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 Tim Stevens ? âIf anything  they just get to be annoying because theyâre beeping all the time  and you just want to turn them off â  he  said.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mamadou Tandja ?  On Tuesday  a controversial referendum could remove the last obstacle in Tandja's way -- the constitution -- replacing it with a new one that does away with term-limits and simultaneously gives him greatly boosted powers and an unprecedented three-year extension of his rule.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jim Harbaugh ? "Brandon will play  it's likely  he 'll start "  Harbaugh  said Monday afternoon in Ann Arbor. "We'll see."

SOLUTION:
Neutral