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].

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Susan Collins ? According to CNN  members of the group met in  GOP Sen. Susan Collins'  office and passed a stick around to ensure there were no interruptions. Only the member holding the stick could speak.
The stick was relatively effective  members told CNN  but there was one incident in which a senator threw the stick at another member who was asking questions while the first spoke. The stick missed the mark and ended up damaging a glass elephant on  Collins ' shelf.
In a statement after the Senate vote on the deal   Collins  applauded the work of the bipartisan group.
"Today  we saw the power of the center in the US Senate  " Collins  said. "Joe [Manchin] and I worked very hard in leading the effort of the Common Sense Coalition â a group of 25 Republicans  Democrats  and Independent Angus King â which proposed the compromise to end the government shutdown."
[EX A]: Neutral

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Patrick Riml ? U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml  began  his  trek back to Utah before the last ski race of the Olympics was done.  He  knows  he  has work to do after the country produced its fewest golds in the sport since 2002  fewest medals since 2006.
In a telephone interview Saturday  Riml called  his  men's team's Olympic performance "disappointing" and acknowledged that "we definitely have to rebuild" before the 2022 Beijing Games.
"We had quite a few up and downs "  Riml  said about the past two weeks. "We had some very strong performances and  in other events  we definitely were struggling."
 He  said  he  was pleased with the U.S. women  including having three members of the top seven finishers in the downhill.
But "on the men's side  the performance was disappointing. ... We definitely would have hoped for better results there "  Riml  said  adding: "Not just talking about medals  but the performances on each day."
Looking ahead to  the next Winter Olympics  Riml  noted that Vonn and Ligety — who have earned a combined five Olympic medals  including three golds — are not expected to still be competing. Both would be 37 years old.
"We know we have to go into a rebuilding phase and develop some young skiers "  Riml  said  "and hopefully next time around  we can be competitive and perform on a high level."
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Goodell ? Tuesday afternoon ESPN obtained a memo  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell  wrote to NFL owners.
In it   Goodell   speaking on behalf of the organization  suggests athletes could soon be required to stand for the National Anthem writing  âWe believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem.â
NEW: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to team leaders: "We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem" [Link] pic.twitter.com/cEGFqycB5B â ABC News (@ABC) October 10  2017
 Goodell  adds that the league must âmove past the Anthem controversy â and that it has become a âbarrier to having honest conversations and making real progress to the underlying issues.â  Goodell  added that the league has developed a plan to tackle these âcore issuesâ to be presented during a league meeting next week.
[EX A]:
Positive