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 Brad Childress ? Former Vikings coach Brad Childress  had a brief retirement â about a month â before being lured to  his  hometown team. The Bears are expected to hire  him  as an offensive consultant. SiriusXMâs Adam Caplan first reported the move.
 Childress   an Aurora native who attended Marmion Academy  spent the last five seasons on the Chiefs staff with Nagy  serving as a spread game analyst  offensive coordinator and assistant head coach last season.  Childress  has a long history as an NFL quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator under Andy Reid with the Eagles before spending five years as the Vikings head coach.
 Childress   61  retired from the Chiefs after  they  were eliminated in the wild-card round of the playoffs. In an appearance on âThe Mully & Hanley Showâ on WSCR-AM 670   Childress  was asked if Nagy could talk  him  out of retirement.
âYou never know â  he  replied. âI never say never.â
Nagy has talked about  his  belief in quarterback Mitch Trubisky  and  Childress  was also very upbeat about the second-year quarterback.
âI think those 12 games (of starting experience as a rookie) are really going to serve  him  well â  Childress  said. âItâs not ideal that you change your coordinator  but looking at  his  aptitude and watching  him  in the seven hours we had  him  (on a pre-draft visit)   he âll jump in the (play) book   he âll know what is going on.  He  will be able to get some of the fine points  and I just think youâll continue to see  him  grow and blossom.
Now  Childress   who began  his  coaching career at Illinois in 1978  will be on board to watch Trubisky develop.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mariah Carey ? Mariah Carey  undeterred by last yearâs performance  will take to the stage once again in Times Square to ring in the new year on live TV.
The star  along with Dick Clark Productions  issued a joint statement on Friday announcing  Carey  as the headliner for âDick Clarkâs New Yearâs Rockinâ Eve with Ryan Seacrestâ broadcast.
Careyâs manager blamed the production and technical difficulties that producers knowingly failed to fix. Dick Clark Productions called the accusations âoutrageous and frankly absurd.â  Carey  eventually broke her silence on the troubled performance  saying she was âmortifiedâ and that she intended to take a break from social media.
Now it seems as though everyone is ready to put the messy past behind them.  Carey  will join the likes of Britney Spears  Nick Jonas  Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes as the world rings in 2018.
 Careyâs  forthcoming New Yearâs Eve performance will top an already merry holiday season for the star. In addition to performing her annual Christmas tour   Careyâs  famous single âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ has been played more than 100 million times this month alone  according to Forbes.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mamadou Tandja ? "That's why they're still afraid of words like 'famine '" said Tiemogo  who spent three months in prison and seven in exile for publishing articles critical of Tandja.
 During the 2005 crisis  Tandja's government felt humiliated  Boher said. "They thought people were trying to make it look like it was their fault that children were dying."
 And "if you are unable to feed the population  as president  you are going to be at risk " Boher said. "Malnutrition has political implications. This is why Tandja wanted to deny there was a problem."
 One unanswered question is whether Niger's new junta will be as sensitive to the issue as Tandja's regime has been.
 So far  the soldiers in charge are overwhelmed with the burden of governing and convincing diplomats -- none of which are calling for Tandja's return -- that coup was a good thing.

SOLUTION:
Negative