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Detailed Instructions: 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].
See one example below:
Problem: 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.
Solution: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Billy Bush ? Billy Bush is opened up about Matt Lauer's firing and rebuilding his life after the fiasco that led to his own ouster from the "Today" show in 2016.
Bush said he 's been in touch with his former "Today" colleguage Lauer who was fired by the show after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct in November 2017.
â He texted me and asked about some of the self-help books Iâve been reading â Bush told People magazine. âI told him âStart here.â â
He said though he had a tumultuous relationship with Lauer he wasn't happy to see the anchor's scandal unfold.
âMaybe at one point there was part of me that [felt like] if someone else got [in trouble] I would be like âNow whoâs the bad guy?â â Bush said. âBut I took zero pleasure in it. And Iâm grateful for that. Let those who transgressed be held accountable. I felt for the women involved and for his wife.â
The TV personality told People magazine he was displeased with Lauer back in 2016 when "Today" fired Bush .
On Oct. 7 2016 Bush was heard on a years-old "Access Hollywood" recording with Trump discussing women in a lewd manner.
"In one of my resolute moments I said if I ever speak to [Lauer] Iâm going to tell him that I was let down. Many months later he called me and I addressed it. He assured me that he [fought for me] in private. I accepted it.â
"I have done so much self-help work. There is a term for what I did. Itâs called bystander abuse. It says by not doing anything you are endorsing the moment. I have to live with that " said Bush .
Additionally the former broadcaster says he would never want his daughters treated in a degrading manner.
"I have three daughters. They are going to be in the workplace one day. I want them to be paid equally I want them to be treated well and when they walk out of a room I donât want to ever hear anyone talking behind their back in a degrading way " explained Bush .
Although he has gone through a difficult 15 months Bush claims he has learned a great deal.
"I had some growing up to do anyway in life " said Bush . "I did so much exploring and figuring out. Iâm a deeper person. And Iâm happy about using my knowledge for a good purpose.â
Solution: | Neutral | 4 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
One 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.
Solution is here: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Christopher Bailey ? LONDON (AP) â Designer Christopher Bailey who was replaced as Burberry chief executive earlier this year will leave the British brand in 2018 ending a 17-year stint in which he helped transform a company once known mainly for trench coats into a global luxury icon.
Bailey added the title of CEO to his position as chief creative officer in 2014 taking on unique dual role in recognition of how much his ideas had contributed to Burberry's success. But he struggled to reinvigorate sagging sales in the company's key Asian markets and was replaced by Marco Gobbetti of the French luxury fashion house Celine in July.
It was as a designer however that Bailey made his name. He took the company that made trench coats in World War I and wove its classic plaids into contemporary design. Banking on Britishness he made it the center of Burberry's brand.
Long before other luxury houses even had the notion he championed the use of the digital marketplace embracing the new medium with innovations such as allowing shoppers to immediately buy online what they saw on fashion show catwalks.
"It has been a truly inspiring place to work and the decision to leave was not an easy one " Bailey said in a statement released Tuesday. "I do truly believe however that Burberry's best days are still ahead of her and that the company will go from strength to strength with the strategy we have developed and the exceptional talent we have in place."
Bailey will remain president and chief creative officer until March 31 when he will leave the board of directors Burberry said. He will remain at the company until Dec. 31 2018 to ensure a smooth transition.
Burberry said that as a result of his departure Bailey has agreed to give up a total of 830 550 shares valued at 16 million pounds ($21 million) that were awarded as part of his compensation packages between 2014 and 2017
Bailey took over during a time of strength for the company in May 2014 when former CEO Angela Ahrendts moved to Apple.
Shareholders soon began to ask questions about Bailey 's pay package which could have totaled as much as 7.6 million pounds including salary allowances a bonus and share awards. Others wondered whether the gifted designer had the right skill set to be CEO.
Gobbetti credited Bailey with being "instrumental" in the Burberry's transformation adding that he leaves behind a legacy of talent that gives him "enormous confidence" in the future.
Bailey says that despite his departure he remains fully committed to Burberry's success.
"Burberry encapsulates so much of what is great about Britain " Bailey said in a statement. "As an organization it is creative innovative and outward looking. It celebrates diversity and challenges received wisdoms. It is over 160 years old but it has a young spirit."
Solution: | Positive | 6 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
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.
Example solution: Positive
Example explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Kelly ? I had my white secretary who typically booked my band and assisted me with my music business set up a meeting with the Maryland grand dragon Roger Kelly explaining that her boss was writing a book on the Klan and would like his input. Per my instructions she did not reveal the color of my skin.
Kelly agreed to participate and we secured a room at a Frederick Md. motel where my secretary filled an ice bucket with cans of soda so I could offer my guest a drink. Regardless of how and what he felt about me if he entered my room after seeing the color of my skin I was going to treat him with hospitality.
Punctual to the minute there was a knock on the door. The grand nighthawk (the grand dragon’s bodyguard) entered first and then the dragon himself. “Hello ” I began “I’m Daryl Davis.” I offered my palm and Kelly shook my hand as he and the nighthawk introduced themselves. He sat in the chair I had set out and the nighthawk stood at attention beside him .
We were both apprehensive of the other and the interview started haltingly. We discussed what he had hoped to achieve by joining the Klan; what his thoughts were on blacks Asians Jews and Hispanics; and whether he thought it would ever be possible for different races to get along. A little while later we heard an inexplicable crackling noise and we both tensed. The dragon and I stared each other in the eye silently asking “What did you just do?” The nighthawk reached for his gun. Nobody spoke. I barely breathed.
Even though Kelly had told me he knew that white people were superior to blacks our dialogue continued over the years. He would visit me in my home and I would eventually be a guest in his . We would share many meals together even though he thought I was inferior. Within a couple of years he rose to the rank of imperial wizard the top national leadership position in the Klan.
| Solution: Neutral | 5 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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 Ronan ? Among those waiting for THE ENVELOPE PLEASE ... tonight is a young actress with a distinctive name ... which she very patiently helped Jane Pauley learn:
With her Oscar-nominated role in the movie " Brooklyn " Saoirse Ronan is making a name for herself . But Saoirse can be tough to pronounce and even harder to spell.
"It's an Irish word and it means freedom or liberty " Ronan said.
At 21 she 's the youngest two-time Oscar nominee since Angela Lansbury in 1946.
Fonan's first nomination came when she was just 13 for her supporting role as Briony in "Atonement."
"It's very intimate " said Ronan "and none of us expected for it to go down the route that it did."
Ronan who was born in the Bronx took Pauley to the Riverdale Diner where she used to go with her parents.
