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 Phillips ? Jack Phillips  proprietor  of Masterpiece Cakeshop  refused to create a wedding cake ordered for a same-sex marriage on grounds that it would force  him  to create a cake expressing a value opposed to  his  Christian convictions. The gay men who ordered the cake filed a sexual orientation discrimination claim against  him  with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission  and the Commission ruled against  Phillips .
It was clear that this was not a matter of  Phillips  refusing to do business with these men because they are gay.  He  offered to make them any cake they wanted  just not one designed for a same-sex wedding.
 Phillips  claims  his  right of free expression under the Constitution's First Amendment.
Some not sympathetic to  Phillips ' claim argue that making a cake is not artistic expression and has nothing to do with speech protected by the First Amendment.
By this standard  how can we possibly rationalize forcing  Phillips  to produce a cake against  his  will  expressing a value anathema to  his  religion?
How can forcing  Phillips  to do this be understood in any way as securing for  him  "the blessings of liberty"?

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joe Cox ? For army veterans Joe Cox  Russ Collins and Adam Lingo  the journey to the Washington Redskinsâ FedExField and Sundayâs âSalute to Serviceâ game began nine years ago when their fellow soldiers and teenage Iraqi translator âRoyâ died as brothers in Sinsil  Iraq after a house rigged with explosives collapsed.
âWeâre basically becoming (a) dating website for veterans groups. Every group has something they do  but none of them have a network â  Cox  said.
Inside his rucksack   Cox  carries the scorched badges of  his  army brothers killed in Sinsil  Iraq in 2008.  He âs carried them for nine years  and now across the country. On Saturday  November 11  at Arlington National Cemetery  they visited their buddiesâ graves. It brought them another step closer to coming home.
 Cox  added  âItâs a lot overwhelming.â

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rick Grimes ? The season eight premiere -- and 100th episode -- of "The Walking Dead" begins with  Rick Grimes  apparently daydreaming in the heat.  He  pictures flowers in a peaceful room. In reality   he 's at Hilltop  staring at a grave while preparations are being made to harden vehicles.
 Rick  addresses  his  united group of Alexandrians  Hilltop residents and Kingdom subjects  riling them up about their right to take back what's theirs.  He  vows that whoever tries to stop  him  will meet their end  though there's only one person who has to die: Negan.
 Rick    his  eyes lined with red  again pictures that flower-filled room ... and  himself  in a bed   his  face overgrown with a long grey beard.
"I'm sorry " Negan says  "I was in a meeting." He tells  Rick  he knows he's currently outmatched  and he won't sacrifice his own people.  Rick  offers for Negan and  his  leadership to surrender  and only  he 'd pay the price.
 He  then reveals that Gregory  the head of Hilltop  declares  his  allegiance to Negan  and demands any Hilltop people surrender and return to their homes.
 Rick  again tells Negan's people to surrender.  He  counts down  before opening fire at "seven."
 Rick 's gang wastes a tremendous amount of ammo firing at windows before moving their fortified cars to better positions  while Daryl's gang breaks up into groups  with  him  hopping on a bike to lead the horde toward the Sanctuary.
At Sanctuary   Rick  uses the RV as a car bomb  blowing through Sanctuary's outer defenses. An injured Negan hobbles out from the main building. Rick fires in vain; although he's pinned down  Fr. Gabriel urges him to flee. Rick snaps a Polaroid of the pinned-down Negan and leaves.

SOLUTION:
Positive