Teacher: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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elijah Cummings ? In a letter sent to Chaffetz and released publicly   Cummings  noted that  he  and Chaffetz had discussed opening such an investigation on Wednesday and that Chaffetz had told  him   he  was âopen to considering such an investigationâ but wanted  Cummings  to âshow the evidenceâ that Russia had tried to influence the election.  Cummings  did so in this letter  citing Rogersâ statement.  Cummings  also pointed to a statement issued on October 7 by the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security  which said  âThe U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions  including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowâthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia  for example  to influence public opinion there. We believe  based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts  that only Russiaâs senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.â
Student:
Neutral