"No I haven't been here since I was three which is nuts " Ronan said. "It was so weird when I came in. I remember everything. I remember where we used to sit. I remember what the outside looks like. The smells everything."
And she remembers what she used to eat: Grilled cheese sandwich and pickles.
But when she was three the family moved back to Ireland. Her father had become an actor and would introduce Ronan to his agent: "I was quite imaginative. I would put on voices would do different accents."
Known for her skill with accents she 's gone from an American teenager in "The Lovely Bones " to a teenage German assassin opposite Cate Blanchett in "Hanna." The role brought her to the attention of theatre director Ivo van Hove who had been in touch with Blanchett. She told him "I'm working now with such a fabulous young actress." He then saw "Hanna " "and I was blown away by her performance " he told Pauley.
Answer: | Positive | 7 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mark Cuban ? ⢠Mark Cuban met his wife advertising executive Tiffany at the gym in 1997.
"Shark Tank" star and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has long teased a run for the White House.
As an outspoken critic of US President Donald Trump Cuban even weighed the possibility of taking over the Republican ticket at some point.
But if Cuban 's wife Tiffany Cuban has anything to say about it a run for the White House may be off the table. CNBC reported that he said he would be far more tempted to toss his hat into the political ring if he was single.
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Matt Lauer ? On Wednesday morning NBC confirmed that they had fired morning news anchor Matt Lauer . Lauer has served as the centerpiece of Today which The New York Times calls âthe most important part of the NBC News franchise â since 1997. A memo from NBC News chairman Andy Lack cited âinappropriate sexual behaviorâ as the grounds for termination.
âOn Monday night â Lack wrote âWe received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer . It represented after serious review a clear violation of our companyâs standards.â
While NBC took swift action against Lauer even before the allegations went public itâs safe to assume that this story is far from over. As Lack himself acknowledged âWhile it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years heâs been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.â
In the wake of Lauer âs unexpected departure Today was forced to reckon with the story in real time. Lauerâs co-host Savannah Guthrie was tasked with reporting on the latest in a string of sexual misconduct stories this time involving her âdear dear friendâ and colleague. âHow do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly?â an emotional Guthrie asked. âAll we can say is we are heartbroken; Iâm heartbroken.â
Like the other recently disgraced media men before him Lauerâs career is now open for reexamination. One incident thatâs already been circulated and picked apart by social media is the Presidential Forum that Lauer moderated in September 2016. At the time Lauer was widely criticized for the way he interacted with candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with many accusing the Today host of employing a sexist double standard. In one article âHow Sexism Like Matt Lauerâs Could Imperil the Nation â Adele M. Stan wrote âWhen questioning Clinton Lauer was all alpha-male interrupting her and tsk-tsking her for criticizing her opponent after he had asked her not to do so. But when paired with Trump it became clear who was the alpha in that set-up. It clearly wasn't Lauer who allowed Trump to talk over him and to evade specifics.â
While Lauer âs tendency to interrupt Clinton repeatedlyâwhile letting Trump go largely unchallengedâwas certainly cringe-worthy it may not be Lauerâs most painful on-air interaction. Anyone searching for an example of overt sexism need look no further than his 2012 Today interview with Anne Hathaway. The actress who was promoting her film Les Miserables at the time had had the misfortune of being photographed during a âwardrobe malfunction.â âI was getting out of the car and my dress was so tight that I didnât realize it until I saw all the photographersâ flashes â she reportedly said in response to the âdevastatingâ incident. As if the revealing photographs werenât enough Hathaway was then grilled on the minor controversy by Lauer who opened the interview with a gross allusion to the intimate pics.
âAnne Hathaway good morning nice to see you. Seen a lot of you lately â Lauer greeted his guest. While Hathaway who responded that âIâd be happy to stay home â clearly had no interest in discussing the upskirt shots Lauer continued. âLetâs just get it out of the way. You had a little wardrobe malfunction the other night. Whatâs the lesson learned from something like that other than that you keep smiling which youâll always do.â To summarize: Lauer mistaking pervy paparazzi pics for actual news asked an accomplished actress about a painful incident phrasing the invasion of privacy as a personal failing (âwhatâs the lesson learned from something like that?â). To make matters even worse he all but told Hathaway to smile through itâwhich is just what every woman wants to hear from a man whoâs talking down to her about her lack of underwear on national television.
Hathaway to her credit managed to own Lauer replying âWell it was obviously an unfortunate incident. It kind of made me sad on two accounts. One was that I was very sad that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of another person in a vulnerable moment and rather than delete it and do the decent thing sells it. And Iâm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants which brings us back to Les Mis because thatâs what the character [Fantine] is. She is someone who is forced to sell sex to benefit her child because she has nothing and thereâs no social safety net so yeahâletâs get back to Les Mis.â
SOLUTION: Negative
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Xur ? The tentacle-faced traveling salesman known as Xur has returned to Destiny 2 and this week he 's hanging out in the Winding Cove region of the EDZ. If you look at your local map in the game's Director guide you'll notice the Roman numeral IX north of the nearest fast-travel marker. "A peddler of strange curios Xur 's motives are not his own " the waypoint reads. " He bows to his distant masters the Nine."
In D2 Xur's currency of choice is no longer Strange Coins but Legendary Shards which can be acquired by dismantling legendary gear. His price for an exotic weapon is 29 Shards; the cost of an armor piece is 23. Here's what he 's offering this week:
Curse of Osiris has arrived along with the game's second "season." The Prometheus Lens is the big news this week; a Trace Rifle like the Coldheart this puppy's being hailed as the "new Gjallarhorn " or the "new Vex Mythoclast." There's a lot of talk about how it's broken the Crucible and needs patched but at least Xur has graciously leveled the playing field in the meantime.
As Bungie announced last week Xur will soon begin selling "Fated Engrams" (for 97 legendary shards) that will decrypt into exotics you don't already have once weekly as long as there are still exotics you don't have. For some reason these don't appear to be available yet.
Xur now stays until the weekly reset on Tuesday when Trials of the Nine ends and ritual activities like the Nightfall rotate. That means you'll have until noon Eastern time on November December 12 to grab something from his stock – plenty of time to break down those unused legendaries!
SOLUTION: | Positive
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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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kobe Steel ? The logo of Kobe Steel is seen at the group's Tokyo headquarters building in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanâs government sought on Tuesday to contain the fallout from the disclosure by the nationâs third-biggest steel maker Kobe Steel Ltd (5406.T) that it had fabricated data on components used in cars aircraft and space rockets sending shock waves through the Japanese manufacturing sector.
