Part 1. 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].
Part 2. Example
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bill Clinton ? Bill Clinton knows how to win friends and influence people. The former president is a master of reinvention — and the same talents that guided him into office have propelled him, more recently, into the stratosphere of Internet stardom.
Answer: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Part 3. Exercise
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Juli Briskman ? The Washington Post reports  Juli Briskman  was on  her  bicycle last month when Trump's motorcade drove by  her  on a northern Virginia road. A photo that quickly went viral shows  her  raising the middle finger of  her  left hand in defiance.
Briskman's face is not visible in the photo  but the Post quoted  her  as saying  she  told  her  bosses at Herndon  Virginia-based Akima LLC it was her.
 Briskman  says  she  was promptly fired from the government contracting firm and escorted out for violating the "code of conduct policy."  The newspaper  said Akima officials didn't return requests for comment.
 Briskman  says  she 's contacted the American Civil Liberties Union.  She  says  she 'd do what  she  did again.
Answer:
Neutral