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 Bill Cosby ? Bill Cosby   seen here at an August court appearance  is set for a retrial on sexual assault charges in April  after his first trial last spring ended in a hung jury. (Matt Rourke/AP)
The prosecutor in the  Bill Cosby  case asked a Pennsylvania judge to allow testimony from 19 alleged prior victims of the entertainer  whose retrial on sex assault charges is set to begin April 2.
The request is the first public indication of the shape and parameters of the prosecution case  and it represents a significant expansion of the government’s effort to portray  Cosby  as a serial predator. When  Cosby  was tried in June  prosecutors sought to include testimony from just 13 women who said they had been assaulted by the comic legend.
But it remains to be seen how this latest move by prosecutors will play out: Last year’s effort by prosecutors to introduce so-called “prior bad acts” testimony was largely unsuccessful  as the judge allowed only one of the 13 to appear at  Cosby ’s trial  which ended with a hung jury.
[What’s next for the Bill Cosby sex-assault case?]
In their request Thursday  prosecutors said that  Cosby  “has spent a lifetime entertaining audiences in front of the camera. Off camera  he has followed and  indeed mastered  a more nefarious script — a victimizing sexual script. . . . To satiate his desire  he has engaged  over the course of a lifetime  in a pattern of serial sexual abuse.”
[‘I’ve run out of clean socks and underwear’: The wait for a verdict in  Bill Cosby’s  trial turns into a test of endurance]
 Cosby  faces felony charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand  a former Temple University employee  at  his  suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004.  Cosby   now 80  has denied sexually assaulting women.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rapp ? In an interview with BuzzFeed News Sunday  Star Trek: Discovery and Broadway star  Rapp â  now 46 â claimed that Spacey made an unwanted sexual advance advance on  him  in 1986  when both actors were performing on different Broadway shows.
 Rapp  alleged that Spacey  then 26  invited  him  to  his  apartment for a party. When the party had concluded and the other guests had left   Rapp  claimed Spacey carried  him  on to  his  bed and climbed on top of  him .
â He  picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I donât  like  squirm away initially  because Iâm like  âWhatâs going on?â And then  he  lays down on top of me.â
â He  was trying to seduce me â  Rapp  continued. âI donât know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that  he  was trying to get with me sexually.â
 Rapp  also said that  he  has never told anyone about the experience  but has grown increasingly resentful of Spaceyâs success.
âMy stomach churns â  Rapp  said. âI still to this day canât wrap my head around so many aspects of it. Itâs just deeply confusing to me.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Milos Zeman ? PRAGUE (Reuters) - Milos Zeman  the longest-standing figure in Czech post-communist politics  won a final major battle on Saturday  showing off his strong political instincts to secure a second presidential term.
The anti-migration platform has aligned  Zeman  with the Czech far-right. Tomio Okamura  the head of SPD  an anti-EU and anti-NATO party that won seats in an October general election  flanked  Zeman  on Saturday.
“Not only journalists but also some politicians possess intelligence that is substantially lower than that of normal citizens ”  Zeman  told  his  victory celebration.
 Zeman  supports a referendum on EU membership  although  he  said  he  would vote to stay.
A frequent question in the campaign was  Zeman ’s health. A heavy smoker and self-adverrtised drinker   he  has diabetes and difficulty walking due to neuropathy in  his  legs.
After the end of Communism in 1989   Zeman  joined the center-left Social Democrats - taking a position on the other side of the political scene from then-prime minister Klaus.
In 1998 the two surprised the country by forging an “opposition agreement” making  Zeman  prime minister and Klaus leader of a cooperative opposition.
 Zeman   however  maintained course to join NATO in 1999  and also kept the country on track to enter the European Union in 2004.
 Zeman  and Klaus - who served two presidential terms before Zeman - grew closer over the years  both sniping against liberal elites and adopting a favorable attitude to Russia. Klaus backed  Zeman  in his 2013 victory and this year’s election.
When elected president in 2013   Zeman  raised an EU flag above the Prague Castle. But he has focused on building ties with China and Russia. He attended military parades in Moscow and Beijing that other western leaders shunned  and appointed a Chinese company leader as his adviser.
 Zeman  has also tested the constitution’s boundaries in appointing governments.
Political analyst Tomas Lebeda said  Zeman  would now be even less concerned about appearances.
“ He  will not control or restrain  himself   as  he  promised several times between the first and second round - on the contrary ” Lebeda said.

SOLUTION:
Positive