Faced with the latest in a series of missteps that have undermined Japanâs reputation for high-quality production the industry ministry instructed Kobe Steel to assess the safety impact from the scandal.
The company said products used by about 200 companies were certified with falsified data. They included Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) Central Japan Railway (9022.T) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T) Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) and Subaru Corp (7270.T) the companies confirmed.
Kobe Steel shares closed at the limit low after being untraded for the whole session diving 22 percent to 1068 yen.
In a statement on Sunday Kobe Steel said some aluminium and copper products shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled.
Kobe Steel said the misconduct involved dozens of staff and possibly stretched back 10 years. It apologized and said it had appointed lawyers to investigate.
A man walks past the signboard of Kobe Steel at the group's Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Aluminium castings forgings and flat-rolled items along with copper strips and tubes were among the products affected the company said in a statement.
âWe want Kobe Steel to make the utmost effort to restore trust from societyâ he said.
The logo of Kobe Steel is seen on the group's Tokyo headquarter building in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MHI said Kobe Steel products were used on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet and rockets including a H-2A rocket launched on Tuesday to put a navigation satellite into orbit. There were no technical problems with the components MHI said.
Industry ministry officials said Kobe Steel materials were used in some defense equipment made by Kawasaki Heavy MHI IHI Corp (7013.T) and Subaru and checks were being made for any safety issues.
Kobe Steel has said the impact of the data falsification on its earnings is still unknown.
The steelmaker has reported losses in the last two full financial years but is expecting to return to profit in the current period.
Sales of Kobe Steelâs aluminium and copper division fell 6.4 percent year on year to 323.3 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the financial year ending March 2017 with recurring profit falling 20.5 percent to 12 billion yen.
answer:
Negative
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jensen Huang ? TAIPEI (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang said on Thursday artificial intelligence would enable fully automated cars within 4 years but sought to tamp down expectations for a surge in demand for its chips from cryptocurrency miners.
FILE PHOTO: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang attends an event during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei Taiwan May 30 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
âIt will take no more than 4 years to have fully autonomous cars on the road. How long it takes for the vast majority of cars on the road to become that it really just depends â Huang told media after a company event in Taipei.
But Huang joined peers taming expectations of strong revenue growth from a wave of interest in cryptocurrencies. Advanced Micro Devices Inc expected this week that there will be some leveling off of cryptocurrency demand. [nL4N1MZ5RP]
âRevenue for us in crypto is over $100 million a quarter. For us itâs a small percentage... Itâs obviously not a target market â Huang said.
answer:
Positive
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Narendra Modi ? NEW DELHI (AP) — Against the backdrop of a bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor and accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with Pakistani officials to impact the vote.
In a written statement Singh accused Modi of dealing in "falsehood and canards" because he feared "imminent defeat in Gujarat."
The western state of Gujarat is Modi 's home turf. He ruled it without any real opposition for over a decade before he arrived at the national center stage. The election that is underway there is being called the closest fight that Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have faced in two decades.
Even though Modi no longer heads the state the election has become a referendum of sorts on his popularity and that of his party. He has headlined the party's election campaign over the last month addressing rallies across the state. Several top federal lawmakers and party functionaries have joined him to rally support for the party.
FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 13 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi front stands with his former counterpart Manmohan Singh left in one minute silence to pay homage to security officials who lost their lives in the 2001 attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from Singh. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup File)
"He has staked his own personal prestige on Gujarat " said political analyst Neerja Chowdhury. As someone removed from local politics for over three years there was no need for Modi to make the campaign about himself he said.
"It's become a personal election for him . Now that it has there is a lot more at stake " Chowdhury said.
Even by the rough and tumble standards of a chaotic and closely fought Indian election Modi 's words were in sharp deviation from the campaigning style of former prime ministers.
"What is the reason to have such a secret meeting with the Pakistan high commissioner? And while elections are on in Gujarat what is the reason for this type of secret meeting?" Modi said at an election rally.
At a separate rally he suggested that Pakistani officials were trying to ensure that a Muslim leader of the Congress party becomes the state's next leader. He offered no proof.
In an editorial Tuesday The Indian Express newspaper said that Modi 's "none-too-veiled innuendo" had "severely let down his constitutional commitment and office."
FILE - In this Nov. 27 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's supporters wear his masks during an election campaign rally addressed by Modi at Jasdan in Gujarat India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki File)
In the three years since Modi and his Hindu nationalist party won a massive victory in national elections rights groups have reported a spike in attacks on minority groups especially Muslims. Most of the attacks have been linked to fringe Hindu hard-liners. Modi has largely kept silent with many seeing his silence as tacit support.
His own oratory is powerful and scathing at election rallies but as prime minister he has so far refrained from making controversial remarks leaving those to junior party members.
"Whether he wins or loses in Gujarat he is spreading a poison from which Indian politics will find it hard to recover for quite some time " analyst and commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta wrote in a newspaper column Wednesday.
answer:
| Neutral
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Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Venus Williams ? Williams ranked third lost to an opponent ranked 64th. Williams was playing at this tournament for the first time since 1997 when she was 17. She has lost all three of her matches at the Rogers Cup.
"I was definitely expecting to play well and to go very far in the tournament " Williams said. "It's disappointing."
Bondarenko hadn't taken a set off the American in two previous matches.
"I was playing really good " Bondarenko said. "The first set I didn't know what to do with her power. The rest of the game I just tried to keep the ball in play."
Williams controlled the first set but couldn't shake Bondarenko who chased down shot after shot in stifling Rexall Centre. Bondarenko won the last three games for the second set and broke Williams once more in the third. She won 20 of 28 service points in the deciding set.
"She played well " Williams said. "She really started playing consistently. Unfortunately I made too many errors. I would have liked to play a cleaner match."
Student: | Negative | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Booz Allen Hamilton ? But once the data is downloaded it has to be analyzed. And thatâs where Booz and the other contractors that surround the NSA come in.
Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the NSAâs most important and trusted contractors. Itâs involved in virtually every aspect of intelligence and surveillance from advising top officials on how to integrate the 16 U.S. spy agencies to detailed analysis of signals intelligence imagery and other critical collections technologies. I first introduced Boozâs intelligence business in a 2007 profile in Salon when President Bush appointed Michael McConnell a Booz veteran and former NSA director to be director of national intelligence ( he âs now back at Booz ).
Among other secret projects Booz was deeply involved in âTotal Information Awareness â the controversial data-mining project run for the Bush administration by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter that was outlawed by Congress in 2003.
