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 William Ackman ? ROSELAND  N.J. (Reuters)  - Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman  lost  his  bid to win seats on the board of Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP.O)  according to a shareholder voting tally read at the payroll processorâs annual shareholder meeting.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chi Chongqing ?  Xinjiang is estimated to have lost 1 billion yuan in revenue if each traveler had spent 5 000 yuan  he said  forecasting losses of 5 billion yuan this year.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Makoto Ishikawa ?  Ishikawa  partly self-employed  was typical of the hard-luck cases in this city of rice farms  cattle ranches and hot springs. But rather than abandon hope  he went to the local bank  which referred him to city hall.

SOLUTION:
Positive