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 Eugene Meyer ? The buyer was  Eugene Meyer  a wealthy Republican who had recently resigned as governor of the Federal Reserve Board after 16 years in government posts .  Meyer  who died in 1959 at 83   was the father of Katharine Meyer Graham  who is today chairman of the board of The Washington Post Co. One of  his  grandchildren  Donald E. Graham  is now publisher of The Post.
Hamilton went inside the building to write a check for the additional $75 000  then left saying only that the new owner would continue to publish the paper.  Eugene Meyer's  identity as that new owner was not disclosed for 12 days more  until court confirmation of the sale.
Under the court order  the buyer was to pay $500 000 of the purchase price at once and the remainder in two equal yearly installments. Instead   Meyer  paid the total at once.  He  established The Washington Post Company with paid-in capital and surplus of $1 250 000  with  himself  as president   his  wife  Agnes Meyer  as vice president and Floyd R. Harrison  his right-hand man  as secretary-treasurer.
After the sale confirmation  Hamilton went to The Post building where he found  Meyer  already drafting an announcement of his ownership for Page 1 of the next morning's paper of June 13. It included this statement:
 Eugene Meyer 's gamble half a century ago has become one of America's great success stories. CAPTION: Picture 1  Conducting the auction was Vernon G. Owen with notebook. To his right was Eugene Meyer's lawyer  George Hamilton Jr.  wilt felt hat and handkerchief. By Arthur Ellis -- The Washington Post; Picture 2  The newsroom of The Washington Times-Herald was nearly empty one night in 1954 when the paper was bought by The Post. UP; Picture 3   Eugene Meyer  and his son-in-law Philip L. Graham look over the first edition of the combined Post and Times-Herald in 1954. Harris and Ewing; Picture 4  The Post's E Street building and other physical assets were worth perhaps $100 000.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Devin Kelley ? On November 6 Breitbart News reported that  the gunman  Devin Kelley   passed a background check in 2016 to acquire  his  rifle. CNN quoted a law enforcement official who observed that  Kelley  âdidnât have a disqualifying criminal history when he filled out the background check paperwork at the storeâ in San Antonio.
Questions immediately aroseâhow did  Kelley  pass a background check  considering the fact that  he  had a domestic violence charge?
According to NPR   Kelley  was arrested in 2012 and âwas court-martialed for assaulting  his  then-wife and stepson.â  His  conviction in that case âdisqualified  him  from legally possessing a firearm.â  He  entered a plea deal for a lesser sentence  but one which was still enough to prohibit  him  from firearm possession under federal law. Nevertheless   his  arrest and conviction were not reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)  thus  he  was able to buy firearms.
NPRâs Tom Bowman said  âThis was mishandled by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico  where  Kelley  was serving when he was arrested. An investigation is now underway  and the Air Force is taking it very seriously  said the source.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jones ? I donât often include a prospect in the waivers column in back-to-back week  but can we address the elephant in the room? After two weeks   Jones  looks like a better running back than Ty Montgomery â before the rib injury. There. Said it.
Look  in a game-of-the-week matchup that figured to be a seesaw battle  his 125 yards on the ground was huge. The rookie averaged 6.6 yards on 19 carries  and that figured wasnât skewed by one or two big runs â  his  longest went for 22 yards.
If  Jones  keeps it up  can the Packers afford to sit the hot hand for a player that could be nursing broken ribs all season. Montgomery just became the anointed starter this season  so itâs not like  he âs entrenched. This is one of those situations where you take flier on a prospective starter.
 Jones  is still available in 43 percent of Yahoo and 66 percent of NFL.com leagues.

SOLUTION:
Positive