Another major presence at NSAâs Business Park is SAIC. Like Booz it stands like a private colossus across the whole intelligence industry. Of its 42 000 employees more than 20 000 hold U.S. government security clearances making it one of the largest private intelligence services in the world. âSAIC provides a full suite of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cybersecurity solutions across a broad spectrum of national security programs â it claims on its website.
Answer: Positive
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jacob Bilstein ? The California wildfires were still raging last fall as Jennifer Bilstein and her 15-year-old son inched their way down Highway 101 a two-hour drive in ordinary times that took four hours through the smoke-filled air and yellow sky. She was determined to get Jacob to his doctor's appointment on time.
It was his second visit to the adolescent gender clinic where Jacob - a shy boy with pink cheeks a cowlick and black oversize glasses - was being medically evaluated to begin taking testosterone.
He had already gone through puberty as a girl an experience that made him conclude he had been born into the wrong gender. "I was always uncomfortable calling myself 'she' or 'her ' " he explained. "It made my skin crawl."
At 13 Jacob - then called Samantha - had informed his mother sending her the news in a Facebook message after being dropped off at school one morning in Ukiah one of Northern California's iconic hippie towns.
As she spoke her child studied his hands legs swinging back and forth under the examining table. "But the reality is that Jacob 's my child and regardless of gender or whatever my child always comes first in my life " she said. "And realistically it's not about me. It's about Jake."
It is also one of the busiest encompassing four disciplines: Medical mental health patient advocacy and legal services. Although surgery is not available at the center its clinicians maintain close ties with local surgeons to whom they refer patients upon request. On the day that Jacob arrived for his appointment the examining rooms were filled with 15 elementary schoolchildren adolescents and teenagers who had traveled from as far away as Hawaii and Sweden and as nearby as the Bay Area. All were seeking a change in their physical sex characteristics to align with their gender identity.
Family Photo Jacob Bilstein went through puberty as a girl named Samantha. Jacob Bilstein went through puberty as a girl named Samantha. (Family Photo) (Family Photo)
Answer: Neutral
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Venus Williams ? Williams ranked third lost to an opponent ranked 64th. Williams was playing at this tournament for the first time since 1997 when she was 17. She has lost all three of her matches at the Rogers Cup.
"I was definitely expecting to play well and to go very far in the tournament " Williams said. "It's disappointing."
Bondarenko hadn't taken a set off the American in two previous matches.
"I was playing really good " Bondarenko said. "The first set I didn't know what to do with her power. The rest of the game I just tried to keep the ball in play."
Williams controlled the first set but couldn't shake Bondarenko who chased down shot after shot in stifling Rexall Centre. Bondarenko won the last three games for the second set and broke Williams once more in the third. She won 20 of 28 service points in the deciding set.
"She played well " Williams said. "She really started playing consistently. Unfortunately I made too many errors. I would have liked to play a cleaner match."
Answer: | Negative
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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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Willie Parker ? In a recent New York Times article Dr. Willie Parker says he believes “that as an abortion provider [he is] doing God’s work.” It’s his Christian faith the author contends that drives him to abort babies. His “Life’s Work” (as his new book is ironically titled) is to end life for every preborn child that comes before him.
The Jewish people some of whom later became the first Christians were to avoid partaking in the practices of the surrounding peoples who sacrificed their children to appease their gods. Christians have long held that to abort one’s child as an act of worship to the gods of convenience is not permitted by the God of the Bible. But abortion advocates will attempt to play the “he’s a Christian” card by spinning opposition from Christians to imply Parker is persecuted within his own faith tradition.
The second thing abortion elites love about Parker is his skin color. Any opposition he faces from white pro-lifers not associated with Christianity can be easily dismissed as bigotry. Sweep under the rug for a minute that even black celebrities are accusing abortion providers in black communities of genocide. While Planned Parenthood’s media arm proclaims support of black lives its other arm is reaching for a pair of forceps to end life for hundreds of black babies each day.
In the tradition of the black slave owners in the Confederate South Parker makes his money by breaking the backs (or spines and what-have-you) of others many of whom share his skin color. He can’t admit that his work (some have called it his “ministry”) hurts his own people or it’d affect his bottom line. Abortion advocates want us all to simply accept that black lives only matter once they’ve had the privilege of being born. This brings us to the final contradiction of Parker ’s platform.
Parker considers himself a feminist. He believes he is bettering the future for females. Don’t think too long about the number of female lives he ’s ended before they’ve begun. This is nothing new to the insane logic of abortion advocacy. If they can successfully shift our attention off the rights of the life inside the womb to the perceived “rights” the pregnant woman has over her inhabited womb they’ve succeeded.
Parker ’s public persona is a farce. He parades the myth that he has a moral responsibility to “help women” while he strips them of their own responsibility to the children they’ve conceived. Christianity places value upon the lives of black women so much so that it envisions a world in which their lives aren’t ended in the womb. But maybe we’re the ones who are deceiving pregnant women? Perhaps we’re the ones getting rich by volunteering with crisis pregnancy centers and giving away free pregnancy tests ultrasounds and diapers.
Output: | Neutral | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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 James Myers ? One New York couple who have taken that approach are James Myers 33 and Corinne Fisher 32 both professional comedians from Harlem. Myers is vocal about his support for Trump; Fisher who was a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter is just as vocal about her opposition.
Fisher said she defends Myers â freedom to choose.
âI stick up for his right to think something even if I totally disagree â she says.
She also respects Myers â courage. âHe gets private messages from other people who arenât courageous enough to be out about their views â she said.
âMy love for Corinne is based on deep respect â said Myers . âIf you respect someone you donât have to agree with them on everything. Sheâs been pretty brave about this whole thing.â
Myers added that passion can trump (pun intended) disagreement.
âMingle with those with whom you disagree â he said. âIt can be hot.â
Answer: | Positive | 7 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Charlie Rose ? “CBS This Morning” co-host and longtime PBS star Charlie Rose has been accused by eight women of making unwanted sexual advances toward them and admitted to some of the misconduct in a statement according to the Washington Post. Both PBS and CBS suspended him .
Rose’s alleged misconduct includes making lewd phone calls walking around naked and groping the womens breasts buttocks or genital areas according to the Post. Rose’s accusers were employees or “aspired to work for Rose at The Charlie Rose show’ on PBS from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011.”
“CBS This Morning” has been growing rapidly since it launched in 2012 but still struggles to match the viewership of rivals “Today” and “Good Morning America ” while Rose ’s show on PBS has aired regularly since 1991. Rose ’s PBS show is filmed at the Bloomberg LP headquarters making three major media organizations tied up in the latest harassment scandal.
