TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Cohen is Positive . "In a private transaction in 2016  I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130 000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford "  Michael Cohen  said in a statement. "Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford  and neither reimbursed me for the payment  either directly or indirectly."
Just weeks before the 2016 election   Cohen  reportedly created a private LLC to pay Clifford  otherwise known as Stormy Daniels  following an alleged July 2006 encounter with Trump  The Wall Street Journal reported in January
Following initial reports last month that  Cohen  had made the payment   he  said in a statement that Trump "vehemently denies" any encounter between the two.
In January   the organization Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department  alleging that the reported payment to Clifford constituted a campaign finance violation. But on Tuesday   Cohen 's statement denied that accusation and said the monetary exchange was "lawful" and "not a campaign contribution."
"The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful  and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone "  Cohen  said.
 Cohen  also said  he  filed a reply with the FEC  but that filing will not be public until the agency has resolved the matter.
When asked why  he  made the payment   Cohen  told CNN: "Just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. I will always protect Mr. Trump."

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is Neutral . But Bloomberg has declared that Bettencourt's only daughter  Francoise Bettencourt Meyers  is now officially the world's richest woman  ahead of Alice Walton  the Walmart heiress. Bloomberg puts Bettencourt Meyers' net worth at $42 billion  compared to $37.7 billion for Walton.
 Francoise Bettencourt Meyers  in 2015 . Bertrand Rindoff PetroffâGetty Images
Although  raised a strict Catholic  Bettencourt Meyers  married the grandson of a rabbi killed in Aushwitz â all the more notable given that L'Oreal's founder  EugÃ¨ne Schueller  was a known Nazi sympathizer .
 Bettencourt Meyers  is arguably best known for bringing legal action against  her  mother  after the elder Bettencourt began giving away millions in assets and insurance to society photographer FranÃ§ois-Marie Banier  with whom she'd struck up an unusual friendship.  Bettencourt Meyers  accused Banier of preying on  her  mother's onsetting dementia. When  Bettencourt Meyers  sued   her  mother responded by calling  her  daughter âune emmerdeuseâ (a pain in the ass)  according to Vanity Fair .
The case was ultimately decided in  Bettencourt Meyers'  favor  and  she  and  her  two sons were named guardians of Lilianeâs interests in 2011.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sam is Negative . Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam's Club locations across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday. Some stores have already closed; others will close within weeks.
Walmart is closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday afternoon  after reports of abrupt store closings began to emerge.
In some cases  employees were not told their store had closed before showing up to work on Thursday. Those employees learned their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closing  Sam's Club workers told Business Insider. At some stores  employees were turned away by police officers.
The remaining stores will stay open for several weeks before closing permanently. All of the affected stores were scrubbed from the Sam's Club website on Thursday morning.
 Sam's Club CEO John Furner  notified employees of the closures in a company-wide email sent Thursday.
"After a thorough review  it became clear we had built clubs in some locations that impacted other clubs  and where population had not grown as anticipated "  Furner  said in the email. "We will be closing some clubs  and we notified them today. We'll convert some of them into eCommerce fulfillment centers — to better serve the growing number of members shopping with us online and continue scaling the SamsClub.com business."
Sam's Club membership fees — which cost $45 annually — will be refunded to customers affected by the closings  a Walmart official said.
After a thorough review of our existing portfolio  we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and we’re committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition. — Sam's Club (@SamsClub) January 11  2018

SOLUTION:
no