TASK DEFINITION: Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document 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 article 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 Jordan Howard ( ? Jordan Howard  followed up  his  1 313-yard rookie season with 1 122 yards.  He  had an outside shot at the NFL’s rushing title early in December but faded in the final three games with only 90 yards on 41 carries.  He  became the first back in franchise history to begin  his  career with consecutive 1 000-yard seasons and amassed 2 000 career rushing yards faster than any back in club history  getting there in 24 games. The great Walter Payton needed 26 games.
Roll call: Jordan Howard (signed through 2019)  Tarik Cohen (signed through 2020)  Benny Cunningham (unrestricted free agent)  Taquan Mizzell (signed through 2019)  FB Michael Burton (signed through 2018).
2018 salary-cap figures:  Howard  $692 005  Cohen $713 914  Mizzell $555 000  Burton $705 000.
2017 season review:  Howard  had five 100-yard games and has never been better than  he  was during the 27-24 overtime victory against the Ravens in Baltimore on Oct. 15.  He  carried a career-high 36 times for 167 yards and put the Bears in position for the game-winning field goal.  Howard  likely would have been more effective through the season  but the coaching staff seemed conflicted as to what it wanted to achieve on certain weeks.  Howard  had four games in which  he  received 10 carries or fewer and only six games in which  he  had 20 or more carries. The Bears realized that  Howard  needed a solid workload throughout a game to really get  him  lathered up  but then that approach failed to account for Cohen. Mixing it all together was a struggle because at the end of the season the Bears ran only 934 offensive plays — 31st in the league. To put that in perspective  they were about 70 snaps behind teams that ranked in the middle of the pack  so a little more than four per game. Not that big of a deal over the course of the season  but 25 more handoffs to  Howard  could have meant another 100-plus yards  right?
 Howard  now has 12 career 100-yard games  which ties  him  with the Cowboys’ ’ Ezekiel Elliott for the most over the last two seasons. It also puts  Howard  seventh in franchise history behind Payton 77  Matt Forte 24  Gale Sayers 20  Neal Anderson 14  Rick Casares 13 and Thomas Jones 13. The Bears are only 5-7 in games in which  Howard  tops 100 yards  but when you consider their record when  he ’s held under 100 is 8-24  you see the value.
The biggest issue for  Howard  is it’s hard to call  him  a complete back.  He ’s never going to be Forte  who set the NFL record for receptions in a season by a back with 102 in 2014. But  Howard  would be much more dangerous if  he  was a more consistent threat as a receiver.  He  caught only 23 passes for 125 yards (six fewer receptions and 173 fewer yards than  he  produced as a rookie). Nine running backs topped 1 000 rushing yards this season and every one had more receptions than  Howard ’s 23. In fact  the average was 58. (Chiefs rookie running back Kareem Hunt had 53). Over the last five seasons there have been 53 1 000-yard seasons in the NFL. Only six of those 53 produced fewer catches than  Howard ’s 23 this year:
The outlier on this list is Gurley. He has had 107 receptions in the two seasons since that low output as a rookie.  Howard ’s inability to make more plays in the passing game — and  he  was tied for ninth in the league with five dropped passes (and  he  was targeted only 32 times) — is holding his game back. He’s been terrific running the ball and just might be poised for greater things under new coach Matt Nagy (more on that in a little bit)  but he has been deficient in the passing game.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Taylor Swift ? Taylor Swiftâs lawyers  are trying to shake off claims that the âShake It Offâ singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.
 Swift  was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler  who created the song âPlayas Gonâ Playâ for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that  Swift  stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single âShake It Off.â
On Wednesday  the singerâs lawyers asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against  Swift  and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and âpublic domain clichÃ©sâ that canât be claimed as copyright  according to Variety.
 Swift  used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says  âPlayers gonna play  play  play  play  play  and haters gonna hate  hate  hate  hate  hate.â
âThere can be no copyright protection in âplayas  they gonna play and haters  they gonna hate â because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate â  Swift âs lawyers said. âPlaintiffsâ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolousâ¦ Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.â
To further prove their argument   Swift âs legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the âplayerâ and âhaterâ phrase such as âDreamsâ by Fleetwood Mac  in which the song says  âPlayers only love you when theyâre playing â and âPlaya Hater â by the Notorious B.I.G.  where the phrase âplaya  playa haterâ is used as the part of the songâs chorus.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Malcolm Young ? Malcolm Young   whose crunching guitar provided the rhythmic backbone of AC/DC for more than 40 years  died on Saturday at the age of 64.
 Young  who co-founded the Australian hard rock band with his younger brother Angus in 1973   stuck with the band â and  by most accounts  served as its leader â until  he  retired in 2014.  His  retirement was prompted by the onset of dementia.
 The band  confirmed  Young 's passing in a statement posted to  its  Facebook page. The post also includes a second  more personal statement from Angus himself.
So sad to learn of the passing of yet another friend   Malcolm Young .  He  will be sadly missed. God Bless @ACDC pic.twitter.com/HuEp3kCuyQ â Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) November 18  2017
It is a sad day in rock and roll.  Malcolm Young  was my friend and the heart and soul of AC/DC. I had some of the best times of my life with  him  on our 1984 European tour.  He  will be missed and my deepest condolences to  his  family  bandmates and friends. â Eddie Van Halen (@eddievanhalen) November 18  2017
Heavy heart hearing of  Malcolm Youngâs  passing.Not only did  he  co- found one of the greatest bands in the world  he  co wrote the songs that inspired many of us to wanna be in a band.Condolences to  his  whole family band mates and fans. RIP bad ass. â Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) November 18  2017

SOLUTION:
Positive