"PBS was shocked to learn today of these deeply disturbing allegations. We are immediately suspending distribution of ' Charlie Rose ' " PBS said in a statement.
CBS also suspended Rose but did not respond to request for additional comment.
Rose’s accusers were between 21 and 37 years old at the time of the alleged encounters and the Post noted that there are “striking commonalities” in the accounts of the women. His alleged behavior typically included offering jobs to females and then using his power to put them in uncomfortable positions of a sexual nature. He allegedly would offer women a six-figure position that disappeared once they rejected his advances.
“I have behaved insensitively at times and I accept responsibility for that though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate." - Charlie Rose
He has expressed remorse for some of the allegations.
“In my 45 years in journalism I have prided myself on being an advocate for the careers of the women with whom I have worked ” Rose said in a statement provided to The Post. “Nevertheless in the past few days claims have been made about my behavior toward some former female colleagues… It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed.”
Rose continued: “I have behaved insensitively at times and I accept responsibility for that though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings even though I now realize I was mistaken.”
Ironically Rose once appeared as himself on an episode of the Netflix series “House of Cards ” which has been rocked by the accusations against Spacey.
According to the report by Post contributor Irin Carmon and investigative reporter Amy Brittain one accuser Reah Bravo was an intern and then associate producer for Rose ’s PBS show beginning in 2007. In various interviews she detailed unwanted sexual advances from Rose .
Another accuser Kyle Godfrey-Ryan was Rose ’s former assistant and detailed “at least a dozen instances where Rose walked nude in front of her while she worked in one of his New York City homes.” She claims the CBS and PBS star also “repeatedly called” her “at night or early in the morning to describe his fantasies of her swimming naked.”
Output: | Positive | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brian Urlacher ? The greatest Bears player since their iconic Super Bowl XX team more than three decades ago received the highest NFL honor Saturday when Brian Urlacher was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Urlacher 39 becomes the 28th Hall of Famer to represent the Bears for all or the primary portion of their careers the most in the NFL and the first since defensive end Richard Dent was inducted in 2011. Urlacher and Lewis bring to 28 the number of modern-era linebackers in the Hall. Five of those 28 were Bears a nod to the history of the position for the franchise from George Connor to Bill George Dick Butkus Mike Singletary and now Urlacher .
“It’s unreal ” Urlacher said. “It’s a great tradition.”
Selected ninth in the first round of the 2000 draft Urlacher becomes the first Hall of Fame playerfrom the University of New Mexico. He was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was an established star before coach Lovie Smith arrived in 2004 with a scheme that accentuated Urlacher ’s freakish athletic ability for a player with such a large frame — 6-foot-4 258 pounds. The next year he was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year becoming the fifth player to win both awards. The next season in 2006 Urlacher helped lead the Bears to Super Bowl XLI.
Named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s Urlacher was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times and was first team All-Pro five times. In 13 seasons according to pro-football-reference.com he amassed 1 354 tackles 41½ sacks 22 interceptions two touchdowns 90 passes defensed 11 forced fumbles and 15 fumble recoveries.
Personnel boss Mark Hatley made the decision to draft Urlacher who had played safety in college. The Bears knew they were getting a player who could transform their defense but initially weren’t sure how to deploy him .
“We knew we would like to play him at the mike (middle) linebacker but the problem was he had been a safety and we didn’t want to stick him there right away and beat him up and lose him and ruin an excellent prospect ” defensive coordinator Greg Blache said. “We started him off at the sam (strong-side) linebacker position where everything is coming at you from one direction in the traffic and we played him at the mike in the nickel situation where 95 percent of it was passing. So he was getting a feel for it but he wasn’t getting in the heavy traffic with the guards coming on him and combination blocks … because it’s a whole different beast when you’re playing 12 to 15 yards deep as a safety and you move up to 5 yards from the line of scrimmage with the 300-pounders.
“We knew we had something special and we knew he would be a guy who would be a hell of a player for a long long time if we had some patience and were just judicious in how we approached it. Having (linebackers coach) Dale Lindsey there was a huge help because Dale had developed so many linebackers and he was a great voice in saying he had seen rush jobs when guys were put in situations they weren’t quite ready to handle. It ended up working out really well just because we got him eased into it to the point where he was comfortable seeing it all happen.”
It happened faster than anyone would have imagined which in retrospect isn’t surprising to anyone who was involved. Lindsey marveled at the amount of information Urlacher could process and then apply on the field. A lot of players even really good ones can lose the fine details when they move from the meeting room to the practice field and then into games but Urlacher absorbed it all.
When middle linebacker Barry Minter was sidelined with a back injury in the third week of the 2000 season the Bears moved Urlacher . They never again discussed where he was best suited to play or what he could handle.
“(Head coach) Dick Jauron said ‘Put him at the middle ’ ” Lindsey said. “Dick could see the big picture. Luckily for us Brian was more than willing to learn the new position. It’s nice when you have rare talent and a guy who wants to do it. That’s the difference between the real great players — they want to do it and they’ll do anything to be successful. He was like a sponge. You just kept giving him information and he absorbed it and would want more. The thing about the guys with the rare talent: They can do any damn thing you ask them. You can ask them the impossible and they can get it done. And Brian did it for us as a great middle linebacker.”
When the Bears signed massive defensive tackles Ted Washington and Keith Traylor in 2001 Urlacher raised his game to a new level as the duo kept offensive linemen off of him and allowed him to make plays with his remarkable speed.
“There are a lot of guys who can run fast in a straight line but the athleticism he showed for a guy that size off the charts ” Blache said.
He spearheaded the “Monday Night Miracle” at Arizona in 2006 with 25 tackles and a forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown. Urlacher had five interceptions and five sacks in 2007 a testament to his ability to do anything needed.
Urlacher was never very comfortable in the spotlight but always at ease around his teammates which made him immensely popular. He treated the newest rookie the same way he did the most tenured veterans. When former teammate Todd Johnson became a high school coach in Sarasota Fla. he didn’t have enough uniforms to dress all of his players. Urlacher provided new jerseys — home and away — for the entire roster and did so without seeking any attention one of countless anecdotes of how he helped friends.
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shinzo Abe ? Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leaves a news conference at the partyâs headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 23. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News)
On Sunday Japanâs Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory winning 284 of the 465 seats in the lower house of the Diet. Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs junior coalition partner Komeito added 29 seats giving the ruling coalition a two-thirds supermajority.
In addition to freeing the LDP from a mandatory ballot challenge before 2021 Abeâs election victory provides new support for his efforts to amend Japanâs pacifist constitution.
