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 Hurd ?  His payday from HP would have been even higher had he not agreed to give back restricted stock worth about $14 million as part of a settlement with HP to allow him to work at Oracle Corp.  an HP rival run by Hurd's friend Larry Ellison.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chris Kennedy ? Thatâs not how property taxes work. Schools set an overall levy  and that amount is divvied up among all the property taxpayers in the district. When your tax bill goes down after an appeal  everyone elseâs goes up fractionally to compensate. Candidate Daniel Biss  a state senator from Evanston  explained this clearly to  Kennedy  during a similar session Wednesday before the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Janet Yellen ? FILE PHOTO:  Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen  speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington  U.S.  September 20  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

SOLUTION:
Neutral