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 Bo Pelini ? Youngstown State football coach Bo Pelini says the school made a mistake by not publicizing right away that one of the teens convicted in the high-profile Steubenville rape case was joining the team  but the player earned a second chance three years after getting out of prison by staying disciplined  focused and out of trouble.
Speaking to the AP for the first time about the case   Pelini  said  he  gave Richmond a chance to try out in the first place after hearing  him  accept responsibility for  his  conviction.
"I didn't make this decision lightly "  Pelini  said. " He  was extremely remorseful. I saw a young man who was desperately wanting to better  his  life and those of the people around  him ."
As the backlash played out  Richmond's father  Nathaniel Richmond  was killed in an unrelated confrontation when  he  shot a judge in a courthouse parking lot and a probation officer returned fire. The judge had been overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit the father filed against a housing authority. He had been mostly absent during his son's childhood but was becoming more involved in his life.
Richmond also quit the team and went home to Steubenville after the university said he would not play.  Pelini   another coach and three teammates visited Richmond to convince him to return to school.
"'You need to get your butt back to campus and trust that things are gonna work out. You can't walk away from school  you've come this far. It's time to stick it out '"  Pelini  said  he  told Richmond during the visit.
Richmond and his legal guardians spoke with  Pelini  and YSU President Jim Tressel about joining the team after he enrolled.  Pelini  researched Richmond's past before meeting him  then said he made no promises and told Richmond he'd have to earn good grades and stay out of trouble to be on the team.
"He stuck with it "  Pelini  said. "He went over and above. He knew he had no room for error."
Richmond began practicing with the team as a defensive end after Youngstown State's loss in the Football Championship Subdivision title game in January.  Pelini  said Richmond  a walk-on player with no scholarship  showed talent but was a "work in progress."
 Pelini  said the rape conviction and the intense public attention sharpened Richmond's focus and determination to rise above  his  past.
"It makes you grow up in a hurry "  Pelini  said.

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

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ron Johnson ? Enjoy.com CEO and  founder Ron Johnson  thinks Amazon should be really worried about competitor Walmart  but could fight back with another big acquisition.
"I think this is a decade-long price fight. Every quarter is a new round  but Walmart's coming back "  Johnson  said on CNBC's "Fast Money."
The former J.C. Penney CEO has been bullish on Walmart since at least February  when he appeared on "Fast Money" and called the big box retailer's rally. On Thursday  Walmart shares had their best day in nine years. With stock up 44 percent year-to-date  Walmart appeared to confirm  Johnson 's predictions that it could be Amazon's biggest threat.
Amazon may be growing fast  but  Johnson  thinks Walmart has a decided advantage with its preexisting brick-and-mortar infrastructure.  He  explained that most Americans live near a Walmart where they can buy most of what is available on Amazon.
And  Johnson  maintains that Amazon's distribution centers are more expensive and less efficient to run than Walmart's store and warehouses.
"They forward deploy inventory into things called warehouses  that are really stores. They are a lower cost operation than amazon's distribution centers  " Johnson  said.
As for Amazon   Johnson  thinks acquisitions like Whole Foods  are a good move for the internet retailer. And Target is right on brand.
"Whole Foods is to grocery  what Target is to mass. It's the upscale discounter "  he  said.
While  Johnson  doesn't anticipate that mega-acquisition anytime soon   he  said  he  does think Target has all the right amount of space in all the right places for Amazon to stay on top of the competition.
"Target's got 1 500 stores on Main and Main of every city in the country  " Johnson  said.

SOLUTION:
Positive