Abe went into the election arguing that his track record on the economy and national security should be the decisive factor and voters appear to have agreed. Japan faces new security challenges from two of its neighbors. North Korean missiles have passed over Japan twice in recent months leaving Japanese citizens rattled by early-morning text alerts. And at the recent Communist Party Congress in Beijing President Xi Jinping promised that China would be âmoving closer to center stage â raising additional concerns in Japan.
The ruling coalitionâs supermajority ensures not only that Abe will remain in power but also that he can now push for a revision of Japanâs constitution his personal pledge and an unfulfilled element of the LDP platform since 1955. Although many in the public remain skeptical of the constitutional revision plan the LDPâs success in this election represents an endorsement of the ruling coalitionâs governing ability particularly on security issues.
[Did Trump and Abe just launch a new chapter in U.S.-Japan relations?]
There may also be debates within the ruling coalition on the need for Japan to deploy its own surface-to-surface missiles to enhance deterrence vis-a-vis North Korea. Abe has not taken a public stand on these âcounterstrike capabilities â which would to give Japan the ability to neutralize North Korean ballistic missiles on their launchpads. This would be an abrupt change from a postwar defense policy that has remained strictly defensive with few offensive capabilities.
Abe will also continue moderate spending increases on Japanâs air and naval capabilities in an attempt to counter Chinaâs much higher spending on the Peopleâs Liberation Army. The numerical balance of fighter aircraft and surface combatants has been steadily shifting in Chinaâs favor for decades.
More recently however Xi has begun streamlining the PLA to strengthen its war-fighting effectiveness in preparation for a potential conflict in the Western Pacific. Abe knows that maintaining deterrence will require closer cooperation with the United States and continued reforms to break down the postwar barriers to the effectiveness of Japanâs own forces.
Will Abe revise Japanâs constitution?
Two years ago Abe pushed through a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow new defense guidelines and operations with the United States and other like-minded states. Many in his party support revising the second half of Article 9 to declare that Japanâs military is constitutional though intended only for self-defense.
Support from pacifist-leaning coalition partner Komeito will probably be forthcoming and friendly governments such as the United States and Australia are likely to be supportive as well. China will protest as might South Korea but polls elsewhere in the region suggest that Japan has moved beyond its wartime image. Nevertheless Article 9 is highly political and ideological; Abe will have to carry out his promise to build domestic consensus before proceeding.
Despite President Trumpâs harsh rhetoric about Japan during his election campaign Abe has deftly engaged with the new administration in Washington and managed to build significant trust with Trump. Abe was the first foreign leader to visit Trump and Trump will start his first Asia tour by spending several days in Japan in November.
Trumpâs tough line on North Korea is likely to be well received in Japan but his hostile view toward trade (particularly the rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership) continues to perplex Tokyo. Japanese leaders argue that allies should be leading on rulemaking to manage the mercantilist challenge from China.
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ben Bernanke ? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday said the central bank will keep a close eye on the sliding U.S. dollar even as he pledged anew to keep interest rates at record-lows to nurture the economic recovery.
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In remarks to the Economic Club of New York Bernanke engaged in a delicate dance.
He made clear Fed policymakers will keep rates at super-low levels. Yet through his words Bernanke is also trying to bolster confidence in the dollar without actually raising rates a move that could short-circuit the fragile recovery.
"We are attentive to the implications of changes in the value of the dollar " Bernanke said in rare remarks about the greenback. The Fed he said will continue to "monitor these developments closely."
Although commodity prices -- such as oil -- have risen lately that pickup likely reflects a revival in global economic activity and the recent depreciation of the dollar Bernanke said. Even so the Fed chief predicted inflation probably will remain "subdued for some time."
That gives the Fed leeway to hold rates at record-low levels for an "extended period " he said repeating a pledge made at the Fed's meeting earlier this month.
Bernanke predicted the U.S. economy should continue to grow next year but he warned of "important headwinds" that will restrain the recovery including a weak job market and tight credit for small businesses and households.
Those forces "likely will prevent the expansion from being as robust as we would hope " he said.
Bernanke said the rebound reflected more than "purely temporary factors" and predicted growth would continue into next year.
But he cautioned there is uncertainty about how the economy will evolve next year and warned that "future setbacks are possible."
Bernanke said the unemployment rate "likely will decline only slowly" if economic growth remains "moderate" as he expects.
Because jobs are likely to remain scarce for some time consumers -- critical shapers of overall economic activity -- will be cautious about spending Bernanke said.
Banks dealing with the fallout from soured commercial real estate loans also could slow progress on efforts to get credit flowing more freely again the Fed chief said. And credit difficulties will limit the ability of some businesses to expand and hire.
"Overall a number of factors suggest that employment gains may be modest during the early stages of the expansion " Bernanke said.
Example Output: | Positive
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Scott Pruitt ? WASHINGTON ( AP ) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he may start flying in coach amid increasing scrutiny of claims that he needs to fly first class because of security concerns . EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in an interview with CBS News on Wednesday he had instructed his staff to make changes that could include flying coach . " What I ' ve told them going forward is this : There is a change occurring you ' re going to accommodate the security threats as they exist you ' re going to accommodate those in all ways alternate ways up to and including flying coach and that is what ' s going to happen on my very next flight " Pruitt said . " So those things are happening right away ." That ' s a significant shift since last month when Pruitt said in interviews that his chief of staff and security team had determined he should fly in premium class seats following some unpleasant interactions with other passengers . Asked what had changed in the assessment of what was needed to keep Pruitt safe EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox referred back to Pruitt ' s CBS interview and declined to provide any additional context or comment . Since taking office last year Pruitt has been unusually secretive about his frequent air travel . In a break from his predecessors Pruitt ' s office consistently refuses to provide advance public notice of his trips typically releasing a schedule of his meetings and appearances only after they have occurred . Following recent media reports about Pruitt ' s pricey airfare the Republican - led House Oversight committee last week demanded copies of his travel records to be provided by March 6 . EPA ' s inspector general is also auditing Pruitt ' s 2017 travel costs . Federal regulations allow government travelers to fly business class or first class when no cheaper options are " reasonably available " or if there are exceptional security circumstances . Wilcox told reporters last month that Pruitt had obtained a " blanket waiver " allowing him to take premium flights . Such a blanket waivers are also barred under federal rules however and Wilcox later said Pruitt was granted separate waivers by ethics officials for each flight . EPA has declined to provide any public explanation of its evolving account and has thus far refused to release copies of the waivers allowing Pruitt to fly first class . The Associated Press is among several organizations that has sought a full accounting of Pruitt ' s travel and security expenses under the Freedom of Information Act . Though some records were released following lawsuits filed against the agency EPA has so far refused to say how much public money has been spent for Pruitt and his staff to travel across the country and on international trips . The limited records that have been provided show Pruitt ' s airfare is often several times more expensive than that of aides booked on the same flights . Often those trips have included weekend - long layovers in Pruitt ' s home state of Oklahoma . Last month Pruitt said there were some " incidents " on flights that prompted his need for first - class seats . EPA has refused requests from AP to provide any details about those incidents . Pruitt is the first EPA administrator to require around - the - clock protection from an armed security detail . He has also taken other security precautions including the addition of a $ 25 000 soundproof " privacy booth " inside his office to prevent eavesdropping on his phone calls and spending $ 3 000 to have his office swept for hidden listening devices . ___ Follow AP environmental writer Michael Biesecker at http :// Twitter . com / mbieseck The Associated Press .
