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 Nikki Haley ? But  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley  expressed confidence the transfers could be blamed on Tehran.
“These are Iranian made  these are Iranian sent  and these were Iranian given ”  Haley  told a news conference at a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling  just outside Washington.
The unprecedented presentation - which  Haley  said involved intelligence that had to be declassified - is part of President Donald Trump’s new Iran policy  which promises a harder line toward Tehran. That would appear to include a new diplomatic initiative.
“You will see us build a coalition to really push back against Iran and what they’re doing ”  Haley  said  standing in front of what  she  said were the remnants of the Nov. 4 missile.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Al Franken ? A woman says  Al Franken  pulled her in tightly and put  his  hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair  the second allegation of improper conduct against the Democrat and first involving  his  time as a senator.
Menz's story comes days after a Los Angeles broadcaster  Leeann Tweeden  accused  Franken  of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour.  Franken  already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation  but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for  Franken  because it would be behavior that occurred while  he  was in office.
 Franken   a Democrat  told CNN  he  didn't remember taking the photo with Menz  but said in a statement to the network that  he  feels badly that she felt disrespected.
"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people  and I certainly don't remember taking this picture "  Franken  told CNN. "I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected."
 Franken 's office did not respond to repeated Associated Press messages seeking comment on the latest allegations.
With the Capitol empty due to Thanksgiving break  reaction to the latest allegations against  Franken  were muted compared to an outcry last week â and Democrats nationally and in Minnesota were silent.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  a Republican  repeated a statement from Thursday calling for an ethics investigation of  Franken . After publicly denouncing  Franken 's conduct and supporting that investigation last week  no powerful Democrats had spoken out by Monday afternoon about Menz's allegations.
Menz said she told her husband  Jeremy Menz  and father Mark Brown about it right away. Both men affirmed that to CNN. Menz also said she posted the photo with Franken on Facebook on Aug. 27  2010  and when her sister commented on the photo  she replied: "Dude -- Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!"
Franken canceled a sold-out book festival appearance scheduled for Monday in Atlanta to speak and promote his book  "Al Franken  Giant of the Senate." He hasn't appeared in public since Tweeden's allegation.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sam Nunberg ? Sam Nunberg  a former campaign aide to Donald Trump   said early in Trump's presidential campaign   he  was instructed to help candidate Trump understand the U.S. Constitution.
 Nunberg  made the comments in "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House " a book by journalist Michael Wolff.
"I got as far as the Fourth Amendment before  his  finger is pulling down on  his  lip and  his  eyes are rolling back in  his  head  " Nunberg  said in the book.
 Nunberg  was fired two months after Trump launched  his  presidential campaign  the Washington Examiner reported.

SOLUTION:
Neutral