<SYSTEM_TASK:>
Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
<END_TASK>
<USER_TASK:>
Description:
 def _sentiment(self, distance=True):
 """Calculates the sentiment of an entity as it appears in text."""

    sum_pos = 0
    sum_neg = 0
    text = self.parent
    entity_positions = range(self.start, self.end)
    non_entity_positions = set(range(len(text.words))).difference(entity_positions)
    if not distance:
      non_entity_polarities = np.array([text.words[i].polarity for i in non_entity_positions])
      sum_pos = sum(non_entity_polarities == 1)
      sum_neg = sum(non_entity_polarities == -1)
    else:
      polarities = np.array([w.polarity for w in text.words])
      polarized_positions = np.argwhere(polarities != 0)[0]
      polarized_non_entity_positions = non_entity_positions.intersection(polarized_positions)
      sentence_len = len(text.words)
      for i in polarized_non_entity_positions:
        min_dist = min(abs(self.start - i), abs(self.end - i))
        if text.words[i].polarity == 1:
          sum_pos += 1.0 - (min_dist - 1.0) / (2.0 * sentence_len)
        else:
          sum_neg += 1.0 - (min_dist - 1.0) / (2.0 *sentence_len)
    return (sum_pos, sum_neg)