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 Batman ? Even through his shaded glasses  Tim Burton clearly was wide-eyed. The famed "Batman" director motioned toward the crowd at San Diego Comic-Con and said  "I can't believe just how big
 it's gotten." He was referring not just to the physical size of last year's convention  but also to the existential sense of the comics world itself: The scene was shining a white-hot Bat light on just
 And this week  Batman and Superman flexed the comics market's muscles again.
 Holy collectibles  Batman. Suddenly  by tripling the record sale price  comics as a collectible were being mentioned in the same breath as gemstones and paintings. The twin sales garnered headlines and Google searches worldwide. And all the while  longtime comics scholars and non-geeks alike mouthed the question with dropped jaws:
 something to them. Spider-Man  Superman and Batman _ that's history to them. And in this country  we're a society built on popular culture."
 Once Superman crossed the million-dollar threshold  Batman was quick to follow. "As they say: Without Superman  there would be no Batman _ as a character and as a record comic-book sale " Zurzolo says.
 At Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries  which conducted the Batman auction Thursday  the house's comics expert agrees.
 "I think that the million-dollar result made somebody feel comfortable on (bidding) those kinds of numbers" in the Batman auction  said Lon Allen  37  sales director for Heritage's comic books division. "This is going to give a boost to the ... highest-grade of all comics."
the Batman auction Thursday  the house's comics expert agrees.
 "I think that the million-dollar result made somebody feel comfortable on (bidding) those kinds of numbers" in the Batman auction  said Lon Allen  37  sales director for Heritage's comic books division. "This is going to give a boost to the ... highest-grade of all comics."

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George W Bush ? A source close to the Vatican said that Mr Bush was the most "Catholic-minded" president since John F Kennedy , who famously played down his Catholicism . 
George W Bush and Pope Benedict XVI have held an intimate meeting in Rome as rumours mounted in Italy that the president may follow in Tony Blair 's footsteps and convert to Catholicism . 
However , George William Rutler , a New York-based priest who is close to the president , was quoted by the Washington Post earlier this year saying that Mr Bush "is not unaware of how evangelism , by comparison with Catholicism , may seem more limited both theologically and historically" . 
The usual protocol for heads-of-state is a meeting in the pope 's library in the Apostolic Palace , but a spokesman for the Vatican said Benedict wanted to reward Mr Bush for the "warmth" of his reception at the White House earlier this year . 
The two men have grown increasingly close in the past two years , and Mr Bush was overheard whispering : "What an honour , what an honour , what an honour !" 
Mr Bush appointed the Catholic judges Samuel Alito and John Roberts to the Supreme Court . 
Mr Bush belongs to a Methodist church in Texas and prays at an Episcopal church in Washington . 
However , it is thought unlikely that Mr Bush would convert until after he has left office . 
However , Mr Bush did not , as expected , kneel in prayer before the Grotto of the Madonna of Lourdes . 
Mr Bush has filled the White House with Catholic speech-writers and consultants and is also thought to have asked a Catholic priest to bless the West Wing . 
Mr Bush prayed with Benedict in the Oval Office during the Papal visit to the US in April . 
Several Italian newspapers cited Vatican sources suggesting that Mr Bush may be prepared to convert . 
One source told Il Foglio , an authoritative newspaper , that "Anything is possible , especially for a born-again Christian such as Bush ." 
Mr Bush has spoken out against gay marriage , abortion and stem cell research .

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Bannister ? CLOSE On Saturday   Roger Bannister   the first man to run a sub four-minute mile  died at age 88. Time
 Roger Bannister  breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes  59.4 seconds on May 6  1954. (Photo: Getty Images  Getty Images)
LONDON â  Roger Bannister   the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile  has died.  He  was 88.
 Bannister âs family said in a statement that  he  died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford  the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Helped by two pacemakers   Bannister  clocked 3 minutes  59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxfordâs Iffley Road track on May 6  1954  to break the 4-minute mile â a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
âItâs amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile â  Bannister  said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
âIt became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible â  Bannister  said as  he  approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. âIâd like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport  but for life and seeking challenges.â
 He  might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters  known as the metric mile  in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport   he  decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
âAs it became clear that somebody was going to do it  I felt that I would prefer it to be me â  Bannister  told the AP.
 He  also wanted to deliver something special for  his  country.
âI thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this â  Bannister  said. âThere was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before  Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953  I broke the British record  but not the 4-minute mile  and so everything was ready in 1954.â
 His  chance finally came on a wet  cool  blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When  Bannister  looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church   he  feared  he  would have to call off the record attempt. But  shortly before 6 p.m.  the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track  they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds  then 60.7 â 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway  a distance specialist  paced a third lap of 62.3 â 3:00.4.  Bannister  would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go   Bannister  surged past Chataway   his  long arms and legs pumping and  his  lungs gasping for oxygen.
âThe world seemed to stand still  or did not exist â  he  wrote in  his  book  âThe First Four Minutes.â

SOLUTION:
Positive