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 Melissa Gilbert ?  She  also denied any claim that Stone  71  purposely targeted  Gilbert .

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jocelyne Larocque ? Many on Twitter called out the player for  her  actions  suggested it showed poor sportsmanship.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brendan McDermidReuters Flanagan ?  Flanagan   who also competed in the Boston Marathon in 2013 when two bombs detonated near the finish line  said New Yorkers were on her mind during this weekend's race.

SOLUTION:
Positive