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 Paul Ryan is Positive . (CNN)  House Speaker Paul Ryan  ripped  Donald Trump's  recent remarks saying a judge presiding over a lawsuit involving  his  business was biased because of  his  Mexican heritage as "the textbook definition of a racist comment."
As  he  stood surrounded by community activists and top House GOP members   Ryan  admitted Tuesday that the firestorm over  Trump 's comments was undercutting  his  own push to roll out a positive policy agenda for  his  party.  He  said  he  wouldn't defend  Trump  but instead would concentrate on  his  agenda project.
"I disavow those comments  " Ryan  said.
Pressed on whether  he  regretted  his  own endorsement of  Trump  that came last week   Ryan  added  "I regret those comments  he  made."
"It's absolutely unacceptable  " Ryan  said. But  he  stood by by  his  support for the controversial business mogul. "Do I think Hillary Clinton is the answer? No I do not."
Continued GOP angst about the fallout from  Trump 's comments cast a major shadow over  Ryan 's months of work crafting a detailed agenda plan for  his  party.
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 Ryan  said ultimately  he  has more in common on the policy issues of the day with  Trump  and better odds of getting those proposals enacted into law.
 Ryan  who was making his third visit to the City of Hope House of Help center in an impoverished Washington neighborhood   stressed the success stories of those who have overcome addiction and other problems and become productive members of the community.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Benjamin Netanyahu is Neutral . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  accompanied by  his  wife Sara cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for a bomb-proof emergency room in a hospital in Ashkelon  Israel  Tuesday  Feb. 20  2018. (Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press)
JERUSALEM â  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  is fighting for  his  political life as a dizzying array of scandals has engulfed  him    his  family and  his  inner circle.
Police last week announced they have sufficient evidence to indict  Netanyahu  for bribery  fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases. And this week  a new case emerged that threatens to be the most damaging of all  after one of his closest confidants agreed to testify against him in an influence-peddling scandal.
 Netanyahu  and  his  wife  Sara  have long been saddled with a penchant for expensive tastes and questionable use of public funds.  Netanyahu  has denied all wrongdoing and accuses the media of orchestrating a campaign aimed at ousting him from office.
But with those closest to him under intense police and public scrutiny  and his typically loyal political allies suddenly turning silent   Netanyahu  faces the stiffest challenge yet to  his  lengthy rule.
Police have recommended indicting  Netanyahu  over accepting nearly $300 000 in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. Police say that in return for lavish gifts that included jewelry  expensive cigars and champagne   Netanyahu  had operated on Milchanâs behalf on U.S. visa matters  tried to legislate a generous tax break for  him  and sought to promote  his  interests in the Israeli media market.
Police have not commented on what Packer may have received  and  Netanyahu  has said everything  he  received were gifts from friends. Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit  a  Netanyahu  appointee  will make the final decision on whether to file charges â a process that is expected to take several months.
Police have also recommended indicting  Netanyahu  for supposedly offering a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken  his  paperâs main rival in return for more favorable coverage.  Netanyahu  reportedly was recorded asking Arnon Mozes  the publisher of the Yediot Ahronot daily  for positive coverage in exchange for helping to weaken Israel Hayom  a free pro-Netanyahu newspaper that had cut into Yediotâs business.
Israel Hayom is financed by  Netanyahuâs  American billionaire friend Sheldon Adelson and largely serves as the prime ministerâs mouthpiece.  Netanyahu  has noted that a proposed law to weaken Israel Hayom never passed  and this week said  he  had even dissolved  his  coalition and called a new election in 2015 because of  his  opposition to the proposal.  The attorney general  will have to rule on this case as well.
This week two close  Netanyahu  confidants were arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israelâs Bezeq telecom company. In return  Bezeqâs popular news site  Walla  allegedly provided favorable coverage of  Netanyahu  and  his  family. Nir Hefetz  a former  Netanyahu  family spokesman  and Shlomo Filber  the former director of the Communications Ministry under  Netanyahu   are in custody as well as Bezeqâs controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch  along with his wife  son and other top Bezeq executives.
Former journalists at the Walla news site have attested to being pressured to refrain from negative reporting of  Netanyahu .  Netanyahu   who held the communications portfolio until last year  has not yet been named as a suspect in the case but is expected to be questioned. Filber has reportedly agreed to turn state witness against  Netanyahu  in return for a lesser sentence.
 Netanyahu  has not been named as a suspect  but some of  his  closest associates have been implicated in probe related to a possible conflict of interest involving a $2 billion purchase of German submarines.  Netanyahu âs personal attorney  who is also  his  cousin  represented the German firm involved and is suspected of using  his  influence over the prime minister in return for a hefty cut of the deal.
As if  Netanyahu  didnât have enough problems  police said Tuesday that Hefetz  his former media adviser  is suspected of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for dropping a corruption case against the Israeli leaderâs wife. Hefetz is suspected of suggesting  through a middleman  to Judge Hila Gerstel in 2015 that she could be appointed attorney general if she dismissed a pending case against Sara Netanyahuâs excessive household spending.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Steele is Neutral . Embattled Republican Party chairman Michael Steele announced Monday that he will seek a second term despite a rocky two years marked by allegations of financial mismanagement and frequent verbal gaffes.
 After weighing a decision for weeks as challengers lined up  Steele alerted the 168-member Republican National Committee during an evening conference call that he would run  according to participants listening. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the call was private.
 Steele's troubled first term expires in January  and the committee must then vote on who should run the party's national operations during the 2012 presidential election cycle.
 A former Maryland lieutenant governor  Steele was chosen to run the party in January 2009. He became the first black national chairman in the Republican Party's history just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president.
 Steele was considered an outsider because he wasn't part of the RNC's clubby environment. His brash style and unconventional ways irked establishment Republicans from the outset. Questions about his financial management of the RNC followed.
 Republican victories up and down the ballot in November didn't quiet Steele's critics. Complaints about Steele's stewardship of the party's national operations only mounted. And he has watched his once strong support within the RNC rank and file all but evaporate as Republican leaders on Capitol Hill and in states across the country signaled they desired new leadership.
 No less than a half dozen Republicans are weighing challenges to Steele or have launched candidacies. The two latest to formally announce bids are Maria Cino  a New York native who served in the Bush administration and planned the party's 2008 nominating convention  and Gentry Collins  who headed the RNC's political department under Steele.
 Others in the mix include: Saul Anuzis  a committeeman from Michigan who lost to Steele in the 2009 chairman's race; Reince Priebus  the Wisconsin Republican chairman  and Ann Wagner  a former Missouri state Republican chair and a former ambassador.

SOLUTION:
no