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].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Susan Collins ? According to CNN  members of the group met in  GOP Sen. Susan Collins'  office and passed a stick around to ensure there were no interruptions. Only the member holding the stick could speak.
The stick was relatively effective  members told CNN  but there was one incident in which a senator threw the stick at another member who was asking questions while the first spoke. The stick missed the mark and ended up damaging a glass elephant on  Collins ' shelf.
In a statement after the Senate vote on the deal   Collins  applauded the work of the bipartisan group.
"Today  we saw the power of the center in the US Senate  " Collins  said. "Joe [Manchin] and I worked very hard in leading the effort of the Common Sense Coalition â a group of 25 Republicans  Democrats  and Independent Angus King â which proposed the compromise to end the government shutdown."

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jacob Lerma ? FRIENDSWOOD  Texas (AP) — As  Jacob Lerma  surveyed the skeletal beams of  his  suburban Houston home that was flooded during Hurricane Harvey   he  kept muttering three words as  he  wondered if  his  family would ever be able to move back in: “I don’t know.”
Like many Texans whose homes were flooded during  Harvey  Lerma  faces mounting expenses and hasn’t paid  his  mortgage in months.  His  insurance payment wasn’t enough to rebuild  his  home and  he  was only offered a small loan after applying with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  His  last hope is a possible buyout from the city of Friendswood. In the meantime   he    his  wife and two daughters will continue living with  his  parents.
During last year’s hurricane season  mortgage financiers such as Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac encouraged lenders to offer homeowners a forbearance — a temporary suspension or reduction in their mortgage payments — for up to 12 months.  Lerma  got one from  his  lender.
 Lerma  said  his  family is “at a pretty bad point right now” as  he ’s maxed out credit cards and emptied  his  savings. Yet   he  remains hopeful.
“We know we’ll get through it. We’re just riding it out ”  he  said.

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald J. Trump ? President Trump  on Saturday took aim at a reporter who made a mistake in  his  reporting on over a month ago  sending a fresh tweet decrying the reporterâs ability to do  his  job.
âBrian Ross  the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars)  was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity. He is no longer allowed to report on  Trump . Should have been fired!â  Trump  tweeted.
Brian Ross  the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars)  was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity.  He  is no longer allowed to report on  Trump . Should have been fired! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6  2018
ABC News at the beginning of December was forced to correct a report by Ross saying  Trump  had directed  his  former national security adviser Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials during the campaign. The corrected report said  Trump  issued the direction after heâd already been elected.

Answer:
Neutral