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 Mario Gabelli ? Mario Gabelli says the animal spirits in the markets  awakened by tax reform and strong corporate profits  are creating a new wave of merger activity and opportunities for investors.
 Gabelli  says  he 's a buyer of General Electric shares after  their  recent pullback  based on  its  industrial business. GE shares are up 1.5 percent on Monday.  He  said  his  firm is just starting to buy.
Live entertainment is an opportunity for investors   Gabelli  said  saying  he  likes Liberty Braves (which is Liberty Media Corp. Series C)  and Madison Square Garden.
 He  owns shares of casino operators Wynn and MGM and says  he  would continue to hold Wynn even without  its  CEO  Steve Wynn  at the helm. Wynn shares are plunging  down another 8.7 percent on Monday  after the chief executive was accused of sexual misconduct over a number of years. MGM's stock is up 2.2 percent.
 Gabelli  also said oil services companies are well-positioned  saying  he  is adding to  his  holdings of Halliburton and buying shares of a smaller Minneapolis-area fracking company called Twin Disc  sending  its  shares up 14 percent in midday trading Monday.
 Gabelli  said  "I'm still very optimistic as I generally am over the next six to nine months."  He  says  he  doesn't believe the market is overheated at the moment.
"It's not like 1999 when doctors were looking at the quote machines while they were operating "  Gabelli  said. "You're seeing a flow of funds. Is it too much? Not yet."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elena Kagan ? A top Senate Republican complained Wednesday that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan hasn't been revealing during her confirmation hearings despite her previous statements that judicial nominees should be more open.
 In 1995  Kagan authored an article in the University of Chicago Law Review in which she described the Senate confirmation process as "a vapid and hollow charade."
 Back then  Kagan lamented that senators "do not insist that any nominee reveal what kind of justice she would make  by disclosing her views on important legal issues."
 Another leading Republican  Sen. Jeff Sessions  R-Ala.  the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee  contended that Kagan had given incomplete testimony about her actions as the dean of Harvard Law School when she limited the activities of military recruiters there.
 Kagan told the committee that she had imposed the restrictions because the military's "Don't Ask  Don't Tell" policy amounted to discrimination against homosexuals  a violation of Harvard University's institutional policy that bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
 On Wednesday  Kagan's final day of testimony before the Senate panel  Sessions told Kagan her comments about the episode "didn't  frankly  set forth what you did."
 Sessions continued with his questioning and did not give Kagan time to respond to that specific charge.
 Kagan is expected to win the approval of the committee of 12 Democrats and seven Republicans.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joe Biden ? Former Vice President Joe Biden  said Tuesday that if  he  were one of President Donald Trump’s attorneys   he  would suggest Trump not consent to a special counsel interview for fear of being caught misleading investigators. “ The President  has some difficulty with precision ”  Biden  said in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo.  Biden  said  he  marvels at some of the comments Trump makes and referenced a line from Trump on Monday that Democrats who did not applaud  his  State of the Union address were “un-American” and “treasonous.” The White House has since called the remark tongue-in-cheek  with press secretary Sarah Sanders saying on Tuesday that Trump was “clearly joking.” “Well let me tell you  he’s a joke ”  Biden  said in response.
I’m sorry to lose the main thread here  but I just have to take a moment to reflect on the state of affairs where Joe Freakin’ Biden is calling another politician a “joke.” That’s like Teddy Kennedy calling someone else a lecherous drunken criminal. Before Donald Trump  no American politician was a walking  talking punch line as often as  Joe Biden .  Biden ’s perpetually inappropriate comments and demeanor made for constant good fun  like the time  he  told a dude in a wheelchair to stand up:
Or the time that  he  extolled diversity in Delaware while talking to an Indian American by saying: “In Delaware  the largest growth in population is Indian Americans  moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
All I’m saying is: maybe Joe Biden is kind of a joke too.
Ah  well. I’m sure Trump will figure out something. And I doubt  Biden ’s advice is going to figure into  his  decision much  one way or the other.

SOLUTION:
Positive