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 George Papadopoulos ? The answer to that seemingly unimportant question is suddenly a key element of the deepening scandal surrounding the campaignâs contacts with Russia  following revelations that one member of the team  George Papadopoulos  communicated with Russians connected to the Kremlin. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said several times that the answer is one  implying that the foreign policy council was an unimportant body and  Papadopoulos  was a minor player in the campaign.
 Papadopoulos  admitted to special counsel Robert Muellerâs investigative team that  he  had ongoing contacts with Kremlin intermediaries during the campaign. The White House quickly downplayed the significance of the revelation last week  claiming that  Papadopoulos  was barely involved with the campaign. The campaign was certainly aware of  his  connections to Russia because  Papadopoulos  suggested using them to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a March 2016 meeting of the foreign policy team with Trump present. But  Sanders  has emphasized that that was itâthat the campaignâs foreign policy team  a group of volunteer advisers headed by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions  met only that one time.
âIâm telling you that  he  was a volunteer member of an advisory council that literally met one time â  Sanders  said during a press briefing on October 30.
But on Thursday  Page told the House Intelligence Committee that  he  spoke to Sessions at a dinner in Washington  DC  in June 2016 about an upcoming trip  he  was making to Russia. According to CNN  the dinner was a gathering of members of the foreign policy council. âA source familiar with the meeting told CNN that the encounter occurred at a dinner at the Capitol Hill Club  attended by members of the Trump national security team  including Sessions â the network reported. âNear the end of the dinner  Page approached Sessions to say hello and thanked the then-senator for the dinner  and Page also mentioned  he  was headed to Russia. Sessions didnât respond and moved on to the next person waiting to shake  his  hand  this source said.â

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rex Ryan Monday ? FOXBOROUGH  Mass. - In one sentence  Rex Ryan managed to compliment and challenge Bill Belichick at the same time.
 The achievement is no surprise  considering the New York Jets coach can create headlines just by speaking. While his most recent comments about Belichick may have raised some eyebrows  they didn't shock the Patriots coach.
 Last year  Ryan said he didn't plan to kiss Belichick's rings  and Newsday's Bob Glauber asked Ryan Monday if he had backed off since making the statement last year. Ryan gave an honest response.
 "I just told the truth " Ryan said. "I came here to win. As much as I respect and admire Bill Belichick  I came here to kick his ass  and that's the truth. That's just the way it is."
 The coaches may have different approaches  but they continue to publicly praise each other. While Ryan is focused on beating Belichick  he went on to talk about his respect for Belichick.
 "I came here to beat him  and I'm never going to backtrack on that " Ryan said. "I do respect him and all that  absolutely. But he's the one to beat.
 "I recognize that he's the best coach in football  and he still is. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to go beat him  because you're darn right I'm trying to beat him  without question. He's going to get my best."
 Belichick also had praise for what Ryan has accomplished.
 "I think he's an excellent coach " Belichick said. "He did a great job at Baltimore  whether it says defensive line coach or defensive coordinator down there.
 "He's doing the same thing with the Jets. Took them to the AFC Championship game last year. Got a great record this year.
 "So he's a good football coach. His teams play hard. They're obviously well-coached. They handle pressure. They play with a lot of confidence. He's done an excellent job."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Neal ? And in Rancho Tehama Reserve  Calif.   Kevin Neal  who used an assault-style rifle in a spree that left five dead   was prohibited by a court from owning or possessing a gun because of legal troubles.
[Calif. gunman killed  his  wife before rampaging through community  trying to storm elementary school]
 Neal  was charged with assault with a deadly weapon against a neighbor in January. Court documents show  he  was subject to a protective order that prohibited  him  from having firearms.  He  was charged with six felonies  including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon.
 His  sister  Sheridan Orr  said  Neal  ânever should have had guns and he shouldâve been able to get mental health care.â
 Neal  was barred from having guns because of a court order issued this year. After  Neal  was arrested in January and charged with assaulting a neighbor with a deadly weapon  a judge issued a protective order prohibiting  him  from having  buying or attempting to purchase any firearms  court records show.
According to court documents  the neighbor  Neal  assaulted sought the protective order and said  he  âattacked me and my mother-in-law stabbing me with a knife and beating her.â In the request  she described  Neal  as unpredictable and angry  writing that  he  physically and verbally attacked multiple members of her household.
 Authorities investigating Nealâs rampage  recovered two semiautomatic rifles that were âmanufactured illegally  we believe by  him  at  his  home â Phil Johnston  an assistant sheriff in Tehama County  Calif.  said at a briefing Wednesday. âSo  they  were obtained in an illegal manner  not through a legal process.â
Johnston did not elaborate on how  Neal  manufactured the guns  but he said: âHe can get parts through a number  a variety of sources  and  they  come together and  they  can build  them  in  their  shop  or  they  can build  them  in  their  garage.â
 Neal  also had a pair of handguns that were not registered to  him   Johnston said.
Police in Tehama County said neighbors had alerted them to sounds of gunfire coming from  Neal âs home in the past but that  he  did not open the door for officers and police did not specify whether those calls came before or after the protective order restricting Nealâs gun access.

SOLUTION:
Neutral