TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence, 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 Lou Diamond Phillips is Negative . Cory says  Phillips ' blood alcohol level was .20 percent  which is more than twice the legal limit for driving.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Botticelli is Negative . Neither  Botticelli  nor  his  office would go much further than that during the eight years of the Obama presidency. Had they done so  they would have incurred blowback from both parties in Congress and alienated drug prevention advocates who oppose marijuana use. More importantly  the controversy would likely have distracted from the more critical opioid epidemic. That crisis ended up driving home the argument for a public health approach to drug addiction.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kobe Steel is Negative .  Kobe Steel  has had a series of scandals in the last dozen years  including taking part in bid-rigging for a bridge project in 2005  failing to report income to tax authorities in 2008  2011 and 2013  and falsifying emissions data in 2006. Illegal political funding to candidates in local elections in 2009 also prompted the resignations of the then CEO and chairman.

SOLUTION:
no