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 Murphy ?  He  said that Trump is correct to point out that the U.S. has a military option.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Kelly ? We were both apprehensive of the other  and the interview started haltingly. We discussed what  he  had hoped to achieve by joining the Klan; what  his  thoughts were on blacks  Asians  Jews and Hispanics; and whether  he  thought it would ever be possible for different races to get along. A little while later  we heard an inexplicable crackling noise and we both tensed. The dragon and I stared each other in the eye  silently asking  “What did you just do?” The nighthawk reached for his gun. Nobody spoke. I barely breathed.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Charles Shriver ? The near-decade-long bull market in U.S. stocks has beefed up the average investorâs stock holdings  he said  and it may make sense for some investors to decrease their risk. Stocks are still expensive relative to their long-run records  according to  Shriver .

SOLUTION:
Neutral