TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lawlor is Positive . Mike Lawlor  undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in Connecticut   says the delay is unusual and unexplained. Last year Connecticut received about $2.6 million in JAG grants.
"Every single state gets one of these grants and this year not a single state has gotten it and we have repeatedly asked the Department of Justice what's going on "  Lawlor  said. "They consistently can't or won't answer the question so we don't know. We assume it's because they have concerns about sanctuary cities around the country."
At this point though  the DOJ hasn't just missed the disbursement date. States have not even been notified of the grant award  which usually happens around April or May  according to  Lawlor .
"There's going to be more steps that have to take place before the money's actually received  and typically it's about six months from the date of the award until the date you get the check  " Lawlor  said. "And it's important to keep in mind  this is going on in every state in the country. The reddest of red states  you know  Mississippi  Alabama  they're having the same problem."

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Johnny Weir is Neutral . Listen to the music: “The Tara and Johnny Show” is a hoot  though — fair or not — the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and  Johnny Weir  has lost some of its authentic feel as it has been appropriated by Google for ads.
But watching the ice dancing coverage with Tanith White in their analyst role opposite announcer Terry Gannon  perhaps you heard something you don’t always get from Lipinski and  Weir : the music accompanying the skaters.
With women’s figure skating — and more Tara and Johnny — Lipinski and  Weir  presumably will continue to bring the critical eye  candor and enthusiasm they so deftly applied to this point.
Anticipating and/or pointing out something that’s notable  impressive or disastrous as it occurs is fine. Lipinski and  Weir  sometimes announce their presence as much as the event they’re ostensibly covering.
Till then  it’s OK for Lipinski and  Weir  to let the performances speak for themselves a bit. Plenty of time to dish and dig into it later.
But just you wait: Scott Hamilton is too good a figure skating analyst not to have more of a presence  though clearly Lipinski and  Weir  don’t leave much room for more voices on a telecast.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Pat Robertson is Neutral . But  Pat Robertson  doesn’t see it that way. In  his  mind  this nation’s unfolding tragedy is a direct fault of people who don’t respect Donald Trump and the American flag enough. Yes  really.
What are Pat Robertson’s possible motives here? While people still fought for their lives after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history  why did a televangelist feel the need to issue a statement this useless? He wasn’t trying to provide comfort. He wasn’t helping to make sense of the tragedy  because his thoughts here are violently stupid.
Robertson wasn’t trying to be helpful. He was trying to insert himself into a story that had nothing to do with him. He couldn’t help it. He can never help it. Because  Pat Robertson is an evil man .  He ’s been so evil for so long that one has to wonder whose side  he ’s on.
Let’s do a quick topline comparison between Satan  the Prince of Darkness  and Pat Robertson  the Prince of Doddering.
 Robertson  has spent decades lying and obfuscating  throwing  himself  into the middle of discussions in which  he  wasn’t invited  to offer opinions that nobody wanted.  He ’s weighed in on the Iraq War  9/11  sex outside of marriage  Hinduism  the earthquake in Haiti  abortion  and every other topic du jour  tragic or zeitgeist  that can help boost Pat Robertson Awareness.  He ’s thrown  his  fortunes in with warlords  hucksters  and profiteers.
 He ’s claimed  he  can leg-press 2 000 pounds  thanks to the aid of a protein shake.
 Pat Robertson  has built a billion-dollar empire by saying  he ’s a person who knows what God wants other people to do. As host of The 700 Club   he ’s spent thousands of hours on the bleakest television channel preaching to  his  followers about how they can emulate  Jesus   how they can send him money in an extremely holy way. Meanwhile  he has lived a life of wealth and privilege  at the expense of dupes.
What  Robertson  has said about Las Vegas is so much worse than  his  usual praying for attention.  He ’s rebranding cruelty as sanctimony  nastiness as wisdom.  He ’s the answer to the question “What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?”
What’s the difference between  Pat Robertson  and Satan? Satan’s not real. Unfortunately   Pat Robertson  is.

SOLUTION:
yes