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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def sentiment(self):
 """ The sentiment of this sentence :getter: Returns the sentiment value of this sentence :type: int """

        if self._sentiment is None:
            self._sentiment = int(self._element.get('sentiment'))
        return self._sentiment