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 Steve Bannon ? Earlier Tuesday  a White House official said the president did not invoke executive privilege to prevent  Bannon  from answering the committee's questions. That official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Anders Fogh Rasmussen ?  Rasmussen highlighted the importance of the reforms to enable NATO to face three main challenges in the future  namely the risk of instability spreading from weak states  the proliferation of ballistic missile technology  and threats to cyber-security.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ron Freiman ?  Freiman  recalled the catalyst to  his  becoming the leader of that ’78 fan revolt as “sitting at that Philadelphia game when they had the fumble  and I couldn’t get up from my seat I was so stunned. It was a victory that they just threw away.’’

SOLUTION:
Positive