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 Hillary Clinton ?  Clinton  in an interview taped before an audience at George Washington University  said a team of technical experts would meet later this month "to see how to put into action what we certainly believed was an agreement in principle."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elizabeth K. Newman ? The authorizing legislation for the EEOC âexpressly does not extend jurisdiction to the legislative branch â  Newman  notes.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Crane ? Even though the cost of lithium-ion batteries has dropped precipitously and promises to continue to do so   Crane  contends storage hasn't arrived because lithium-ion does not provide all the features the energy market needs.

SOLUTION:
Neutral