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 Steve Ranson ? But  Steve Ranson  the former editor of the Lahontan Valley News and an advocate for protecting students' First Amendment rights   said a brand-new Nevada law says otherwise.
 Ranson  advocated for the passage of a law last legislative session  commonly referred to as the New Voices legislation  that explicitly prohibits school district ârestrictions on the publication of any content in a pupil publication.â
 Ranson  said the photos of athletes on club teams hardly constitute a disruption.
âIf itâs not disruptive  Iâm not seeing what their logic is â  Ranson  said.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Oscar Grant ? The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station  which documented the life of  22-year old Oscar Grant  before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal  gut-wrenching look at  Grant's  death  and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale  which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings  it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan  Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before  Grant  was shot  shedding light on  his  relationships   his  friends  and  his  past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of  his  life  like  his  relationship with young daughter  or how  he 'd recently lost  his  job. It goes so far as to show how  he  interacts with strangers  like  his  warm conversations about marriage with a couple  he 'd just met  or how  he  runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
 Oscar Grant's death in 2009  proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality  race  and authority.  It  sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland  and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage  some arguing that  it  made Grant's life a political fulcrum  including Coogler.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? Disney was accused of quickly revamping a  Hillary Clinton  animatronic to look like President Trump after viewers noted its facial features matched  Clinton âs.
Disney built the animatronic for its âHall of Presidentsâ exhibit at Walt Disney World  but just compare the animatronic to  Clinton :
Itâs plausible that Disney started work on the animatronic before the 2016 presidential election â and expected  Clinton  to win.
Regardless  the animatronic is such a poor replica of Trump that even left-wing NPR said it looks like  Hillary .
All right  do you think @Disney had a  Hillary  animatronic made and tried to reform to @realDonaldTrump Retweet for Yes Like for No#ImWithHer #HillaryForPrison #MagicKingdom pic.twitter.com/eg9Xx0DzkA â Rob Dew (@DewsNewz) December 19  2017

SOLUTION:
Neutral