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 Justin Townes Earle ? Justin Townes Earle  has a habit of doing things on  his  own terms. Last year   he  broke with convention in leaving Nashville for Omaha  Nebraska to cut  his  latest LP  the acclaimed Kids in the Street. This spring   he 's hitting the road for a fresh  34-date tour  which  he 'll be conducting all on  his  own in a solo acoustic format.
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 Earle  frequently performs by  himself   but the news is a break in its own way given that Kids in the Street was one of  his  most fleshed-out records  one that thrived on its full-band arrangements. The Music City native will nonetheless be right at home  considering  he 'll be playing the sorts of theaters and small clubs where  he 's most comfortable.
 He  begins  his  trek at Pitchfork Social in Salt Spring Island  British Columbia on May 6th and wraps things up six weeks later at the Crocodile in Seattle  Washington. Those two gigs are only 100 miles away from each other  but in between  Earle  loops around the country  hitting cities like St. Paul  Minnesota  Brooklyn  New York  and Austin  Texas before returning to the west coast.
The full list of Justin Townes Earle's spring tour dates:

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roy Moore Christian ? CLOSE Alabama voters are getting a recorded phone call of President Donald Trump saying he needs Republican  Roy Moore  in the U.S. Senate. The recording includes Trump saying progress on his agenda will be "stopped cold" Democrat Doug Jones is elected. (Dec. 11) AP
"Huntsville is Republican territory but not  Roy Moore  territory " said Joseph Smith  chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. "That's a place where you might see a drop off in Republican voting." Madison County is also one of the most populous in the state  so both candidates need to perform well there.
If Jones can keep  Moore  at or below Trump's numbers in Madison County   he  may have a chance.
This is a key part of the equation in the Huntsville area as well as in Mobile County  the second largest county in the state.  Moore  is a controversial conservative who has twice been removed from  his  position as chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to enforce laws  he  felt violated  his  Christian beliefs  a kind of religious indignation that is less popular among suburban women.
In addition  the explosive allegations against  Moore  — that  he  pursued romantic contact with teenage girls when  he  was in  his  30s — could cost  him  the support of some women who traditionally vote Republican.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paul J. Wiedefeld ? At  Thursdayâs Metro board meeting  General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld  citing the latest round of performance statistics   said the transit agency has âmoved the needleâ on rail reliability and on-time performance.
Board members generally agreed the glowing picture painted by  Wiedefeld  and  his  staff in the latest report  which captures the systemâs performance from July to September  was a signal the state of the system is indeed improving.
 Wiedefeld  disagreed with reporters who asked whether the flattering statistics painted an overly glowing picture of the state of the system.
âYou have to go back to where we were at first. We had an unsafe system  where people were saying they were afraid to use it â  Wiedefeld  said  pointing out improvements in performance have also accompanied improvements in safety.
âItâs not a matter of patting ourselves on the back â  Wiedefeld  said. âI think there is a recognition in the community that people have to understand that we have moved the needle. Please come back and try us.â
 Wiedefeld  said  the agency  is looking at the data to determine the cause of the decline  though across-the-board fare increases may be related. Though both rail and bus fares increased in June  bus riders tend to be more sensitive to price changes because as a group they have lower average incomes than rail riders.

SOLUTION:
Neutral