Output: | Negative | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
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].
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.
Solution: Positive
Why? Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Matt Gaetz ? Rep. Matt Gaetz a 35-year-old Republican freshman from Florida who recently flew on Air Force One with Trump and is friends with Roger Stone is one of the believers. Gaetz has called for Mueller to be fired and said on âHannityâ on Thursday that officials might wind up in jail over what he saw in the memo.
HuffPost ran into Gaetz on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening just a few hours after the congressman appeared on the Fox Business channel above the chyron âI JUST READ A 4-PAGE MEMO THAT THREATENS DEMOCRACY TO ITS CORE.â
âI believe that the contents of that memo need to be made available to the public immediately and that that is a critical concern in kind of all of the Mueller Russia Trump discourse â Gaetz told HuffPost of the memo which he said âkind of aggregatesâ intelligence data.
In the interview with HuffPost Gaetz ran into a common problem for Republicans who suggest the FBI was too rough on Trump but went too easy on Clinton during the 2016 campaign: the indisputable fact that the FBIâs actions then harmed Clinton. Comeyâs conduct during the Clinton investigation was even the underlying justification the Trump administration provided last spring to explain Trump firing Comey. If people in the FBI and the so-called âdeep stateâ were trying to get Clinton elected president then frankly they did a terrible job of it.
Surely Gaetz could concede the FBIâs actions ahead of the 2016 election were much more damaging to the Clinton campaign than they were to Trump? âI wouldnât agree with that characterization â he replied.
Under Gaetz âs theory the FBI was hellbent on leaking information to the press to stop Trump from being elected. Gaetz told HuffPost that texts between FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page showed they were âtalking about a plan to strategically leak information to embarrass Trump.â As HuffPost recently explained a deeply flawed story by John Solomon of The Hill has left a lot of people with the inaccurate impression that the text messages show the FBI officials were leaking information to hurt Trump. Thatâs what Gaetz believes.
âThat was explicit in their communications to each other â Gaetz claimed.
Gaetz: Well when they talked about the um I think it was the Wall Street Journal article and they were talking about oh was it behind a paywall and did it contain the information that â HuffPost: What Wall Street Journal story was that that was negative against Trump? Gaetz: Uh again itâs referenced in their communications back and forth this was I think in October. HuffPost: Mhmm. But do you know what story it was? Gaetz : Yeah it was all about the contents of the dossier. HuffPost: The Wall Street Journal story on the 24th was about the contents of the dossier? The dossier wasnât released until â Gaetz : No it might not have been the one of the 24th. It was the communication that was referenced in the Page-Strzok text messages. HuffPost: No I know the one youâre talking about you said the Wall Street Journal story. I just think the Wall Street Journal story that they were talking about if you look at it in context they were talking about a story that was actually negative about the FBI and to Hillary Clinton. It was the story about the then-deputy attorney general [Ed. note: McCabe is the FBIâs deputy director] McCabe who was basically being accused of â I think youâll probably recall this [from] the time ... Gaetz: Mhmm. HuffPost: ... was basically being accused because his wife had received money so that was what the story was about. Gaetz: No yeah but I think there was other stuff that was included within that â HuffPost: Like what? Gaetz: Well I donât have it in front of me.
Gaetz âs theory â that the FBI provided information for an Oct. 24 2016 Wall Street Journal story on the Trump dossier â doesnât make a whole lot of sense chiefly because no such story exists. The first story to reference the âdossierâ was published by Mother Jones on Oct. 31 2016 a full week after Strzok-Page exchanged texts about a Wall Street Journal article. The Mother Jones story only came out after Comey sent a letter about the Clinton investigation on Oct. 28 that set off a media frenzy Clinton has partially blamed for her loss.
But the secret GOP memo gave Gaetz a convenient pivot point: the suggestion that thereâs something a bombshell that he canât reveal publicly. And it totally supports the theory he âs been pushing this whole time.
âI can say that if this memo become available to the public many of the concerns that have been raised by members of the Judiciary Committee will be highlighted â Gaetz said.
Solution: | Neutral | 0 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Greg Postel ? "I cannot say this strongly enough: We believe the NCAA is simply wrong " Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel said in a statement. "We disagree with the NCAA ruling for reasons we clearly stated in our appeal. And we made a strong case - based on NCAA precedent - that supported our argument."
"From Day One the university has admitted that the actions of the former operations director and any others involved under previous leadership were offensive and inexcusable " Postel said in the statement. "That is why we apologized immediately cooperated fully with the NCAA self-imposed penalties that were appropriate to the offenses and made significant changes to ensure incidents like this never happen again.
— Postel estimated the return of up to $600 000 in NCAA Tournament revenue.
"This dark cloud has hung over our heads for more than two years and it has had a negative impact on our athletics program our fans and the entire university family " Postel said. "While we disagree with the NCAA's decision it is time for the university to close this chapter and move forward with a stronger commitment to excellence on and off the court."
Postel then-athletic director Tom Jurich and Pitino said last summer they planned to fight the sanctions. Pitino who repeatedly denied knowing about the activities described in Powell's book was particularly frustrated with his penalties.
