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 Rene Boucher ? Paul said  neighbor Rene Boucher  attacked  him  in November while  he  was mowing  his  lawn and wearing headphones.  The Kentucky senator  received six broken ribs and developed pneumonia from the incident  and has described the injuries as a âliving hell.â
 Boucher âs attorney  Matthew Baker  said the retired anesthesiologist shouldnât be jailed  and would pay Paul restitution for his injuries.
Boucher  58  has lived next to  the senator  for years in an upscale subdivision of Bowling Green. The two  though  have disagreed on lawn maintenance.
 Boucher  said  he  saw Paul stacking brush onto an existing pile  and on the day of the incident heâd had âenoughâ â and executed a ârunning tackleâ of Paul. Because  the senator  didnât see  Boucher  coming   he  didnât brace for the impact.
After the incident   Boucher  pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault charges.
No date has been set for  Boucher âs sentencing.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Robert Thomson ? News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson  slammed Google and Facebook for what  he  calls a âdysfunctionalâ and âdebasedâ online environment that harms traditional media  according to a variety of published reports.
Efforts by the two online giants to reduce misinformation and improve online news were only âmodest steps toward changing a digital environment that is dysfunctional at its core â  Thomson  said.
Facebook and Google are âin the midst of a particularly disruptive period  commercially  socially and politically â  he  added.
âThe bot-infested badlands are hardly a safe space for advertisers  whose brands are being tainted by association with the extreme  the violent and the repulsive â  Thomson  said.
News Corp. reported growth in online visits and subscriptions for its media properties such as the Wall Street Journal and The Sun of Britain   Thomson  said. But the companies profitability could rise if âthe potential returns for our journalism would be far higher in a less chaotic  less debased digital environment â he said.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Fitch ? Poland must narrow deficit to protect credit rating: Fitch
 Poland  the only EU nation to post economic growth last year  must narrow the gap between public spending and revenues in order to protect its creditworthiness  ratings agency Fitch said Thursday.
ratings agency Fitch said Thursday.
 Fitch noted that Poland's public deficit stood at 7.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2009 and was forecast to hit 7.9 percent this year despite a pick-up in growth and even though the country had avoided recession or the need to support its banking system.
 "Tolerance for further material slippage from official deficit targets is limited at the current rating level " Fitch expert David Heslam said in a statement.
 Fitch currently gives Poland a long-term foreign currency rating of A-  with a stable outlook.
 Fitch said that the slowdown had "revealed underlying weakness in Poland's public finances.
 "Credible  permanent measures are needed to place the deficit on a sustainable downward path and limit further growth of government debt ratios " it said.
 "The 2011 deficit target of 6.5 percent looks achievable and is built on realistic macroeconomic assumptions " Fitch said.
 Fitch said that deficit-cutting plans could be affected by politics  with a general election due in the autumn of 2011.

SOLUTION:
Neutral