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 Booz Allen Hamilton ? But once the data is downloaded  it has to be analyzed. And thatâs where  Booz  and the other contractors that surround the NSA come in.
 Booz Allen Hamilton  is one of the NSAâs most important and trusted contractors. Itâs involved in virtually every aspect of intelligence and surveillance  from advising top officials on how to integrate the 16 U.S. spy agencies to detailed analysis of signals intelligence  imagery and other critical collections technologies. I first introduced Boozâs intelligence business in a 2007 profile in Salon when President Bush appointed Michael McConnell  a Booz veteran and former NSA director  to be director of national intelligence ( he âs now back at  Booz ).
Among other secret projects   Booz  was deeply involved in âTotal Information Awareness â the controversial data-mining project run for the Bush administration by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter that was outlawed by Congress in 2003.
Another major presence at NSAâs Business Park is SAIC. Like  Booz   it stands like a private colossus across the whole intelligence industry. Of its 42 000 employees  more than 20 000 hold U.S. government security clearances  making it one of the largest private intelligence services in the world. âSAIC provides a full suite of intelligence  surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cybersecurity solutions across a broad spectrum of national security programs â it claims on its website.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lou Diamond Phillips ? PORTLAND  Texas (AP) —  Actor Lou Diamond Phillips  has apologized for  his  arrest in Texas on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
 Phillips  told KIII-TV that it "was a mistake" and "it will never happen again."
Police in the coastal community of Portland arrested  Phillips  around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Jail records show the "La Bamba" star was freed after posting bail on the Class A misdemeanor.
Police Chief Mark Cory says  the 55-year-old Phillips  drove up to an officer and asked for directions. The officer suspected  Phillips  had been drinking.
Cory says  Phillips ' blood alcohol level was .20 percent  which is more than twice the legal limit for driving.
 Phillips  apologized for  his  arrest during a speaking engagement later Friday in Corpus Christi.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mike Hopkins ? SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of  Mike Hopkins    his  first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.
That's not to be taken in the literal sense. What  Hopkins  means is that with a new coaching staff  a new style and new expectations  even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.
"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day  how we're going to do the process of getting better "  Hopkins  said. "That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning  from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively  defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth."
 Hopkins  also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most  including starters David Crisp  Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle  all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.
"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there "  Hopkins  said. "I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids  working with them  developing them  getting them to stay  that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys."
IN THE ZONE: Yes  Washington will play zone. Yes  it will be the same zone defense that  Hopkins  helped teach at Syracuse.
Defense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How  Hopkins  is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago  Washington allowed 81 points per game  11th in the conference.
"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast  I can slow you down; if you're slow  I can speed you up "  Hopkins  said.
FINDING SCORING: One of  Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game  while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons  the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz  Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season  while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.
DIFFICULT BEGINNING:  Hopkins  certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin  his  Washington tenure.

SOLUTION:
Positive