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 Mike Freeman ? Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman  declined to confirm the grand jury  citing the secrecy of any such proceeding  but said  he  still intends to make  his  own decision on whether to charge the officer.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dan Doctoroff ? âFor the foreseeable future this will be the primary focus of what we do â  Dan Doctoroff  the chief executive of Sidewalk Labs   said in an interview.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lolita Zinke ? The documents  which include travel manifests and staff emails  were released Monday by left-leaning  Montana-based Western Values Project and were first reported on by Politico. They show that  Lolita Zinke  created a list of people  she  wanted to be invited to a conservative town hall forum in Santa Barbara  California in April. The Washington Post reported  Lolita Zinke  owns a home in Santa Barbara and accompanied  her  husband through the state that month.

SOLUTION:
Neutral