TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Nikolas Cruz is Positive . Having breathlessly reported that  Florida gunman Nikolas Cruz  was a member of a white supremacist group  media outlets across the world failed to issue retractions when it emerged that this story was completely fake news.
The farce began when the Anti-Defamation League and Associated Press reported that a representative of the Republic of Florida Militia  a group that believes in a âwhite ethnostate â told them that  Cruz  was a member of the organization.
However  it quickly emerged that the story had begun as a prank on the notorious 4chan messaging board after members had convinced another individual  Jordan Jereb  to falsely tell the media that  Cruz  was an âaffiliateâ of the white supremacist group.
This was then picked up by the ADL and the Associated Press and reported as fact. In reality   Cruz  was never a member of the group  which is based in Tallahassee  about 430 miles away from where the shooting took place.
Law enforcement officials in Florida subsequently confirmed that they had found no connection between  Cruz  and the white supremacist group.
Almost 24 hours after it was confirmed that the original story about  Cruz  being a member of a white supremacist group was fake news  the AP  the ADL and others have failed to remove tweets and news stories that are completely erroneous.
Jonathan Greenblatt  the CEO of the ADL  still has a tweet at the top of his Twitter page which claims  âSpokesperson for white supremacist group Republic of Florida admitted to ADL that  Nikolas Cruz   alleged perpetrator of deadly Parkland school shooting  was a member & trained with his group  which seeks to create a âwhite ethnostate.â
BREAKING: Spokesperson for white supremacist group Republic of Florida admitted to ADL that  Nikolas Cruz   alleged perpetrator of deadly Parkland school shooting  was a member & trained with his group  which seeks to create a âwhite ethnostate.â More info: [Link] â Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) February 15  2018
Time Magazine still has a headline up which states  What to Know About Republic of Florida  the White Supremacist Militia That  Nikolas Cruz  Attended  except  Cruz  never attended the group at all.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rex Tillerson is Positive . BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - On the eve of his trip to Europe  Rex Tillerson gave a speech last week that European allies had waited months to hear: an âironcladâ promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies.
 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  participates in a panel discussion after  his  remarks on U.S.-European Relations at the Wilson Center in Washington  U.S.  November 28  2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
The question is whether European officials believe him  given tensions during his April visit to Europe  when Reuters reported  Tillerson  initially planned to skip a NATO meeting in Brussels and then only attended under pressure from allies.
âIf there were expectations that  Tillerson  might evolve into a counterweight to Trump  someone who could pass on messages from partners and exert moderating influence over American foreign policy â those expectations have been disappointed â said Niels Annen  foreign policy spokesman for Germanyâs Social Democrats in parliament.
The French have gone around  Tillerson  to develop contacts with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis  White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly  while the EUâs top diplomat Federica Mogherini has gone directly to Vice President Mike Pence.
One European diplomat said  Tillerson  was in a difficult position from the outset because the Trump administration was hostile to Iran and brought in a team of generals who took a hard line  âso it never left  Tillerson  much room.â

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz is Positive . Fellinger pointed us to video posts of the CVA events showing that Cruz each time took questions via a moderator , who recognized a few individuals to speak directly to Cruz . 
But could it be that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz does n't get personally grilled by constituents very often ? 
Cruz , poised to seek re-election as Texas ' junior Republican senator in 2018 , hardly has a reputation for avoiding attention . 
A Concerned Veterans for America spokesman , Jim Fellinger , told us each CVA event with Cruz was open to the public by registration , without the group screening out anybody who registered . 
Regardless , the Houston lawyer was told during the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival about a Democratic challenger 's suggestion that Cruz had n't visited small Texas towns during the term he won in 2012 . 
"Do you do enough interaction with your constituents , Sen. Cruz ?" 
Cruz , asked if he interacts enough with constituents , said : "In 2017 , I 've done 17 town halls" in Texas . 
Cruz replied : "That is a huge part of the job . 
The events Cruz attended from April through August demonstrate that the term "town hall" can be stretched every which way , even to events not open to the public . 
All told , it looks to us as if Cruz took questions at gatherings of selected constituents , mostly business employees , with the three veterans events open to members of the public who registered . 
We wondered about that , finding that Cruz 's count largely turned on one 's definition of "town hall ." 
Next , we spoke with several experts about whether Cruz 's events should be considered town halls . 
A town hall , Cruz spokesman Phil Novack told us , is defined by Merriam-Webster as "an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members ." 
We also asked Novack to share a list of Cruz 's 2017 events in Texas that were open to the public without registration -- where anyone could ask a question on any topic . 
Ted Cruz Statement : "In 2017 , I 've done 17 town halls ." 
It seems these town halls are open only to the people from the sections of ` town ' that support Ted Cruz . 
Novack told us Cruz had held 19 town halls with Texas constituents in 2017 , all "organized by third parties who determined attendees , where" the senator "has taken unvetted questions from anyone in the crowd -- at businesses , factories , chambers of commerce , and in public venues ."

SOLUTION:
no