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 Thomas S. Monson is Positive . The twice-yearly conference is preceding without  church President Thomas S. Monson   90  who is dealing with ailing health. It's the first time in more than a half century that  Monson  hasn't spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008  he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.
 Monson  has scaled back conference participation in recent years  and in May  church officials said that  he  was no longer going regularly to meetings at church offices because of limitations related to  his  age.
 Monson  is the first church president since 1994 not to attend and make at least one speech  but prior to that  it was fairly common for presidents to miss conference toward the end of their lives.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf  one of  Monson 's top two counselors  said  Monson  was watching from  his  home. " President Monson   we love you very much " Uchtdorf said.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Zach LaVine February is Negative . Zach LaVine  created headlines during the Summer League in July when  he  said  he  planned to return from  his  February left ACL tear by the Oct. 19 season opener.
While declining to put a timeline on  LaVine 's return  executive vice president John Paxson said "that's a pretty safe bet" to rule  LaVine  out of that opener and reiterated the organization's conservative approach for its new centerpiece.
While pleased with his progress   LaVine  admitted doctors told  him   he 'd be sidelined a minimum of nine months  which would place  his  return to practice in early November at the earliest.  LaVine  said  he  won't change  his  style of play and is encouraged that  his  running and jumping stats are better than when  he  participated in the draft combine before  his  rookie season.
"I can't stand just sitting here "  LaVine  said. "But I'm working hard so when I get back I'm not going to have any constraints."
The Bulls have until Oct. 16 to sign  LaVine   22  to a long-term extension. Otherwise   he  becomes a restricted free agent next summer. Either way  general manager Gar Forman basically said the Bulls didn't trade Jimmy Butler to not re-sign LaVine.
"I want to be here for a long period of time "  LaVine  said. "If (an extension is) now or later  I know it's going to be done either way."

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rob Porter is Negative . The deputy White House press secretary had to hold his first press briefing following the resignation of  White House staff secretary Rob Porter  over domestic abuse allegations.
Before I get into why  let me praise Shah. "I think it's fair to say we all could have done better dealing with this over the last few days "  he  acknowledged regarding the White House response to the  Porter  situation. Amen. A little candor goes a long way. And  reminder:  He  was in an impossible situation.
1. Shah said that  Porter  had been "terminated" on Wednesday.
But that's not at all what happened!  Porter  offered  his  resignation -- and it was accepted. Of course  that came after White House chief of staff John Kelly repeatedly urged  Porter  to stay on even after it became very  very clear the seriousness of the allegations against the staff secretary.
2. Shah tried to argue that because  Porter  hadn't allegedly hit any of the women during his time in the White House  it was more an issue for the background check people to deal with.
 "The allegations made against Rob Porter  as we understand them  involve incidents long before he joined the White House "  said Shah. "Therefore they are best evaluated through the background check process."
3. In explaining the radical difference between Kelly's hugely supportive statement of  Porter  on Tuesday night and  his  less supportive one on Wednesday  Shah said the chief of staff became "fully" aware of  the allegations .
But according to CNN's reporting   Kelly had known for months about  the allegations . The ONLY thing that changed was that a picture of one of  Porter 's ex-wives with a massive black eye went public. Which raises the question: Did Kelly only change his total defense of  Porter  when the picture made clear it couldn't be effectively sustained?
4. Shah painted Kelly as totally unaware that the FBI had been told by both of  Porter 's ex-wives that he had abused them.
How is that possible? Did he simply not think to ask? Why not -- especially given that  Porter  still didn't have a security clearance after more than a year in the White House? And double why not -- because  Porter  was interacting so closely with Trump day in and day out?
5. Shah said that communications director Hope Hicks  who has been dating  Porter   had "recused" herself from some conversations about the situation.
But  we know -- again thanks to CNN reporting -- that Hicks was one of a handful of people involved in the crafting of Kelly's first -- and hugely supportive -- statement on  Porter . That no one stepped in and told Hicks she simply shouldn't (and couldn't) be involved boggles my mind.
Here's the thing: BOTH of  Porter 's ex-wives told the FBI that he had abused them . Both women had their stories confirmed by people with whom they shared the details contemporaneously. And  a third woman who had dated Porter  contacted  his  two ex-wives in 2016 detailing further abuse. Also  the picture. The black eye. The total lack of an explanation by  Porter . ( He  has denied the black eye picture came about as the result of any abuse. But  he  has offered zero explanation for why it did happen.)
At some point  the number of allegations  the depth of details and the similarities between the women make this more than a " he  said-she said" conversation. And that point was a while ago when the two women talked to the FBI.

SOLUTION:
no