fun "  he  says.
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SOLUTION: Positive

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