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 Roy Halladay ? Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay  was killed Tuesday when a small plane  he  was piloting crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida.  He  was 40 years old.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bob Baffert ? ELMONT  N.Y. -- Bob Baffert isn't supposed to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Not too many people who roam the backstretch in the mornings are giving his horse  Game On Dude  much of a chance to get to the winner's circle in the 1-1/2-mile Belmont.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Newt Gingrich ? WASHINGTON   DC â Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)  spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on Friday about the danger posed by Iran and accused the U.S. State Department of listening to that dictatorship more than to those who seek a free and democratic Iran.

SOLUTION:
Positive