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 Michel Barnier ? Ministers from the 27 other states took just two minutes in Brussels to endorse new instructions to their negotiator Michel Barnier  who will launch talks soon with the aim of sealing a transition package within a couple of months.
Pressed on how that might work   Barnier  said the offer was principally in Britainâs interests and not open to significant negotiation:
âThe United Kingdom must acknowledge these rules of the game and accept them from the outset â  he  told reporters.
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator  Michel Barnier  attends a meeting of European Union Home/European affairs ministers in Brussels  Belgium January 29  2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
 Barnier  said this timetable was still subject to May and  her  ministers agreeing a plan among themselves and presenting it to Brussels -- and also depends on finalizing many issues on the divorce treaty.
 Barnier  said: âI want to remind you  without agreement on all the withdrawal issues  there is no transition.â
 He  also made clear that talks on the future relationship might start after an EU summit in late March -- but only if May spells out what she wants in time for Brussels to put together its own responses. An outline trade package could then be agreed by the time the divorce and transition deal is ready in October.
Showing some willingness to be flexible  the EU ministers are open to extending the transition period if need be to reach a trade pact -- though  Barnier  warned it could not be very long -- and also voiced a will to endorse Britain concluding trade agreements with other countries before the transition ends.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Emily Worrall ? Ogard and the co-founder of Barbie Savior  Emily Worrall  hope that the guide will make young volunteers and travelers more aware of what they're posting. Advice in the ten-point checklist includes: Be respectful of different cultures and traditions  avoid sweeping generalizations  challenge perceptions.
 Worrall  recalls  her  own experience a decade ago. When  she  was 17   she  went on a volunteer trip to Uganda.  She  shared photos of  herself  and the orphans  she  was helping with  her  family and friends. They showered  her  with praise. "They told me  'Wow  you're doing such amazing work.' They put me on a pedestal "  she  says. At the time   she  didn't consider the children's privacy or vulnerability. Years later  it became inspiration for this Barbie Savior post:
Ogard and  Worrall  don't want the guidelines to discourage volunteers from posting photos on social media. They just want photo-takers to reflect on what they're sharing. Ask for a subject's consent  they say. Show your social followers something different.
If you need inspiration   Worrall  says  check out some of the positive imagery from charities that received a Golden Radiator award in Radi-Aid's annual contest for the best and worst charity ads. These ads  like those from an NGO called Mama Hope  show local people actively engaged in helping others in their community.
If you're staying with a family in a low-income environment and they allow you to take a photo with their children  use it as a "great opportunity to challenge stereotypes "  Worrall  says. That might mean providing details and context — names  locations  personal stories — in an extended caption on social media.
And if a child gets excited when they see you pull out your tablet or smartphone and ask to take a photo with you  that doesn't mean it's OK to do so. "It's a cop out to say  well  they want it "  Worrall  says. "A child can't make that kind of decision."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Frank-Walter Steinmeier ? "We must  unfortunately  assume that the two German women who were missing are among the dead " German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters. It was the first official confirmation from Germany of the reports.
 Steinmeier said the bodies had not yet been officially identified  but that a team of German experts was on the way to Yemen to assist in the procedure.
 The whereabouts of the six is unknown  the Yemeni government said. Steinmeier said the five Germans remain missing despite "conflicting reports and speculation" that they might have been killed.
 At the same time  the foreign minister said German authorities "have to assume that they are in the hands of violent criminals."
 He said the ministry's crisis team was working "intensively and unabated" to clarify the fate of the five  in cooperation with authorities in Yemen.

SOLUTION:
Neutral