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 Don Cooper ? âLet me sit down and get into a talkinâ position â  Cooper  said. âIâll talk to anybody about pitching  especially White Sox pitching.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Alan Dershowitz ? "It would happen only if any president  I'm not talking about a particular one  had a major psychotic break " said  Dershowitz . "Look  we once had a secretary of defense his name is [James] Forrestal  he jumped out of the window of the Walter Reed Center. He thought the communists were coming after him."

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tony Blair ? Leaving the European Union was once far-fetched: just over 15 years ago  British leaders such as  Blair  were arguing about when to join the euro  and talk of an EU exit was the reserve of sceptics on the fringes of both major parties.

SOLUTION:
Neutral