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 Putin ? The most visible and adept foe of the  Putin  regime  Alexei Navalny  wants to enter the race but is legally barred. TV host Ksenia Sobchak has tossed her hat in the ring  but no one knows if she can meet the registration requirements or if she's effectively a red herring.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Malcolm Turnbull ? A royal commission — the highest form of investigation in Australia — will review the banking  pension and financial services industries   Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull  announced.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Simone Biles ? âItâs going to be rough â the 20-year-old told NBC Sports on Thursday  noting  she âll also be employing a new coach  who  she âll name later. âBut the muscle memory is there because Iâve come and Iâve played in the gym. All of my skills are basically still there. There are a couple of skills  like on [balance] beam  that I havenât done yet  like a dismount  because why would I just chuck that? Thereâs no way. And I havenât vaulted since the Olympics.â

SOLUTION:
Neutral