In this task, you are given sentences from movie reviews. The task is to classify a sentence as "POS" if the sentiment of the sentence is positive or as "NEG" if the sentiment of the sentence is negative

A mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences .
NEG

It puts Washington , as honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .
POS

Producer John Penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''

POS