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 LaToya Cantrell ? NEW ORLEANS (AP) â LaToya Cantrell  a City Council member who first gained a political following as  she  worked to help  her  hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina  won a historic election Saturday that made  her  the first woman mayor of New Orleans.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mrs Merkel ? If possible  Germanyâs establishmentâincluding  Mrs Merkel  and Mr Steinmeierâwill seek to avoid new elections. These could most benefit the far-right Alternative for Germany and would not necessarily rupture the deadlock  current polls putting the main parties very close to the results they obtained at the September election. In  her  comments last night  Mrs Merkel  emphasised that  her  party would âtake responsibility for this country  even in difficult timesâ.  She  is determined  in other words  to make the best of the hand the German people dealt  her  in September. Precisely how  she  plans to proceed should become clearer today.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Ballen's ?  Ballen  still walks Johannesburg looking for places to take pictures for around five hours a day.  He  spends the rest of  his  time with  his  family  administrating the Roger Ballen Foundation  and tending  his  collection of more than 100 pets. "There's rats  snakes  chickens  ducks  lizards  rabbits  spiders  doves  pigeons  crows  mice "  he  rattles off. Around 10 percent have names  including a bird named Icarus and a rat named Stoffel.

SOLUTION:
Neutral