TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tayyip Erdogan is Neutral . ANKARA (Reuters) -  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan  said on Tuesday  his  talks with U.S. President Donald Trump last week were the first occasion in a long time the two NATO allies were "on the same wavelength" and they would speak against this week.
"The telephone call which we had with Trump on Friday was the first in a long time in which we got on the same wavelength "  Erdogan  said in a speech to deputies from his ruling AK Party in parliament.
According to Turkey's foreign minister  Trump on Friday told  Erdogan  he had issued instructions that weapons should not be provided to the Syrian Kurdish YPG.
Speaking to reporters in parliament after his speech   Erdogan  said the Pentagon statement would be discussed at Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) meeting later on Tuesday.
 He  also said that Trump indicated that another call may happen this week.
"If  he  doesn't call  I'll call  " Erdogan  said.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mark Sedwill is Positive . Mark Sedwill said the end of 2014 was not a deadline. "It's a goal " he told reporters in the capital. "It's realistic but not guaranteed."
 He said the transition to Afghan control of security will be slow and piecemeal -- often starting with individual districts and building up to the province level. Each area will be evaluated for transfer based on four criteria -- the security situation  the capacity of Afghan security forces in the area  the preparations of NATO forces and the progress toward governance reforms.
 In addition  specialist strike units that target terrorist operatives are likely to keep conducting operations even after the Afghan government has taken over responsibility  Sedwill said.
 He said both 2011 -- the date set for U.S. troops to begin drawing down -- and 2014 are "intermediate milestones" in a larger mission that will last much longer.
 A summit of Afghan leaders and allies Lisbon this weekend will aim to set broad terms for that longer mission. NATO and the Afghan government plan to sign an agreement that will set out the international community's commitment to Afghanistan  including support for training forces  the growth of the Afghan military and intelligence sharing  Sedwill said.
 "We want to build the Afghan leadership so they're taking more and more responsibility for themselves but we recognize it has got to be underwritten by long-term international commitment " Sedwill said.
 Even with the NATO mission appearing to stretch out longer and longer  Sedwill said that the momentum had shifted in NATO's favor.
 "It's still clearly fragile. There are significant risks and there will be a long and hard campaign ahead  but we believe that in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to  which is that we've regained the initiative -- having  candidly  lost it in the past few years " Sedwill said.
 He said that this assessment was the conclusion of an assessment of the Afghan campaign that he had conducted with Gen. David Petraeus  the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Casey Affleck Armie is Negative . Armie Hammer is backtracking on comments he made last month about  Casey Affleck  winning an Oscar despite being accused of sexual harassment.
Hammer  who is the star of the Oscar contender “Call Me By Your Name ” compared Nate Parker’s downfall to the treatment of  Affleck  in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter — but on Friday he released a lawyered-up statement through a PR firm saying he now regrets his comments and that he was flat out incorrect.
“I would like to sincerely apologize to  Casey  and  his  family for my recent comments about  him  in my THR interview. Without knowing the facts about the civil lawsuits at issue (which I now understand were settled)  I misspoke ” Hammer’s statement read.
Armie Hammer calls out  Casey Affleck   Nate Parker double standard
Armie Hammer made a comparison between Nate Parker and  Casey Affleck . (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
“The cases in which  Casey  was involved were not criminal and instead involved civil claims from  his  2010 movie ‘I'm Still Here ’” the 31-year-old continued.
"I would like to sincerely apologize to  Casey  and  his  family for my recent comments about  him  in my THR interview. Without knowing the facts about the civil lawsuits at issue (which I now understand were settled)  I misspoke. I conflated sexual harassment cases with a criminal case involving sexual assault charges. The cases in which  Casey  was involved were not criminal and instead involved civil claims from  his  2010 movie 'I'm Still Here.' While intending to make a social comment about double standards in general  I mistakenly compared reports of prior  public civil allegations that never proceeded to trial with a criminal case that was fully tried. I understand now that this was a poor comparison  which I deeply regret making. I also didn't mean to insinuate  nor do I believe  that  Casey  or anyone from  his  camp had anything to do with leaked information that took place during the press for 'Birth of a Nation.' I respect  Casey 's work  and I've learned a valuable lesson about the need to be more accurate with disseminating information  especially in this age of instantaneous  unchecked communication. While attempting to be part of the solution  I unintentionally made myself part of the problem  for which I am truly sorry."

SOLUTION:
yes