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].

Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chris Matthews ? The website  citing two sources  reported that NBC paid  the woman  $40 000 to settle  her  claim against  Matthews  in 1999. An NBC spokesperson told The Daily Caller the network paid a smaller  unspecified amount as part of a severance package.

A: Negative
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George Papadopoulos ? The answer to that seemingly unimportant question is suddenly a key element of the deepening scandal surrounding the campaignâs contacts with Russia  following revelations that one member of the team  George Papadopoulos  communicated with Russians connected to the Kremlin. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said several times that the answer is one  implying that the foreign policy council was an unimportant body and  Papadopoulos  was a minor player in the campaign.

A: Negative
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lindsey Vonn ?  Vonn  says  she  scattered parts of Don Kildowâs ashes âjust a few days agoâ on a rock that  she  was told was special when  she  visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador.  She  described the location as âright by the menâs downhill start.â

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Neutral
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