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 Hilary Rosen ? CNN guest commentator  Hilary Rosen  is on the hot seat after  she  publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.
“Hey  it’s ‘bacon man.’ It’s actually Mr. Bakan — pronounced ‘bacon.’ Just a fun costume ” Bakan tweeted at  Rosen .
 Rosen  tried to save her own bacon by claiming she was given some bad intel.
 Rosen  never clarified what “bad info” she got about the legendary ‘Cuse-Georgetown rivalry or how it had to do with Judaism.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rose McGowan ? Rose McGowan  called out fellow actress Meryl Streep on social media Friday after the latter described the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as an âexample of disrespectâ during a womenâs conference in Boston this week.
In her comments   Streep  described the allegations as âthe most gargantuan example of disrespectâ across the many industries dealing with sex misconduct claims.
âItâs such an interesting moment  because this conversation about why this is so widespread  this is really worth having and itâs fantastic â  she  said. âI canât help thinking itâs just a door thatâs opening to a better world.â
But  McGowan  â who has herself accused Weinstein of rape and who has been a vocal advocate for the women who have come forward with their own stories â slammed Streepâs characterization of the claims against the producer  publicly chastising the 68-year-old three-time Oscar-winner on Twitter.
âNo  Meryl  ITâS A F***ING CRIME â  McGowan  wrote in a tweet. âYou are such a lie.â
 McGowan  has been one of the central figures in the allegations against Weinstein since the New York Times first reported that the producer struck a $100 000 financial settlement related to sexual misconduct with the actress in the 1990s.
 McGowan  claimed in a January interview published by the Guardian â before the allegations against Weinstein exposed a widespread scandal in Hollywood â that  she  had been blacklisted in the industry because of  her  experience.
In October   McGowan  told actor Ben Affleck to âf*ck offâ on Twitter after Affleck claimed not to have known about the allegations against Weinstein  with whom he collaborated on 1998âs Good Will Hunting.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Angela Merkel ? The survey  offered by public broadcaster ARD  showed Merkel's popularity has plummeted by 10 points to 48 percent -- her worst showing since late 2006.
 Of the 1 000 people surveyed by Infratest dimap this week  58 percent said they thought the previous government of Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats would be better than the current coalition Merkel formed in October with the Free Democrats.
's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats would be better than the current coalition Merkel formed in October with the Free Democrats.
 Merkel has been under pressure for months. Within Germany  critics noted that her new coalition so far has little to show for its efforts in the seven months since it took control  other than the unpopular Greek and euro rescue packages. On the international stage  Merkel has been criticized for dragging her feet on helping Greece.
 The chancellor has already scrapped plans for promised tax cuts  but still faces a huge federal budget deficit. Her government is to decide on spending cuts and  possibly  even on tax hikes within the next 10 days.
 Only 34 percent said Merkel's government has made the right decisions to counter the crisis.
 The one member of Merkel's Cabinet who enjoys steady support is Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg  with 61 percent of those surveyed applauding his work.

SOLUTION:
Negative