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 Bob Goodlatte ?  Goodlatte  later warned against the Obama administrationâs encouragement of the so-called âunaccompanied minorâ surge in these pages  working in the House to oppose President Barack Obamaâs continual attempts at executive amnesty.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Sessions ? In addition to the Russia investigation  Rep. Trey Gowdy  R-S.C.  said  Sessions  should expect "spirited questioning" on recent spikes in violent crime  firearms policy in the wake of two mass shootings  immigration enforcement and the Justice Department's recent move to support harsher sentencing policy.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Porter ? While multiple officials in the West Wing were aware that he had been unable to pass his background check  none appear to have made an effort to ascertain precisely why and take action on it. Several former White House counsels have said they would have made it their business to know if an official at Mr. Porterâs level was facing allegations as serious as domestic abuse  but officials in the White House have privately maintained that Donald F. McGahn II  the White House counsel  never did.

SOLUTION:
Negative