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 Hilary Rosen ? CNN guest commentator  Hilary Rosen  is on the hot seat after  she  publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Patrick Meehan ? "Unfortunately  recent events concerning my office and the settlement of certain harassment allegations have become a major distraction "  he  wrote. "I need to own it because it is my own conduct that fueled the matter."

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mick Mulvaney ? As a congressman   Mick Mulvaney  sponsored legislation to abolish the CFPB  and he still doesn't speak very highly of the agency he's leading. Speaking on CBS' Face the Nation   Mulvaney  said the CFPB "has no accountability to Congress. It is perhaps the most unaccountable bureau or agency there is."

SOLUTION:
Neutral