TASK DEFINITION: Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document 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 article 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 Taylor Swift ? Taylor Swiftâs lawyers  are trying to shake off claims that the âShake It Offâ singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.
 Swift  was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler  who created the song âPlayas Gonâ Playâ for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that  Swift  stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single âShake It Off.â
On Wednesday  the singerâs lawyers asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against  Swift  and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and âpublic domain clichÃ©sâ that canât be claimed as copyright  according to Variety.
 Swift  used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says  âPlayers gonna play  play  play  play  play  and haters gonna hate  hate  hate  hate  hate.â
âThere can be no copyright protection in âplayas  they gonna play and haters  they gonna hate â because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate â  Swift âs lawyers said. âPlaintiffsâ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolousâ¦ Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.â
To further prove their argument   Swift âs legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the âplayerâ and âhaterâ phrase such as âDreamsâ by Fleetwood Mac  in which the song says  âPlayers only love you when theyâre playing â and âPlaya Hater â by the Notorious B.I.G.  where the phrase âplaya  playa haterâ is used as the part of the songâs chorus.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Terry McAuliffe ? Virginia's Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe  said  he  would respond physically to President Donald Trump if  he  ever used intimidation tactics and got in his "space " the Washington Examiner reported Friday.
"You would have to pick  him  up off the floor  " McAuliffe  told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" Thursday.
"Listen  if  this guy  got in my space â you wanna get in my space? I've always said  'Chris  you punch me  I'm going to punch back twice as hard.' And  it wouldn't be hard to do it. But  you know   this guy  thinks  he  can intimidate everybody. It's disgraceful. It's embarrassing.
"If  he  ever came over and leaned on  me  and got in my space  that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that "  McAuliffe  said.
 McAuliffe  has been a vocal opponent of Trump  especially on immigration issues.  He  served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and was chairman of the presidential campaigns of former President Bill Clinton in 1996 and Hillary Clinton in 2008.
 McAuliffe  is due to leave office on Saturday when newly-elected Democratic Gov.-elect Ralph Northam takes office.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dan Ivascyn ? NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dan Ivascyn  the group chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco)  eschews making big  splashy investment or market calls  unlike his legendary predecessor  Bill Gross.
âIt is never only one person â  Ivascyn  said in an interview  about investment ideas and fresh strategies. âEven those who use âIâ a lot have very good teams that do the heavy-lifting.â
Pimco Income  overseen by  Ivascyn  and managing director and portfolio manager Alfred Murata  is No. 1 in its category with annualized returns of 9.14 percent over the last 10 years ended Feb. 26. Over the same period annualized  the Pimco Income fund has surpassed the benchmark Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index by 3.74 percentage points.
 Ivascyn  said Newport Beach  California-based Pimco still makes big  bold economic and investment calls but there is no burning desire to publicize them as Gross did.
âThese concepts lead to great sound bites but have very little impact on actually making money for clients â  Ivascyn  said.

SOLUTION:
Positive