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 Assad is Neutral . BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syriaâs army and its allies will keep fighting in Syria after the battle ends in Deir al-Zor province  where Islamic State has its last significant stronghold   President Bashar al-Assad  said on Tuesday.
âThe victories against terrorist organizations  starting in Aleppo and not ending in Deir al-Zor  formed a critical strike that foiled partition projects and terrorist goals â  Assad âs office quoted  him  as saying.
 Assad  regards all the groups fighting against the Syrian state as terrorist groups.
 Assad  said in  his  meeting with Velayati that the battle would last âuntil the recovery of security and stability to all Syrian landsâ   his  office said.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Johnson is Positive . A Twitter user posted what appears to be a screengrab and wrote that an ISIS affiliate group broadcast a video showing the October attack that killed Sgt. La David Johnson and three other U.S. Green Berets.
Sgt.  Johnson  and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
 Johnson   25  was part of a 12-member Army special forces unit accompanying 30 Nigerien forces when they were attacked in a densely wooded area by as many as 50 militants.
 Johnson 's widow Myeshia Johnson is presented with a folded U.S. flag by a military honor guard member during the burial service at the Memorial Gardens East cemetery. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found weeks after his funeral
The gap in time led to questions about whether  Johnson  was killed in the assault and not found  or if  he  was taken away by the enemy.
According to the officials  a medical examination concluded that  Johnson  was shot as many as 18 times.
It is believed  he  died in the attack and there were no indications  he  was shot at close range  or had been bound or taken prisoner  as several media reports have suggested.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Nabeel Rajab is Negative . DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain’s top court on Monday upheld a two-year prison sentence imposed last year by a lower tribunal on  rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab  over comments  he  was alleged to have made to journalists  a rights group said.
The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said in a statement that the Court of Cassation’s ruling was the last level of appeal in a case that began in mid-2016 when  Rajab  was arrested over tweets suggesting that security forces had tortured detainees in a prison.
 Rajab   a leading figure in pro-democracy protests that swept Bahrain in 2011  was convicted last year of making “false or malicious” statements about authorities in Bahrain.
The charges arose from a January 2015 interview cited by the prosecution  in which  he  was alleged to have said that Bahrain was holding political prisoners who were subject to torture.
Amnesty International called  Rajab ’s imprisonment “a flagrant violation of human rights  and an alarming sign that the Bahraini authorities will go to any length to silence criticism”.
The U.N. human rights office last year called on Bahrain to “unconditionally and immediately” release  Rajab .
BIRD said  Rajab   who underwent surgery for a bleeding ulcer last year  faces up to 15 years in jail over a second hearing related to comments  he  is alleged to have made on Twitter. A verdict is expected on February 21.

SOLUTION:
no