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 Bashar al-Assad ? " Assad  did nothing wrong " the man yells. "Support the Syrian Arab Army." In the background another man chimes in: " Assad  is the man!"

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Warren Buffett ? "You'll see plenty of times when you get chances to do things that just shout at you "  he  said. "When that happens  you have to take a big swing."

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mary Norwood ? âThereâs these narratives going around â one is that [this] is a Trump-Clinton situation. Itâs 100 percent not what we have here in Atlanta.  Mary Norwood  is a constituent-services politician.  She  always has been.  She âs not an ideological person â he explained.

SOLUTION:
Positive