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 Bob Woodward ? âHe sees himself as a strong man  or wants to see himself as a strong man â Bernstein â who broke the Watergate scandal for  The Washington Post with Bob Woodward â  told the crowd at Northeastern Illinois University on Thursday night.
 Woodward  wasnât much kinder  describing as âShakespeareanâ an encounter  he  had with Trump in which Trump rejected former President Barack Obamaâs praise of American humility and restraint in the exercise of power and told Woodward  âReal power comes from fear.â
âIn a sense  thatâs the Trump âRosebud â â  Woodward  added  alluding to a plot element in the film âCitizen Kane.â
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. But Bernstein  73  and Woodward  74  sparred agreeably onstage like an old married couple. When Bernsteinâs exuberant arm gestures left his handheld microphone out of range   Woodward  scolded him  âHold the microphone steady!â
And when Bernstein admitted to recently rereading sections of âAll The Presidentâs Men â their best-selling book about Watergate   Woodward  told him  âThis is like Gloria Swanson â referring to the role Swanson played in âSunset Boulevardâ of an embittered old Hollywood star who dreams of a return to her glory years.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brian Shaw ? On November 17  a police officer was killed during a routine traffic stop in New Kensington  Pennsylvania. His name was  Brian Shaw   and he was only 25 years old.
According to reports  the suspect  29-year-old Rahmael Sal Holt  fled his car after he was pulled over  and shot  Shaw  during the subsequent chase. Officials said  Shaw  did not appear to have fired  his  gun  while Holt fired at least six times  landing at least once in Shawâs chest.  Shaw  lay in the street gasping for air before dying in a hospital that night. After several days on the lam  Holt was captured and arrested November 21 with  Shawâs  handcuffs.
CAPTURED: Rahmael Holt was arrested in Hazelwood this morning and placed in  Officer Shaw 's handcuffs. #wtae pic.twitter.com/4kjxd6efWY â Kelly Brennan (@Kbrennan_WTAE) November 21  2017
No NFL players kneeled on Sunday to protest the brutality that occurred to  Shaw . No national cable channels dedicated expansive coverage of the incident  if some even included it at all. It required a Google search to learn about the kind-hearted residents who lined the streets of the small Pennsylvania town holding American flags while firefighters stood in uniform paying their respects during the funeral procession.
But the narrative that cops are always the âbad guys â deserving condemnation and shame across the board  is simply not true. Some cops abuse their power. Others use it to do their duty. Like the five Dallas police officers killed in 2016   Shaw  put on a uniform to serve and protect  his  community. Yet the NFL forbade the Cowboys from wearing special decals on their helmets to honor the fallen Dallas officers  while allowing its players to continue protesting law enforcement.
No superstar athlete has spoken out about Shawâs murder  although he too was once a football player  at Slippery Rock University. Every Sunday   Shaw  likely watched a sport  he  loved only to see a plethora of NFL players kneeling against men and women wearing the same uniform as  him .
But thatâs forgotten in an anti-police narrative en vogue among many. Itâs no wonder thereâs an absence of coverage over  Shaw   when police fatality statistics across the country are hardly ever discussedâa shame  given the recent uptick.
Are these statistics ever mentioned during the debate over Americaâs justice system? For every Colin Kaepernick GQ cover or celebrity rant on social media  there are officers like  Shaw   who do not display an abuse of power in the discharge of their duties. So often during the NFL anthem protests  you hear players vow it has nothing to do with the U.S. military or police (although a lot of Americans are getting just that message). But it seems they have no problem disrespecting the officers who are paid to ensure players get from their cars to the stadium and back to the parking lot safe and sound. Our justice system isnât perfect  and we should work to redress all injustices no matter their victimsâ identities  but that shouldnât detract from the many police officers who do their dangerous jobs well.
Men like  Shaw  risk their lives to do right by their community. Men and women leave their loved ones every morning  not sure if they might come back again. For that  we should take a little time to realize how worthy of respect many police officers are  and temper our complaints about isolated injustices with recognizing they donât represent the norm  and that injustice the other way exists  too.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Meghan Markle ? It's been estimated that  American actress Meghan Markle’s  wedding to Prince Harry  scheduled next May 19  will translate into a £500 million boost for the British economy .
The "Meghan Effect" may give her soon-to-be sister-in-law a run for her money. Fortune magazine predicts that "Meghan Markle's 'Midas Touch' Could Match Duchess Kate's."
According to the New York Times: “There is a blog —  Meghan ’s Mirror — that chronicles  her  every style choice. Vogue has a piece online titled “ Meghan Markle’s  Stealth Shopping Style Is All the Black Friday Inspo You Need ” while InStyle crowed “The Nordstrom Black Friday Sale Has Discounts on  Meghan Markle’s  Favorite Denim Brand.”
Fashion Editor Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times saw  Markle ’s choice of dress as a reflection of the "completely different kind of royal"  she  will be and  her  opportunity to further modernize the monarchy.
“ She  is perfectly aware that everything  she  wears is going to be under the social media spotlight  so  she  might as well make it work for  her  ” Friedman writes. “Even the smallest gestures are going to have a heightened import as the royal family adjusts to a modern identity. Far beyond Britain and the formal royal watchers  many have a special investment in this particular story and how it gets told.”
"Harry and  Meghan  should not be lulled into a false sense of security " Sykes warns. "There is already a significant undercurrent of hostility to  Meghan  circulating in some sections of the British establishment. Blame the blinding glare of new love if you will  but Harry and  Meghan  seem to be  if not heading for the rocks  at least grazing the odd sandbank."
As photos and video clips of  her  most recent public appearances as the prince’s fiancé show   she 's already a main focus of attention for photographers and cameramen. Such was the case during the spectacle of the royal family's annual Christmas parade between Sandringham estate  the queen’s private residence  and the nearby St Magdalene Church  for their traditional service.
After Harry and  Meghan  went to Monte Carlo to celebrate the new year with friends  the comparisons with Grace Kelly  the Hollywood star who married Prince Rainier of Monaco to become the admired Prince Grace  were all over the media.
 She  also was compared to Princess Charlene  the South African former Olympic swimmer who married Monaco's Prince Albert II.
It's rumored that Meghan and Kate have a good understanding -  Markle  and Harry stayed with the Cambridges  who have a house in the Sandringham estate during the Christmas celebrations - and royal experts assume that Kate will help guide  Meghan  through the royal paces.
Despite  her  current popularity and seeming ease facing the challenges of royal life   Markle  will need all the support  she  can get.
“After all  the 36-year-old is set for a daunting transition ” the Telegraph predicts. “When  she  marries Prince Harry  Meghan will be trading an acting career and a life of relative freedom for one of public duty  reserve and near-ceaseless waving – and that’s notwithstanding the private pressures of remembering if and when to curtsy to her in-laws.”

SOLUTION:
Neutral