TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, 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].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joe Scarborough is Neutral . Morning television personality and burgeoning rock star Joe Scarborough released a new single Saturday that  he  says is inspired by the anti-Donald Trump Womenâs March.
Mika and I salute youðºð¸[Link] eqg4xO4MtD â Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 20  2018
 The tune is an acoustic ballad featuring  Scarborough  at  his  most contemplative.
âOnce in your life  you may get the chance to stand/Against a column of tanks  holding up your hand â  Scarborough  sings in the verse. âAnd once in your life  you may get the chance to say/words like deep within your heart  that change the outcome of a day.â
 Scarborough âs âStandâ marks the latest musical endeavor for the 54-year-old MSNBC star.
 He  has previously released the EPs Welcome to the Monkey House  Mystified  and Freaks Love Freaks  as well as the holiday album A Very Drumpf Christmas.
Listen to  his  latest song here.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hope Hicks is Positive . Updated at 7:08 p.m.  ET
White House communications director Hope Hicks  President Trump's longest-serving aide   is resigning and will depart in the next few weeks  the White House says.
In a White House that has set records for staff turnover (and it isn't even close)  the departure of  Hicks  still came as a shock.
Hicks  who has been working with the president for three years  managed to stay in his orbit even after many others had been pushed out. President Trump called  Hicks  "outstanding."
Earlier this month  Hicks  was deeply involved in the White House's botched handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former top aide to the president. But a White House official insists  Hicks ' decision to resign wasn't related to either of those matters.
Another person close to  Hicks  told NPR the resignation has been in the works for weeks.
"There are no words to adequately express my gratitude to President Trump "  Hicks  said in the statement. "I wish the President and his administration the very best as he continues to lead our country."
 Hicks  joined the Trump organization in 2014 — recruited by Ivanka Trump  who was impressed by work  Hicks  had done for her clothing line while working at a New York public relations firm.  Hicks  was then pulled into the Trump campaign before there even was a campaign  becoming de facto press secretary while initially she continued doing work for the Trump Organization.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Menendez is Negative . Newark  New Jersey (CNN) Twelve jurors began their deliberations Monday in the federal corruption trial of  Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy ophthalmologist --  the outcome of which could determine the political future of the New Jersey Democrat.
"I am convinced that I will be declared not guilty  innocent of all charges "  Menendez  told reporters heading into court Monday morning.
The Justice Department's 18-count public corruption indictment accuses  the senator  of accepting over $600 000 in political contributions  free rides on a private jet  and a swanky hotel suite in Paris from Dr. Salomon Melgen.
In exchange  prosecutors say  Menendez  abused the power of  his  office by pressuring federal officials in the Obama administration and other career diplomats to help Melgen resolve a number of business disputes.
Addressing the jury in Menendez's defense  attorney Abbe Lowell told jurors that prosecutors had tried to lead them astray with distractions about beach vacations Melgen provided  but never showed any corrupt agreement.
Lowell urged jurors to focus instead on the "true  honest and lawful" 25-year friendship between Menendez and Melgen  highlighting the $1 000 wedding gift the senator gave to Melgen's daughter.
"Defendants want you to believe that friendship and bribery cannot co-exist -- that is not the law " Koski said. "The issue in this case is not whether  Sen. Menendez and Melgen were friends  -- the issue is whether  they  committed a crime together."
Koski also suggested that the defense lawyers had engaged in "sleight of hand" by suggesting Menendez was more focused on the underlying policy issues raised by Melgen's business problems and that testimony from the senator's character witnesses was unpersuasive.
Over the course of eight weeks  the seven-woman  five-man jury heard from 57 witnesses -- including FBI special agents  pilots  ambassadors and former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius   as well as a slew of character witnesses in support of  Menendez .
Both  Menendez  and Melgen opted not to testify in  their  own defense -- a choice the judge explicitly instructed the jury to ignore as the defendants' constitutional right.
For the $660 000 in political donations Melgen is accused of making to benefit Menendez in 2012  however  Walls told the jurors they needed to find an "explicit agreement."

SOLUTION:
no