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 Kim Jong Un ? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun  in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8  2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.
SEOUL (Reuters) -  North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un  said  his  nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty  state media reported on Sunday  hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country.
In a speech to a meeting of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday  a day before Trump’s most recent comments  state media said  Kim  had addressed the “complicated international situation”.
North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia ”  Kim  said  referring to the “protracted nuclear threats of the U.S. imperialists.”
The situation proved that North Korea’s policy of “byungjin”  meaning the parallel development of nuclear weapons and the economy was “absolutely right”   Kim Jong Un  said in the speech.
“The national economy has grown on their strength this year  despite the escalating sanctions ” said  Kim   referring to U.N. Security Council resolutions put in place to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun  in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8  2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.
 Kim Jong Un’s  sister  Kim Yo Jong  was made an alternate member of the politburo - the top decision-making body over which Kim Jong Un presides.
Alongside Kim Jong Un himself  the promotion makes Kim Yo Jong the only other millennial member of the influential body.
 Her  new position indicates the 28-year-old has become a replacement for  Kim Jong Un’s  aunt  Kim Kyong Hui  who had been a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong Il was alive.
“It shows that  her  portfolio and writ is far more substantive than previously believed and it is a further consolidation of the Kim family’s power ” said Michael Madden  a North Korea expert at Johns Hopkins University’s 38 North website.
“The large-scale personnel reshuffle reflects that  Kim Jong Un  is taking the current situation seriously  and that  he ’s looking for a breakthrough by promoting a new generation of politicians ” the ministry said in a statement.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Melissa Francis ? Simon Rosenberg objected to host  Melissa Francis  framing  her  question to ask what Democrats could change in the Trump tax plan to make it more palatable to them.
âI donât think thatâs the issue  Melissa â he said before being interrupted immediately by  Francis . âWeâre not gonna do talking points!â  she  exclaimed.
âWell youâre doing talking points â  Francis  interrupted again.
âNo Iâm not doing talking points â  she  said  âitâs insulting that you say that to  me  as if I donât actually understand what Iâm saying and can do my own analysis about the economy.â
âBut youâre not answering the question â  she  protested.
Rosenberg and Francis then grappled over whether Trumpâs plan would cut taxes for the middle class over the long term  with  Francis  arguing on the basis of a dynamic understanding of tax cuts. âGood for you  Melissa â Rosenberg responded.
At the end of the segment   Francis  tried to give Rosenberg a peace offering saying they should get a drink sometime. âMelissa  donât worry  Iâm never coming back on this show again  so it doesnât matter â he responded  and stripped off his microphone.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Abdulla Yameen ? MALE (Reuters) -  Maldives President Abdulla Yameen  fired  his  second police chief in three days and the opposition said  it  feared violence  as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by  Yameen ’s failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.
Three days after the Supreme Court threw out terrorism convictions against  Yameen ’s political opponents   his  government on Saturday was still ignoring international and domestic pressure to set them free.
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets to demand compliance with the court order  and Western countries and international organizations have urged  Yameen  to obey  it .
The court also ordered 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their seats to be restored to the body. The 12 had quit  Yameen ’s ruling party last year  and allowing them to return to the legislature would deprive him of a majority.
The crisis poses the biggest threat to  Yameen ’s control of the Maldives since he took power in 2013  defeating Nasheed in an election that Nasheed’s supporters say was rigged.
 Yameen  has stopped short of saying  he  will not obey the court order to free  his  opponents.  He  told a party meeting on Saturday  he  “did not expect the Supreme Court ruling at all”.
“We’ve started dialogue with the Supreme Court. We’ve sat and started talking about difficulties or concerns the state has ”  he  said. “We’re working on making sure we can respect the court order in a way that doesn’t cause any difficulties to the people.”
 He  fired the chief of police on Thursday shortly after the court order was handed down  and on Saturday  he  fired the acting police chief  he  had chosen to replace  him .
The Maldives  an Indian Ocean island chain of around 400 000 people known to outsiders mainly as a tropical paradise for the tourists that provide most of its foreign exchange income  has experienced political unrest since  Yameen  took power.
 Yameen  is the half brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom  who ruled the Maldives for three decades until losing an election to Nasheed in 2008.  Yameen  and Gayoom have since had a falling out and Gayoom is now aligned with the opposition.

SOLUTION:
Neutral