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 Heather Nauert is Positive . "We would oppose any violence if that were to take place "  State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert  said in response to reports that this kind of coordination was being considered. "We hope our voices will be heard in a very strong fashion that we oppose violence on any side of this."
 She  was responding to a report that Iran and Iraq plan to seize control of the border crossings around a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq that is populated by a Kurdish ethnic minority that plays a crucial role in the U.S.-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State. The tensions have arisen because the Kurds voted in support of breaking away from the rest of Iraq to form their own state  despite opposition from Baghdad and the United States.
 Nauert  took a cautious approach to the diplomatic crisis. "The United States does not want to do anything that would inflame tensions  that's why I'm going to be very cautious with my words "  she  said during Thursday's briefing. "We will continue to offer our assistance to facilitate any dialogue if we are asked."
 Nauert  said  she  had not heard of a request for the United States to close its consulate in northern Iraq.
"Our relationship with the Kurds  in our view  will not change "  she  said.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Emmanuel Macron is Neutral . French President Emmanuel Macron  right  and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace  in Paris  Tuesday  Dec. 12  2017. (Photo: Francois Mori  AP)
PARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers  energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.
Some 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event  including extra patrol boats along the Seine River.  Macron  will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.
On Monday   Macron  awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.
The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of  Macron ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front.  Macron  announced a contest for the projects in June  hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
The summit  co-hosted by the U.N.  World Bank and  Macron   is being held on the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord  ratified by 170 countries.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Silvio Berlusconi is Negative . Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from prosecution while in office.
 Opposition lawmakers have called for the removal of the judge  Luigi Mazzella  and a colleague who participated in the mid-May dinner  saying there would never be any way to know whether Berlusconi influenced their deliberations on the immunity issue.
 The court began debating the constitutionality of a law last month that grants Berlusconi  the Italian president and two parliament speakers immunity from prosecution. Berlusconi's forces had pushed the legislation through parliament last summer  saying it was necessary for the government to function.
 At the time the bill was passed  Berlusconi was on trial on corruption charges in Milan  fueling criticism that the bill was tailor-made to save him from prosecution. The premier's trial was suspended pending a decision from the constitutional court  which is expected soon.
 Cabinet minister Elio Vito defended the premier  saying Berlusconi hadn't organized any meeting about the legislation but was rather invited to a dinner by a friend well before the court began deliberating the case.
 Berlusconi has long been dogged by conflict of interest allegations as well as corruption charges stemming from his years as a billionaire media mogul. He has either been acquitted -- sometimes thanks to laws passed by his own government -- or seen cases against him expire under the statute of limitations. He has always maintained his innocence  claiming he is the victim of a conspiracy of left-leaning magistrates.

SOLUTION:
yes