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 Hershey ?  The company also maintained its 2010 adjusted earnings and sales forecasts while boosting its quarterly dividend. The news sent Hershey's stock up 19 cents to $37 in premarket trading.

SOLUTION: Positive

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 Xur ? The tentacle-faced traveling salesman known as Xur  has returned to Destiny 2  and this week  he 's hanging out in the Winding Cove region of the EDZ. If you look at your local map in the game's Director guide  you'll notice the Roman numeral IX north of the nearest fast-travel marker. "A peddler of strange curios   Xur 's motives are not  his  own " the waypoint reads. " He  bows to  his  distant masters  the Nine."

SOLUTION:
Neutral