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 Blumenthal ?  Blumenthal said he hoped to discover whether marketing concerns influenced the program's criteria. "Were the choices of products shaped by an advertising strategy rather than scientific evidence?" he said.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Steve Bannon ? But even more important than the headline-grabbing insults and accusations lobbed by the two men is  Bannon 's logical  cold-eyed recognition  reflected in his remarks to Wolff  that prosecutors are likely building a powerful legal case based on alleged financial misdeeds of high-level Trump associates.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Wang ? "Relationshopping is problematic because people give up so quickly now "  Wang  says  "and for the most bizarre reasons."  He  says that people may choose to not go on a second date with someone simply because they don't like their hair.

SOLUTION:
Neutral