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 Puigdemont ? Regional president Carles Puigdemont  criticized the European Commission in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press for turning "deaf ears" so far to Catalonia's desire to hold a vote.
 Puigdemont  also said that the Commission has turned its back on Catalans by not defending the fundamental rights of all European citizens during the controversial measures adopted by Spain's courts and central authorities to try to stop the vote.
In the interview four days ahead of the vote   Puigdemont  also promised to turn the conflict with Spain into a European affair rather than a domestic issue.
Catalonia's regional president  Carles Puigdemont walks ahead of an interview with The Associated Press at the Palace of Generalitat or Catalan government headquarters  in Barcelona  Spain  Wednesday  Sept. 27  2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kellyanne Conway ? CNN's Chris Cuomo and White House adviser  Kellyanne Conway  have a history of heated exchanges . Thursday's interview following President Trump's visit to Las Vegas was perhaps the most contentious.
Cuomo asked  Conway  why now was not the appropriate time to have a gun control debate.  Conway  said the victims of the shooting have been the president's focus  before  she  started railing against Democrats for politicizing the issue.
âThis conversation wasnât being had until tragedies like this strike by those who try to be the loudest voices â  Conway  said. âYou see Hillary Clinton talking about herself  not talking about this. You see her rushing to judgement the other day on Twitter  while people are still looking through the rubble  searching the hospital for their missing loved ones  trying to politicize it.â
 Conway  again insisted that the president was too busy caring for the survivors to bring up control.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity LeBron James ? Cleveland Cavaliers ' LeBron James walks up to the podium to answer questions before an NBA basketball practice , Wednesday , May 31 , 2017 , in Oakland , Calif. . 
CLEVELAND , Ohio - While many applauded LeBron James for his poignant words following the vandalism of his Los Angeles home , Fox Sports personality Jason Whitlock has a different take . 
Whitlock thinks James does n't experience real racism because of his income level . 
It 's not LeBron James ' issue ," Whitlock , who is black , said about racist graffiti being sprayed on James ' property . 
"I think it is a disrespectful inconvenience for LeBron James . 
Whitlock criticized James for acting like a victim and bringing up the 1955 murder of black teenager Emmett Till .

SOLUTION:
Negative