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 Mitch McConnell ?  Mitch McConnell  finally cracked under pressure last week from conservatives and populists and decided to extend the Senateâs workweek into Fridays and even possibly the weekend to pass the presidentâs agenda. Senate Republicans then wrote to  McConnell  that having the Senate stay open on Fridays and possibly the weekends is not good enough; Republicans urged the Senate Majority Leader to âturn the Senate on full time  24/7 to advance the presidentâs agenda.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joseph Lombardo ? But  Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo  told reporters  he  found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons  ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on  his  own.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Sessions ?  Attorney General Jeff Sessions  says  he  will use every lawful took to take down MS-13. (ROBERTO ESCOBAR/AFP/Getty Images)

SOLUTION:
Neutral