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 James Myers ? One New York couple who have taken that approach are  James Myers   33  and Corinne Fisher  32  both professional comedians from Harlem.  Myers  is vocal about  his  support for Trump; Fisher  who was a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter  is just as vocal about her opposition.
Fisher said she defends  Myers â freedom to choose.
âI stick up for  his  right to think something  even if I totally disagree â she says.
She also respects  Myers â courage. âHe gets private messages from other people who arenât courageous enough to be out about their views â she said.
âMy love for Corinne is based on deep respect â said  Myers . âIf you respect someone  you donât have to agree with them on everything. Sheâs been pretty brave about this whole thing.â
 Myers  added that passion can trump (pun intended) disagreement.
âMingle with those with whom you disagree â  he  said. âIt can be hot.â

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Greg Postel ? "I cannot say this strongly enough: We believe the NCAA is simply wrong " Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel said in a statement. "We disagree with the NCAA ruling for reasons we clearly stated in our appeal. And we made a strong case - based on NCAA precedent - that supported our argument."
"From Day One  the university has admitted that the actions of the former operations director and any others involved under previous leadership were offensive and inexcusable "  Postel  said in the statement. "That is why  we  apologized immediately  cooperated fully with the NCAA  self-imposed penalties that were appropriate to the offenses and made significant changes to ensure incidents like this never happen again.
—  Postel  estimated the return of up to $600 000 in NCAA Tournament revenue.
"This dark cloud has hung over  our  heads for more than two years  and it has had a negative impact on  our  athletics program   our  fans and the entire university family "  Postel  said. "While  we  disagree with the NCAA's decision  it is time for the university to close this chapter and move forward with a stronger commitment to excellence on and off the court."
 Postel   then-athletic director Tom Jurich and Pitino said last summer they planned to fight the sanctions. Pitino  who repeatedly denied knowing about the activities described in Powell's book  was particularly frustrated with his penalties.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ryan Zinke ? Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday called on President Trump to shrink a total of four national monuments and change the way six other land and marine sites are managed  a sweeping overhaul of how protected areas are maintained in the United States.
 Zinke âs final report comes a day after Trump signed proclamations in Utah that downsized two massive national monuments there â Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 46 percent. The president had directed  Zinke  in April to review 27 national monuments established since 1996 under the Antiquities Act  which gives the president broad authority to safeguard federal lands and waters under threat.
In addition to the Utah sites   Zinke  supports cutting Nevadaâs Gold Butte and Oregonâs Cascade-Siskiyou  though the exact reductions are still being determined.  He  also would revise the proclamations for those and the others to clarify that activities such as grazing  motorized vehicle use and commercial fishing should be allowed.
âThe Antiquities Act over time has done great things for our country  and it has protected some of our greatest treasures â  he  said in a call with reporters. But its power had been âabused â  he  said  with monument designations extending far beyond the objects they were designed to protect.
 Zinke  criticized the federal governmentâs past action halting motorized vehicle traffic in Cascade-Siskiyou until a transportation plan could be finalized  arguing that  it  interfered with local cross-country ski operatorsâ ability to maintain trails.
âIt should have been the other way around â  he  said.
For several sites   Zinke  recommended amending monumentsâ proclamation language to ensure that activities such as grazing  hunting and fishing can continue. While these practices often go on even after a presidential designation   Zinke  said  he  wants to make that legality clear because ranchers have felt marginalized and fear they will face future restrictions.
In the case of New Mexicoâs national monuments   Zinke  said   he  listened to the stateâs two Democratic senators and others in deciding not to modify their boundaries. Still   he  wanted âto make sure that the proclamation protects the long-standing grazing [in parts] of those monumentsâ and that management of Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks does not interfere with U.S. Customs and Border Control operations in the area.
Sen. Martin Heinrich wasnât buying the explanation. He blasted  Zinke  in a statement  saying the âreport is based on hearsay and erroneous dataâ and that the secretary and Trump âhave turned a deaf ear to the overwhelming consensus to protect New Mexicoâs conservation legacy.â
More litigation could be coming. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned  Zinke  in a letter in July the state was âready to take appropriate legal actionâ if Trump rescinds or reduces the size of Cascade-Siskiyou.
Interior received more than 2.5 million comments on the review  and they âoverwhelminglyâ said all of the monuments should remain unchanged   Zinke  wrote in  his  report. But  he  attributed the extreme tilt to âa well-orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple groups.â
âI donât yield to public pressure â  Zinke  said Tuesday. âSound public policy is not based on threats of lawsuit  itâs doing whatâs right.â
The final document is almost identical to the draft  Zinke  submitted to the White House this summer  and much of the language is vague. For example  it appears open the door to commercial fishing in three marine monuments where this practice is either being phased out or is already banned. Yet the report calls for amending the sitesâ proclamations to allow regional councils âto make fishery-management decisions as authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.â
 Zinke  also finalized  his  recommendations to create three new national monuments: at Kentuckyâs Camp Nelson  a Civil War training site for African American soldiers; at Medgar Eversâ home in Jackson  Miss.; and at the Badger-Two Medicine area in  his  home state of Montana.
The secretary said he was âfairly confidentâ Trump would accept all of his recommendations  and he intends to brief him âmultiple timesâ in coming weeks to get his sign-off.  Zinke  also rejected the idea that any of these alterations of existing monuments would amount to relinquishing control of federal land  describing such criticism as ânefarious  false and a lie.â
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) commended  Zinke  on Tuesday for âactually listening to the people on the local levelâ and Trump for showing â some real courage against well-funded litigation machines.â

SOLUTION:
Positive