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 Donald Trump Jr. ? House Majority Whip Steve Scalise leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the US Capitol on Monday. During Wednesday's White House celebration with GOP leaders   Trump  joked that for Scalise  being shot and critically wounded by a gunman earlier this year was a "hell of a way to lose weight."

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mario ? I asked Bobby and  Mario  to join me for the question-and-answer period. A woman near the front spoke first.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity F. William McNabb ? âWe would expect the next decade to actually be very modest on the equities side in the U.S.  a little less so in Europe and a little less so in Asia â  McNabb  said in a Bloomberg Television interview that aired Thursday. âBut itâs still overall lower than long-term historical averages.â

SOLUTION:
Neutral

