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 Al Franken ? A woman says  Al Franken  pulled her in tightly and put  his  hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair  the second allegation of improper conduct against the Democrat and first involving  his  time as a senator.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Green ? In addition  the ad tech company has similar deals in the works with a dozen of the largest web publishers   Green  said. Presumably  these are sites that encourage people to register and log in in some fashion.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Garcia Zarate ?  Defense attorneys for Garcia Zarate  say  he  has no history of violence and that the shooting was an accident.  They  argue that  Garcia Zarate  found the handgunâa .40 caliber Sig Sauerâwrapped in a cloth under  his  seat on the pier and that the gun discharged as  he  was handling it.

SOLUTION:
Neutral