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 Sanchez ?  Instead of training police to grant people they recognize as disabled specific rights  victims like Leibel and Sanchez  demonstrate the need for police to operate with a baseline of presumption of compliance. When significant threats emerge  as does tragically happen  officers will need to respond. But when  Sanchez  walked forward  surely the officers could have stepped back. When the autistic boy was shaking his string  the officer could have just decided not to cuff a child  even if he didnât recognize the word âstimming.â There are so many ways to improve the situation without asking for specialized training.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George Papadopoulos ? The answer to that seemingly unimportant question is suddenly a key element of the deepening scandal surrounding the campaignâs contacts with Russia  following revelations that one member of the team  George Papadopoulos  communicated with Russians connected to the Kremlin. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said several times that the answer is one  implying that the foreign policy council was an unimportant body and  Papadopoulos  was a minor player in the campaign.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dianne Feinstein ? Before  U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein  could finish  her  speech at the California Democratic Party convention Saturday  the music began playing to indicate  she  had used  her  allotted time.

SOLUTION:
Negative