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 Roger Goodell ? NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell  said Wednesday  he  wants to see the league's rulemaking competition committee "start over" from scratch this offseason and rewrite the sport's complicated catch rule by employing a common-sense approach.
"From our standpoint  I think I would like to start back  instead of adding to the rule or subtracting [from] the rule  start over again and look at the rule fundamentally from the start because I think when you add or subtract  then it still leads to confusion "  Goodell  said at  his  annual state-of-the-league address during Super Bowl week.
Particular attention should be given   Goodell  said  to the portion of the rule that requires a receiver who goes to the ground while making a catch to maintain possession of the football while on the turf.
"You look at the catch-no catch rule  the officials are officiating it correctly "  Goodell  said. "What we have to do is find a rule that we think is going to address what we think should be a catch and no catch."
To that end   Goodell  said  a group of players  coaches and officials met at the NFL's offices in New York in recent weeks  spending about three hours studying approximately 150 plays to attempt to determine what should and shouldn't be ruled a legal catch.
"I think we have some very good ideas that we're going to submit to the competition committee "  Goodell  said. "I think there will be a lot of focus on going to the ground  which I think is a big part of the confusion for everyone with respect to that rule. And I think we've got a great opportunity here to get this rule right so that everyone understands and appreciates it and that's not the focus going forward."
Still   Goodell  said Wednesday  he  thinks that progress is possible.
"I'm not here to tell you there won't be controversy "  he  said. "But I believe we can get to a much better place."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hakeem Olajuwon ? HOUSTON —  Hakeem Olajuwon  is now a Rockets adviser who has expressed interest in an ownership stake. So the Nigerian great no longer can run  his  post skills school where  he  once hosted Amar’e Stoudemire as a Knick.
Nevertheless   Olajuwon  said  he  would love to work with 7-foot-3 Kristaps Porzingis  but frankly  the retired Rockets superstar doesn’t think  he  needs much help. Porzingis already has dabbled in attempting the “Dream Shake’’ earlier this season.
“I think [ he  makes it] easy ’’  Olajuwon  said. “ He ’s very skilled  very smart. The height  he  has the advantage in the post. The guy that got skill in the post game   he ’s already amazing. It gets much easier for  him .”
 Olajuwon  missed the chance to see Porzingis live Saturday as the Knicks star sat out the Rockets game at Toyota Center with back stiffness. Porzingis’ improvement this season has been  his  post game — more in the mid-post than deep inside.
“Everyone can always get stronger ’’  Olajuwon  said. “But  he ’s fantastic  always plays with confidence  has a lot of moves  shooting 3s. I think the post game is most important because of  his  length.  He ’s so skilled  he  can do whatever  he  wants on the floor.”
“I’ve tried the Dream Shake  but I wouldn’t say I can do it like  him  ’’ Porzingis said. “Not close.’’

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jill Goodacre ? Jill Goodacre  a former model and the wife of musician and actor Harry Connick  Jr.  revealed Wednesday  her  secret five-year battle with breast cancer.
 Goodacre   53  told People that  she  went for a routine annual mammogram in October 2012  and though that test came back clear   her  sonogram didn't.
After undergoing a biopsy  the model learned  she  had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma  the most common form of breast cancer.
 She  immediately underwent a lumpectomy and radiation  which  she  says "absolutely wiped ( her ) out."
"I was scared I was going to lose  her   absolutely " he told People. "I wasn't going to let  her  see that  but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen.  She 's my best friend  and I really don't know what I would do without  her ."
The couple also revealed that one of the most difficult parts of learning  Goodacre  had cancer was breaking the news to their three daughters.
"It broke my heart "  she  said.
 Goodacre  was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2012. (John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP)

SOLUTION:
Neutral