TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence and an entity, the task is to select the authors sentiment towards the enity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the sentence expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the sentence 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 sentence 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 Mohamed Hamdan ? A leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon said  Hamdan  was involved in operations in Israel. âThe incident has Israeli fingerprints â Mounir al-Maqdah  the Fatah official  told Reuters.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hurd ?  His payday from HP would have been even higher had he not agreed to give back restricted stock worth about $14 million as part of a settlement with HP to allow him to work at Oracle Corp.  an HP rival run by Hurd's friend Larry Ellison.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Allen Coates ? Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune Allen Coates with  his  mother  Cherish Coates  in Phoenix  Ariz.  in September. After having  Allen  when  she  was a teenager  Cherish stayed in school and has become a certified nursing assistant.  She  also is now married and has two additional children.  Allen Coates  with  his  mother  Cherish Coates  in Phoenix  Ariz.  in September. After having  Allen  when  she  was a teenager  Cherish stayed in school and has become a certified nursing assistant.  She  also is now married and has two additional children. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)

SOLUTION:
Positive