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 Fergie ? Fergie  apologized on Monday for  her  sultry version of the national anthem the night before that didn’t go over so well at the NBA All-Star Game  particularly on social media. Even Roseanne Barr chimed in.
 Fergie   42  acknowledged that  her  slowed-down jazzy version – as described by People magazine – didn’t strike the right note. Others described  her  take on the “Star Bangled Banner” as “sexy.”
"I've always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA "  she  said  per People. "I'm a risk taker artistically  but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best."
"Something insane and terrible happened before tonight’s NBA All-Star Game " said Chris Thompson  a writer for sports website Deadspin. "No one will ever be able to explain it to my satisfaction. Even in the context of the NBA's disastrous  shriekingly awkward pregame nightmare   Fergie’s national anthem  was an absolute abomination. A goose being strangled in your living room would produce a much more pleasant series of noises."
Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr  whose rendition of  the national anthem  in 1990 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium was roundly criticized as one of the worse  per the Sporting News  even criticized Ferguson's performance on Twitter.
Who saw  Fergie 's national anthem performance at the NBA All Star Game? I think mine was better lowkey — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) February 19  2018
Fergie’s rendition of  the National Anthem  was originally written by Francis Scott Out of Key. — bob saget (@bobsaget) February 19  2018
 Fergie  sang  that anthem  so bad  Kaepernick stood up and told  her  stop with the disrespect. — Bãlldiñhö™ 🇧🇲 (@Balldinho) February 19  2018
Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas just gave us the drunken aunt at your wedding version of the Star Spangled Banner. Yikes. — Jason Greene (@JasonGreene17) February 19  2018

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Cuomo ? ALBANY â Gov. Cuomo  on Monday plans to sign into law new restrictions on electronic cigarettes that effectively ban  their  use in most restaurants  bars and workplaces  the Daily News has learned.
âThese products are marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes  but the reality is they also carry long-term risks to the health of users and those around them â  Cuomo  said.
 Cuomo âs decision to sign the bill had been expected.  He  proposed similar restrictions on e-cigarette use as part of  his  executive budget proposal in January.
Supporters of the measure  including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association  had been lobbying lawmakers and  Cuomo  to approve the measure  arguing that smoke from e-cigarettes posed health risks akin to those of regular cigarettes.
In July  Gov. Cuomo signed into a law a measure that outlawed the smoking of e-cigarettes in all public and private schools.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael W. Young ? Three Americans â Jeffrey C. Hall   Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young â  have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for  their  work on molecular mechanisms that control circadian systems.
Hall was born in New York  Rosbash in Kansas City  and they both worked at Brandeis University.  Michael Young  was born in Miami and worked at Rockefeller University.
Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall   Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young  are pictured on a display during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Oct. 2  2017. Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall   Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young  are pictured on a display during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Oct. 2  2017. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images) (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images)
The trio's early work took place in 1984 when Hall and Rosbash worked together at Brandeis and  Young  at Rockefeller University to isolate the "period" gene  which controls the circadian rhythm of fruit flies. Hall and Rosbash then showed that the level of the protein encoded by this gene changes in a 24-hour cycle  going up during the day and down at night. They theorized that this protein blocked the activity of the period gene.

SOLUTION:
Positive