TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, 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 Sidney Crosby is Negative . This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House  and threw into stark relief  the comments of superstar Sidney Crosby  a native of Cole Harbour  Nova Scotia .
 His comments  came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as "sons of bitches " declaring they should be fired for "disrespecting the flag." Following his comments players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism  the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a "great team."
This wishful thinking disappeared when  Crosby  was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  he  saw the visit "as an opportunity." But  he  also said there had been "little to no discussion" in the locker room about the decision to go.
"I'm pretty aware of what's going on "  Crosby  told the Post-Gazette. "People have that right to not go  too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group  we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it."
Sidney Crosby  a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia  has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian  he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada  they argue  does not have the same issues with race.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.
This is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface  and where  he  was memorably accused of not playing the "white" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg  the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable  humble  black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds  a descendent of African Nova Scotians  had a banana thrown at him on the ice.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey  where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto  where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future  the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus  buddy with them  and then let them know that when it comes down to it  their lives do not matter.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gloria Allred is Positive . Sitting across a boardroom table   Gloria Allred  looks exactly as  she  did during any one of the thousands of TV appearances  she 's made in the last 40 years. The red power suit ( she  has a closet full of them)  chunky gold jewelry  puckish smile â it's all the same. What appears different about the 76-year-old lawyer has nothing to do with  her  personally  and everything to do with the way society has  at last  begun to catch up with  her . Now the same perspective shift that changed Bill Cosby from a beloved TV dad to an accused rapist in the public consciousness  is casting the woman most responsible for making the accusations against him public in a different light too.  She 's been derided for years as a spotlight-seeking opportunist â and now  finally   Allred  is getting  her  due.
Seeing Allred  a new documentary which recently premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and began streaming on Netflix on February 9th  chronicles  her  career as pioneering civil rights lawyer  relentless advocate for gender equality and tireless champion for sexual harassment and abuse victims. The film traces virtually every aspect of  Allred 's life  from  her  birth in Philadelphia 76 years ago through to last yearâs Womenâs March on Washington. (Regrettably  it stops just short of capturing the activist in the thick of #MeToo  the movement she helped lay the groundwork for; ditto the Harvey Weinstein scandal that embroiled  Gloria  and  her  daughter  and the defeat of Roy Moore  which she helped engineer.) She has somehow managed to spend decades at the white-hot center of every polarizing national news story â from OJ Simpson to marriage equality â without ever once soliciting a client.
Rolling Stone spoke with  Allred  about  her  life   her  work   her  thoughts on the documentary ... and everything it missed.
It's insulting to think that sexual harassment is about shaking someone's hand. It's not â legally  that's not sexual harassment. Even if the person didnât consent to having their hand shaken. That doesnât meet the legal standard. So I think itâs insulting to suggest that. Itâs insulting to those who allege that they have been drugged and sexually assaulted by Mr. Cosby. In a way  it minimizes what theyâve said. So whether he's just trying to be funny â drugging and sexually assaulting someone is not funny ... if    in fact  he did  it . And the allegations by more than half a million women on #MeToo â thatâs not a laughing matter. It's not about shaking hands  that hashtag.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald Trump Jr. is Positive . President Donald Trump’s eldest son  Donald Trump Jr.   declined to discuss with lawmakers on Wednesday a conversation  he  had with  his  father about emails related to a June 2016 meeting  he  attended with Trump associates and Russians  a congressional panel member said.
Representative Adam Schiff  the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee investigating allegations of Russian interference in last year’s U.S. election  said  Trump Jr.  answered the “overwhelming majority” of questions from committee members in  his  hours of testimony.
But  Trump Jr.  claimed attorney-client privilege in declining to respond to queries about that discussion with  his  father because a lawyer was in the room when it took place. The discussion between then-Republican candidate Trump and  his  son took place after the emails became public  Schiff said. Trump Jr. released the emails in July.
Representative Mike Conaway  the Republican leading the investigation  said  Trump Jr.  had answered all of  his  questions.
 Trump Jr.  arrived and left without being seen by reporters.
Lawmakers said they want to question  him  about a meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 at Trump Tower in New York at which  he  had said  he  hoped to get information about the “fitness  character and qualifications” of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  the Democrat who was  his  father’s presidential election opponent.
It was at least the second time  Trump Jr.  has testified to a congressional committee investigating any Russian meddling in the election and possible collusion with Moscow by the  Trump  campaign.
 He  arrived shortly before 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) and was questioned for most of the next eight hours by members of the intelligence panel.
A person familiar with knowledge of Trump Jr’s testimony said  Trump  had said repeatedly he did not remember things he was asked about  including some details about information provided by Russians during the Trump Tower meeting.
Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating. He has announced the first charges of  Trump  associates  and  Trump’s  former national security adviser  Michael Flynn  has pleaded guilty to lying to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
The House intelligence panel also released on Wednesday a transcript of testimony last week of Erik Prince  a  Trump  supporter and founder of the Blackwater military contractor. A focus of that testimony was a report that Prince tried to set up a “back channel” for communications between  Trump  associates and Russia. Prince denied such a plan.
Trump Jr.’s appearance coincided with criticism of the Russia probes from some of his father’s fellow Republicans  who control both houses of Congress and accuse investigators of bias against  Trump . Other lawmakers  Republicans as well as Democrats  say the goal of the investigations is to guarantee the integrity of U.S. elections  not to target  Trump  and  his  associates.
Trump Jr.  like  his  father  denies collusion with Russia. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 campaign to boost  Trump ’s chances of defeating Clinton. Moscow denies any such effort.

SOLUTION:
yes