TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence and an entity, the task is to select the authors sentiment towards the enity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the sentence expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the sentence 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 sentence 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 Al Thomas ? FILE PHOTO:  Charlottesville Chief of Police Al Thomas  (L) and Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones listen to speakers during a public forum hosted by the Department of Justice Community Relations Service after a rally by far-right demonstrators led to the death of a counter protester in Charlottesville  Virginia  U.S.  August 27  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shaun Johnson ? " Shaun 's contributions had a significant impact on keeping Northwestern prepared for any type of natural  technological  terrorism  or health crisis.  Shaun  worked closely with the campus community  as well as Evanston police and Evanston fire  to upgrade our emergency preparedness plans " Lewis said.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Eugene Meyer ? Under the court order  the buyer was to pay $500 000 of the purchase price at once and the remainder in two equal yearly installments. Instead   Meyer  paid the total at once.  He  established The Washington Post Company with paid-in capital and surplus of $1 250 000  with  himself  as president   his  wife  Agnes Meyer  as vice president and Floyd R. Harrison  his right-hand man  as secretary-treasurer.

SOLUTION:
Neutral