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 Chris Christie is Negative . Outgoing Gov. Chris Christie  said Tuesday that New Jersey needed "tough and plain-spoken leadership" when  he  took office eight years ago and  he  delivered it  pulling the state from "the brink of financial ruin" by confronting problems leaders of both parties had ignored for decades.
 Christie  hands over state government to Democrat Phil Murphy in a week.
 Christie  said  he  was the first governor in America to try to tackle the huge and escalating burden of state pension costs  saying previous governors from both parties and Legislatures "virtually ignored the growing menace of increased costs and no real contributions." Among the steps taken during  his  administration was dedicating lottery proceeds to the pension system for the next 30 years.
When  he  took office   Christie  said  New Jersey was "on the brink of financial ruin as a state."
"We needed tough and plain-spoken leadership to deal with these problems "  he  said.
 He  said  he  vetoed more than $7 billion in spending  helped cut the state workforce  pushed through a cap on property tax increases and  at the same time  made sure the state invested heavily to help protect the New Jersey Shore from the kind of devastation it suffered during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The prepared text of  his  remarks didn't show  him  invoking the name of  his  friend  President Donald Trump. But  he  called it an "honor" to chair the White House's opioid commission.
 Christie 's speech caps  his  stint as one of America's best-known governors.
 He  was on the cover of Time magazine under the headline "The Boss" and a periodic guest on late-night television  where  he  memorably appeared in a skit about "dad dancing" with Jimmy Fallon and poked fun at  his  weight by eating a doughnut on David Letterman's show.
At least in the beginning   he  won acclaim for  his  forthrightness  like when  he  told beachcombers to "get the hell off the beach" in 2011 during Hurricane Irene.  He  told it like it was before Trump brought the practice to the White House.
 He  also was exceedingly popular and widely praised for guiding the state in its recovery from Superstorm Sandy  which ravaged the coastline.  He  was briefly seen as a top GOP contender for president.
But  he  was also criticized for testy exchanges with the public during town hall meetings and other encounters.
 His  popularity and job approval fell sharply  particularly after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal in which three of  his  allies were convicted in a political retribution scheme.  He  also lost the home crowd after spending much of 2015 and early 2016 campaigning for president out of state  a contest  he  dropped out of after failing to emerge from the back of the pack.
 He  returned to New Jersey and focused on the state's â and country's â opioid addiction crisis after failing to get a top job in the Trump administration. A regular theme in  his  remarks around the state included "second chances " and the idea that people can make a comeback.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Luke Walton is Negative . LOS ANGELES --  Luke Walton  and Lonzo Ball both say that the Los Angeles Lakers' head coach has not lost the locker room  as LaVar Ball asserted.
Lonzo Ball also said  "I'll play for anybody " when asked whether he is fine with  Walton  as his coach.?
 Walton  ?whose team ended a nine-game losing streak with a 132-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night  disagreed with LaVar's latest criticism of him.  Walton   who said Friday morning that he is not coaching as if his job is on the line  was asked whether he has received assurances from anyone in Lakers upper management.
"Yeah. We're  I feel  very secure in my job status right now "  Walton  said. "We talk all the time. They're 100 percent behind and supporting what we're doing."
Lakers majority owner Jeanie Buss tweeted strong support with the hashtag "InLukeWeTrust" on New Year's Eve  and all indications have been that  Walton 's job security is not an issue.?A Lakers source told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that Walton's job status is "not even a conversation."
This is not the first time LaVar Ball has been critical of  Walton 's coaching. He has said that the Lakers' coaching staff is "soft" and doesn't know how to coach his son  and he expressed his displeasure with how  Walton  was using his son in the fourth quarter of games.
The Lakers already have held a meeting with the elder Ball and asked him to tone down his criticisms of  Walton  to foster a better atmosphere for Lonzo Ball and continue a positive relationship with the organization.
LaVar Ball's latest comments left the No. 2 overall pick having to answer several questions Sunday morning about the state of the Lakers' locker room and his relationship with  Walton .
"He is going to speak his mind. He is not going to change " said Lonzo Ball  who says he hasn't spoken to LaVar since his father and two brothers landed in Lithuania  where LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are playing for the pro team Prienu Vytautas. "... I don't think [ Walton  has lost the locker room]. I mean   he 's our head coach. We are going to play for  him .
"That is just  his  opinion.  He  has coached me  his  whole life. So  he  is definitely going to have a strong opinion about it. That's just what it is."?
"I don't see that the players aren't playing hard "  Walton  said. "I think the players are playing very hard. We've been through a hard stretch  but they are giving us what they have  and we're going to keep working  and we'll be fine."
"I'm fine with it. It doesn't bother me "  Walton  said of LaVar Ball's repeated criticism of  him . "My only concern with any of it is for Zo. As long as Zo's fine with it and Zo can come out and play  and it doesn't affect mine and his relationship  then it doesn't bother me at all."
Lonzo Ball said that he focuses on playing basketball and that he has told  Walton  before that his father's comments don't affect him.
 Walton  was asked whether LaVar Ball's comments could possibly influence what management is thinking about its coach and the team's rebuild.
"I would hope not  but it doesn't influence what we're doing "  Walton  said of the coaching staff. "I've said all along there's always parents  and parents are going to get mad at things -- that's what they do. And it's our job as coaches and coaches in the organization to do what's best for our team and our players  and we make those decisions based on what we see every single day in the facility and on the court."

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Laurent Vacherot is Negative . Speaking earlier about progress towards the merger   Essilor’s Chief Operating Officer Laurent Vacherot  said: “We are serene ” repeating that the deal was expected to close in the first half of 2018.
Announcing its annual results   Essilor  said  it  was targeting revenue growth of around 4 percent in 2018. Revenues rose 3.1 percent on a like-for-like basis to 7.5 billion euros last year  partly helped by higher sales in North America.
 Vacherot  said Essilor would keep pursuing  its  strategy of bolt-on acquisitions in 2018  particularly in China and India.
Luxottica  which has been restructuring since 2014  forecast on Monday steady growth in sales and profits this year.  Its  shares rose 5.2 percent.

SOLUTION:
no