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 Dave Lewis ? However  Tesco boss Dave Lewis admitted that the Brexit-driven collapse in the pound is pushing up prices and warned that failure to secure a deal with the EU by the March 2019 Brexit deadline could lead to higher food prices across the UK.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Saltsman ? Those hardest hit by minimum wage increases tend to work for businesses that "donât have a tremendous ability to absorb new labor costs " according to  Saltsman . Restaurants  for example  tend to have incredibly narrow profit margins  and government-mandated wage hikes force these businesses to cut costs. Unfortunately  cutting costs often means letting go of "less skilled or less experienced employees " replacing them with machines  and self-service options.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George W. Bush ?  In the long history of tax policy  there have been few issues more divisive than the Bush cuts. Since they passed  Democratic presidential candidates have called for their repeal  Republican candidates for their extension -- even John McCain  the 2008 nominee  who had voted against them in 2001 and 2003. The Bush tax cuts are the black hole that swallowed the fiscal- policy debate.

SOLUTION:
Negative