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 Hugo Chavez ? "Petrocaribe will be strengthened -- independent of the international situation  independent of the price of oil " Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said as he arrived Friday in St. Kitts.
 His country's state Bolivarian News Agency said Petrocaribe leaders meet "with the expectation of its expansion  as well as new programs of cooperation and attention to a world increasingly thirsty for fuel."
 During the meeting  Chavez called the pact a geopolitical and social "offensive for unity " and said Venezuela is open to accepting other nations. "If some countries want to join  the doors are open " he said.
 The plan promotes Chavez's vision of regional independence from the United States  and the lure of cheap oil has drawn countries friendly to Washington as well as his leftist allies.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Taneese Mackey ? Taneese Mackey  17   was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the attack at an East Austin residence  news station WFAA reported.
Authorities said that  Mackey  barged into a male acquaintanceâs house Jan. 13 and confronted  him  and  his  girlfriend in a bedroom.
âWhoever you got here  I am gonna get her â  Mackey  reportedly said  according to police. âI have a fatal attraction.â
 The man  told police that the women fought before she stabbed  his  girlfriend in the face using scissors.
 Mackey  was booked Wednesday at Travis County Jail after a warrant was issued for her arrest.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Byun Jong-Rak ? Byun Jong-Rak was among the first people in Seoul to hear the news of the invasion. Police came at dawn on June 25 to the dyeing factory where he worked.
 "Leave the city! The North Koreans are coming " they told him.
 Jo's eldest brother was in the North Korean military and another brother served in South Korea's army. "My eldest brother told me to go to the South but I never saw him after that."
 Just before the end of the war  Jo heard from a cousin that herher eldest brother probably survived. To this day  she has had no news of him. The younger brother was killed.

SOLUTION:
Neutral