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Given a sentence, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Deaton is Neutral . Economist Angus Deaton and Princeton University Professor Anne Case  told the Wall Street Journal that the opioid crisis  alcoholism  and suicide continue to aggravate the American white working class mortality rate.
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yes


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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rick Del Sontro is Neutral .  Del Sontro said in the interview that his nonprofit benefits borrowers  lenders and the FHA by helping people deal with unexpected financial setbacks.
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yes


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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bashar al-Assad is Negative . It's seemingly a bizarre line of attack for the Trump administration to choose. In 2013  the Obama administration contemplated a military response after a suspected regime chemical weapons attack on rebel-held districts in the suburbs of Damascus killed more than 1 000 people. The mounting international pressure at the time compelled  Assad  to agree to eliminate its chemical weapons program.
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yes