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 Joseph Lombardo ? But  Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo  told reporters  he  found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons  ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on  his  own.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Botticelli ? âIt forced the office to take a policy position that it may or may not agree to â Michael Botticelli  the former director of the drug czarâs office  told HuffPost. â[It] hamstrings you into a policy position that might be the policy of the day but that might change.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lance Armstrong ?  In May  Armstrong's former teammate Floyd Landis shocked the cycling world by publicly accusing Armstrong and other team members of using performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to gain an unfair advantage. Landis said that Armstrong -- the biggest name in the sport -- had encouraged the doping and that the team had sold its bikes to help finance an expensive doping program.

SOLUTION:
Positive