TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia is Negative . Russian figure skater  Evgenia Medvedeva  told the IOC on Tuesday that its ban on Russian athletes for the 2018 Olympics was unfair.
 Medvedeva  a gold-medal favorite for 2018   said the punishment affects athletes who were not involved in a state-backed doping scheme.
 Medvedeva  also argued that  she  could not "accept" competing under a neutral flag if given the option.
Russian figure skater  Evgenia Medvedeva  pleaded with the International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday to reconsider its ban of Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang  South Korea.
"In 2014  I was 14 years old  " Medvedeva  said  via Ice Network. "I have not even entered the adult national team of my country.
 Medvedeva  also said that  she  can't "accept" competing for a neutral flag. The IOC on Tuesday said some qualifying Russian athletes who have passed several drug tests will be allowed to compete at the IOC's discretion  but they will do so in neutral uniforms.
"I can not accept the option that I would compete in the Olympic Games without the Russian flag as a neutral athlete  " Medvedeva  said. "I am proud of my country  it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives strength and inspires me during the performances."
"Everyone has dreams  and you probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same!"  Medvedeva  said. "I do not know if there will be other Games in my sports life after Pyeongchang."

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Steve Bannon is Neutral . WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has struck a deal to be interviewed by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs team rather than appearing before a grand jury  CNN reported on Wednesday  citing sources close to  Bannon .
 Bannon  had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Muellerâs probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and any ties with President Donald Trumpâs campaign  according to a person familiar with the matter.
A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment on the CNN report. A lawyer who represented  Bannon  in an appearance before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday could not be immediately reached.
An interview with prosecutors would allow  Bannon  to have an attorney present during  his  appearance  as lawyers are not permitted in grand jury rooms.
 Bannon  was a close adviser during Trumpâs campaign and in  his  first months in office  but  he  was fired from  his  White House job in August as the president sought to bring more order to his staff operations.
Earlier this month  Trump attacked  Bannon  for comments  he  made to Michael Wolff  the author of a book highly critical of the president and his family. They included scathing remarks about Donald Trump Jr.  the presidentâs eldest son  for meeting during the campaign with a Russian lawyer who was said to have damaging information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
 Mueller  is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign to try to tip the vote in Trumpâs favor  as well as any potential collusion by Trumpâs campaign with Moscow.
According to a person familiar with the arrangement  the attorney who represented  Bannon  for Tuesdayâs House appearance  William Burck  is not representing him in connection with Muellerâs investigation. The person did not believe  Bannon  had hired a counsel for that yet.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ben is Negative . Ben & Jerry’s is promising to improve the pay and working conditions of the dairy farmers who provide milk to the Vermont-based company — but it comes more than two years after they initially expressed interest in doing so.
The ice cream makers and the Migrant Justice Group announced on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement in support of the new Milk With Dignity Program  a worker-driven initiative to bring together farmworkers  farmers and dairy buyers to ensure just and dignified working conditions in Ben & Jerry's dairy supply chain  according to a press release.
The agreement comes several months after  dairy workers and activists marched to the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury  Vt . to protest what  they  say were "slow negotiations" in reaching the Milk With Dignity deal  and more than two years since the company initially agreed to implement the campaign.
According to the Will Lambeck of Migrant Justice  Ben & Jerry's had first committed to work with Migrant Justice in 2015 to implement changes to their supply chain  but had not not actually implemented any of the programs as of the April 2017
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“In 2015  the commitment that was signed [between  Ben & Jerry’s and Migrant Justice ] was a commitment to work with Migrant Justice to implement that program in  their  supply chain  and that’s what  they ’ve yet to do ” said Will Lambek of Migrant Justice in an April 2015 statement to Huffington Post.
The new agreement  however  requires Ben & Jerry’s to acquire its milk from farms that adhere to the standards of the Milk With Dignity program  which ensures workers are paid at least $10 an hour  Vermont’s minimum wage. Workers will also be guaranteed one day off a week  at least eight consecutive hours of rest between shifts and housing accommodations that include a bed and access to electricity and clean running water  New York Times reports.
"It's an agreement that puts the worker in charge of workers' rights " he said. "It's a worker-led movement  but it's a very clever system. It's a system that really does create a win  win  win " said Jostein Solheim  Ben & Jerry’s CEO.
But while  Ben & Jerry’s  has committed to sourcing 100 percent of  its  dairy ingredients through this program “over a period of years ” it won’t affect the purchase price of the final product. Stolheim said the extra money paid to farmers would not result in more expensive ice cream and the company will absorb the cost as a part of doing business.

SOLUTION:
no