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 Ron Johnson ? "They forward deploy inventory into things called warehouses  that are really stores. They are a lower cost operation than amazon's distribution centers  " Johnson  said.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hilary Rosen ? CNN guest commentator  Hilary Rosen  is on the hot seat after  she  publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ryan Zinke ? Read my full statement on taking #Florida off the table for offshore oil and gas. Local voice matters. pic.twitter.com/fJhv0p0CDC â Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 9  2018

SOLUTION:
Neutral