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 Sam Boyd ? Hide caption Diane Askwyth leads cheers as protesters make their way to  Sam Boyd Stadium  for the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch on Sunday  in Las Vegas  Nev. Previous Next Sam Morris/Getty Images
Hide caption Protesters carry signs as they make their way to  Sam Boyd Stadium  on Sunday. Previous Next Sam Morris/Getty Images
Hide caption An attendee holds a sign during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Previous Next Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Sunday's event was not a march  organizers say  but a rally  beginning at 10 a.m. local time inside  the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas . Officials tell Fadel that although the venue can hold 40 000  they expected roughly 17 000. The organizers say they are less concerned with crowd size than with spreading their message. Nearly two hours after doors opened  Fadel estimated that thousands â many in the movement's trademark pussyhats â had filed into  the stadium  under clear skies.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sensei Johnny ? March 2 (UPI) — The latest trailer for YouTube Red’s upcoming Cobra Kai series shows William Zabka’s  Johnny  as a ruthless sensei.
“I’m going to teach you the style of karate that was taught to me. Fear does not exist in this dojo  does it?”  Sensei Johnny  asks a student  calling back to the Cobra Kai mantra  he  obeyed as a competitive teen in the 1984 film The Karate Kid.
“No  sensei!”  his  follower barks back.
“Pain does not exist in this dojo  does it?”  Johnny  challenges another group of students.
“ Johnny Lawrence  is still fighting  his  old nemesis Daniel LaRusso. Rivalries never die  even 30 years later ” said a message accompanying the 30-second preview  which does not show Ralph Macchio reprising his role of the balance-seeking good guy Daniel.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ellen Tara James-Penney ? Ellen Tara James-Penney  a lecturer at San Jose State University   has been sleeping out of a car for about a decade  ever since  she  lost  her  housing while an undergraduate at the school where  she  now teaches four English courses  a job that pays $28 000 a year. Home is an old Volvo.
"I've basically been homeless since 2007  and I'm really tired "  she  said. "Really tired."
 She  actually got  her  start in the high tech industry  before being laid off during the tech meltdown of the early 2000s. Like many who couldn't find work   she  went to college  accumulating tens of thousands of dollars in student debt along the way.
Now 54   she  grades papers and prepares lesson plans in  her  car. Among  her  few belongings is a pair of  her  grandmother's fancy stiletto pumps  a reminder to  herself  that "it's not going to be like this forever."
For Seattle resident Elisabeth James  the reality check came when a homeless man forced his way into a glass-enclosed ATM lobby with her after she swiped her card to open the door for after-hours access. After a few nerve-wracking minutes  the man left the lobby but stayed outside  banging on the glass. Police were too busy to respond so  James  called  her  husband  who scared the man away and walked  her  home. The man   she  believes  just wanted to get out of the rain.
A neighborhood pocket park has become a flashpoint  too: When  James  took  her  2-year-old grandchild there   she  saw people injecting heroin.

SOLUTION:
Neutral