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 Jerry Brown ? California Gov. Jerry Brown (D)  delivers  his  final State of the State address in Sacramento on Jan. 25. Democrats who want to replace  him  are aiming even further left in a state already known for its liberal politics. (Pool/Reuters)
Here in the self-labeled âstate of resistance â the political debate is being pushed further left without any sign of a Republican renaissance to serve as a check on spending and social policy ambitions. Even some Republicans are concerned about the departure of Gov. Jerry Brown (D)  who proved to be fiscally cautious after inheriting a state seven years ago in deep recession.
âYou are going to be talking about Democrat-on-Democrat crime  for the most part â said Bill Whalen  a research fellow at Stanford Universityâs Hoover Institution. âWhat also is certain is that the next governor is going to be more progressive than Jerry Brown.â
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25   Brown  said California is âprospering â a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
But in an interview after the speech   Brown  said that âdoes not mean all Californians are prospering â and  he  made a distinction between the coastal âconsulting classâ and rural laborers whose âculture of working with their handsâ is disappearing.
âThe state is more divided â  Brown  said. âAnd itâs divided this way right across the country.â
 Brown  said  he  is uncertain whether  he  will endorse in the race to succeed  him   even though Newsom also is a Bay Area Democrat who  on climate change in particular  supports the governorâs policies. Some of  Brown âs transportation initiatives  including a high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco that is bursting its budget  remain in question.
âI donât think the people of Tulare County or Modoc County want to hear from  Jerry Brown  on who to vote for. Maybe the people in Oakland would  I donât know â  Brown  said. âIâll decide what to do based on 45 years of campaigning in this state.â

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity â Garrison Keillor ? MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  â Garrison Keillor  the former host of âA Prairie Home Companion â  says  he âs been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.
 Keillor  told The Associated Press of  his  firing in an email. In a follow-up statement   he  says  he  was fired over âa story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.â
 He  didnât give details of the allegation. Minnesota Public Radio didnât immediately respond to messages.
 Keillor  retired last year from  his  longtime radio show  but still produced âThe Writerâs Almanacâ for syndication.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Juicero ? Juicero  employees found out in a letter on Friday that the company is cutting the price of its cold-press juicing system. Some employees also found out they had been cut  too.
In a letter obtained by Fortune  Juicero CEO Jeff Dunn wrote  “the current prices of $399 for the Press and $5 - $7 for produce Packs are not a realistic way for us to fulfill our mission at the scale to which we aspire.”
The Juicero machine  for those unfamiliar  can whip up a fresh-squeezed fruit and veggie concoction at the press of a button. It's also WiFi-enabled  and can tell you the nutritional value of your drink. It originally cost $700 when it first launched  plus it received endorsements from Gwyneth Paltrow and Dr.Oz and was hailed as the ultimate Silicon Valley indulgence.
The company has faced blowback from consumers after an April Bloomberg article revealed the packets could be easily squeezed by hand. According to the article  investors were a little peeved to learn that the machine was not actually necessary for the same "farm to glass" juice experience. Those investors — which include Campbell Soup  Google Ventures  and Kleiner Perkins — helped  Juicero  raise $100 million in 2015 after three years in stealth mode.
Dunn responded to the Bloomberg story  saying  the company  already knew the packs could be squeezed into juice and that the value lies in the machine's smart features and consistent pressing technique — not just the juice itself.
 Juicero  packets expire quickly — 8 days  according to  the company  — and the machine's connected features help  them  maintain  their  tight supply chain. The product even has an app that reminds you to drink your juice before it expires.
Customers will have to decide for themselves if the reduced price is worth it for a glass of juice. To help you decide  read about Business Insider's experience testing the Juicero juicer.

SOLUTION:
Positive