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 Phillips ? Jack Phillips  proprietor  of Masterpiece Cakeshop  refused to create a wedding cake ordered for a same-sex marriage on grounds that it would force  him  to create a cake expressing a value opposed to  his  Christian convictions. The gay men who ordered the cake filed a sexual orientation discrimination claim against  him  with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission  and the Commission ruled against  Phillips .
It was clear that this was not a matter of  Phillips  refusing to do business with these men because they are gay.  He  offered to make them any cake they wanted  just not one designed for a same-sex wedding.
 Phillips  claims  his  right of free expression under the Constitution's First Amendment.
Some not sympathetic to  Phillips ' claim argue that making a cake is not artistic expression and has nothing to do with speech protected by the First Amendment.
By this standard  how can we possibly rationalize forcing  Phillips  to produce a cake against  his  will  expressing a value anathema to  his  religion?
How can forcing  Phillips  to do this be understood in any way as securing for  him  "the blessings of liberty"?

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Uma Thurman ? Actress  Uma Thurman  finally broke  her  silence amid the ongoing #MeToo movement and accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.
 Thurman  opened up to The New York Times in an article published Saturday which followed a viral Access Hollywood video from October 2017 that captured  her  telling reporters  she  would open up about  her  experiences with Weinstein when  she  was ready. The two worked together in âPulp Fictionâ and âKill Bill.â
 She  had remained mum on Weinstein following the bombshell exposes that revealed decades of alleged sexual abuse from the disgraced producer toward dozens of actresses.
 Thurman  said  she  became friendly with Weinsteinâs first wife  Eve  when she starred in âPulp Fictionâ and  she  knew him pretty well before âhe attacked.â  She  recalled a strange encounter with the famed producer in Paris.  She  said they were fighting over a script when he changed into a bathrobe.
âI didnât feel threatened â  Thurman  recalled. âI thought he was being super idiosyncratic  like this was your kooky  eccentric uncle.â
However  he then told  her  to follow him into a steam room.
âI was standing there in my full black leather outfit â boots  pants  jacket â  she  said. âAnd I was so hot and I said  âThis is ridiculous  what are you doing?â And he was getting very flustered and mad and he jumped up and ran out.â
âIt was such a bat to the head. He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. But he didnât actually put his back into it and force me â  she  recalled. âYouâre like an animal wriggling away  like a lizard. I was doing anything I could to get the train back on the track. My track. Not his track.â
Thurman said  she  received roses the next day from Weinstein telling  her   she  had âgreat instincts.â Following the assault  Weinsteinâs representatives called Thurman about upcoming projects.
However   she  wanted to confront Weinstein following the assault.  She  went to his hotel room and told Weinstein  âIf you do what you did to me to other people you will lose your career  your reputation and your family  I promise you.â
The actressâ friend  makeup artist Illona Herman  told the Times  she  had been at the London hotel waiting for Thurman to come down from meeting with Weinstein.  She  called that  her  friend looked frazzled.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Louis C.K ? Stand-up superstar  Louis C.K.  came clean Friday about  his  obscene behavior  admitting in a lengthy apology that  he  masturbated in front of five women.
The Emmy-winning star of the acclaimed “Louie” television show said the New York Times' detailed expose about  his  creepy sexual antics left  him  reeling.
“But what I learned later in life  too late  is that when you have power over another person  asking them to look at your d--- isn't a question. It's a predicament for them. ”
Louis C.K. ’s ‘I Love You Daddy’ won’t be released
The quintet of female actresses and comedians shared their stories of  C.K. ’s crude behavior between the early 1990s and 2005.
 C.K.  acknowledged using the women’s admiration for  his  work to turn them into unwitting victims of  his  strange sexual behavior. And  he  said the woman remained silent because of  his  lofty position in the comedy world.
 Louis C.K.  admitted to the scathing sexual misconduct allegations. (Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
“The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else ”  he  wrote in the nine-paragraph statement. “And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them.”

SOLUTION:
Neutral