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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ?  Addressing Khamenei in such a manner is unheard of in Iran where the supreme leader is the ultimate authority and has the final say on all strategic issues.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jennifer Lawrence ? Though the actress has never met Trump  she revealed in an interview last year that she had once come close to crossing paths with the president at a concert.  Lawrence  told the UK’s Graham Norton Show that  she  had been at a concert and heard Trump was in attendance  and ordered  her  security team to find the then-presidential candidate.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Monique Tello ? "A bowl of cereal  or a bagel  or a piece of toast  or a muffin are all no different than a dessert  " Tello  wrote in a recent Harvard Health blog post.

SOLUTION:
Neutral