Ex Output:
Positive
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Robert Mugabe ? Robert Mugabe agreed on Sunday to resign as Zimbabwe ’ s president hours after the ruling ZANU - PF party fired him as its leader following 37 years in charge a source familiar with the negotiations said . FILE PHOTO : Zimbabwe ' s President Robert Mugabe looks on as his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa reads a card during Mugabe ' s 93rd birthday celebrations in Harare Zimbabwe February 21 2017 . REUTERS / Philimon Bulawayo / File Photo ZANU - PF had given the 93 - year - old less than 24 hours to quit as head of state or face impeachment an attempt to secure a peaceful end to his tenure after a de facto coup . The source said the Zimbabwe military was working on a resignation statement by Mugabe without giving details . Zimbabwe ’ s state broadcaster ZBC said Mugabe would address the nation shortly . Earlier on Sunday the official Herald newspaper showed pictures of him meeting top generals at his State House offices . Mugabe the only leader the southern African nation has known since independence from Britain in 1980 was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa the deputy he sacked this month in a move that triggered the mid - week intervention by the army . In scenes unthinkable just a week ago the announcement drew cheers from the 200 delegates packed into ZANU - PF ’ s Harare headquarters to seal the fate of Mugabe whose support has crumbled in the four days since the army seized power . Mugabe was given until noon ( 5 . 00 a . m . ET ) on Monday to resign or face impeachment an ignominious end to the career of the “ Grand Old Man ” of African politics who was once feted across the continent as an anti - colonial liberation hero . Even in the West he was renowned in his early years as the “ Thinking Man ’ s Guerrilla ” an ironic nickname for a man who would later proudly declare he held a “ degree in violence ”. As the economy crumbled and political opposition to his rule grew in the late 1990s Mugabe seized thousands of white - owned farms detained opponents and unleashed security forces to crush dissent . When the vote was announced war veterans leader Chris Mutsvangwa who has spearheaded an 18 - month campaign to remove a man he openly described as a “ dictator ” embraced colleagues and shouted : “ The President is gone . Long live the new President .” Mugabe ’ s 52 - year - old wife Grace who had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband was also expelled from ZANU - PF along with at least three cabinet ministers who had formed the backbone of her “ G40 ” political faction . Speaking before the meeting Mutsvangwa said Mugabe who has so far resisted calls to quit was running out of time to negotiate his departure and should leave the country while he could . “ He ’ s trying to bargain for a dignified exit ” he said . If Mugabe refused to go “ we will bring back the crowds and they will do their business ” Mutsvangwa told reporters . Mnangagwa a former state security chief known as “ The Crocodile ” is expected to head an interim post - Mugabe unity government that will focus on rebuilding ties with the outside world and stabilizing an economy in freefall . The next presidential election is due in 2018 . On Saturday hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Harare singing dancing and hugging soldiers in an outpouring of elation at Mugabe ’ s expected overthrow . FILE PHOTO : Zimbabwe Vice - President Emmerson Mnangagwa listens as President Robert Mugabe ( not pictured ) delivers his state of the nation address to the country ' s parliament in Harare August 25 2015 . REUTERS / Philimon Bulawayo / File Photo His stunning downfall is likely to send shockwaves across Africa where a number of entrenched strongmen from Uganda ’ s Yoweri Museveni to Democratic Republic of Congo ’ s Joseph Kabila are facing mounting pressure to step down . “ READY TO DIE ” On Saturday men women and children ran alongside the armored cars and troops who stepped in to target what the army called “ criminals ” in Mugabe ’ s inner circle . Meanwhile the man himself remained under house arrest in his lavish “ Blue Roof ” compound watching the support from his party security services and people evaporate . Speaking from a secret location in South Africa his nephew Patrick Zhuwao told Reuters Mugabe and his wife were “ ready to die for what is correct ” rather than step down in order to legitimize what he described as a coup . Zhuwao who was also sanctioned by ZANU - PF did not answer his phone on Sunday . However Mugabe ’ s son Chatunga railed against those who had pushed out his father . Slideshow ( 11 Images ) “ You can ’ t fire a Revolutionary leader !” he wrote on this Facebook page . “ ZANU - PF is nothing without President Mugabe .” “ SECOND LIBERATION ” On Harare ’ s streets few seemed to care about the legal niceties as they heralded a “ second liberation ” and spoke of their dreams for political and economic change after two decades of deepening repression and hardship . More than 3 million Zimbabweans - around 20 percent of the population - have emigrated to neighboring South Africa in search of a better life . The huge crowds in Harare have given a quasi - democratic veneer to the army ’ s intervention backing its assertion that it is merely effecting a constitutional transfer of power rather than a plain coup which would risk a diplomatic backlash . Despite the euphoria some Mugabe opponents are uneasy about the prominent role played by the military and fear Zimbabwe might be swapping one army - backed autocrat for another rather than allowing the people to choose their next leader . “ The real danger of the current situation is that having got their new preferred candidate into State House the military will want to keep him or her there no matter what the electorate wills ” former education minister David Coltart said . The United States a longtime Mugabe critic said it was looking forward to a new era in Zimbabwe while President Ian Khama of neighboring Botswana said Mugabe had no diplomatic support in the region and should resign at once . Besides changing its leadership ZANU - PF said it wanted to change the constitution to reduce the power of the president a possible sign of its desire to move towards a more pluralistic and inclusive political system . However Mnangagwa ’ s history as state security chief during the so - called Gukurahundi crackdown when an estimated 20 000 people were killed by the North Korean - trained Fifth Brigade in Matabeleland in the early 1980s suggested that quick sweeping change was unlikely . “ The deep state that engineered this change of leadership will remain thwarting any real democratic reform ” said Miles Tendi a Zimbabwean academic at Oxford University .
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Willie Parker ? In a recent New York Times article Dr. Willie Parker says he believes “that as an abortion provider [he is] doing God’s work.” It’s his Christian faith the author contends that drives him to abort babies. His “Life’s Work” (as his new book is ironically titled) is to end life for every preborn child that comes before him.
The Jewish people some of whom later became the first Christians were to avoid partaking in the practices of the surrounding peoples who sacrificed their children to appease their gods. Christians have long held that to abort one’s child as an act of worship to the gods of convenience is not permitted by the God of the Bible. But abortion advocates will attempt to play the “he’s a Christian” card by spinning opposition from Christians to imply Parker is persecuted within his own faith tradition.
The second thing abortion elites love about Parker is his skin color. Any opposition he faces from white pro-lifers not associated with Christianity can be easily dismissed as bigotry. Sweep under the rug for a minute that even black celebrities are accusing abortion providers in black communities of genocide. While Planned Parenthood’s media arm proclaims support of black lives its other arm is reaching for a pair of forceps to end life for hundreds of black babies each day.
In the tradition of the black slave owners in the Confederate South Parker makes his money by breaking the backs (or spines and what-have-you) of others many of whom share his skin color. He can’t admit that his work (some have called it his “ministry”) hurts his own people or it’d affect his bottom line. Abortion advocates want us all to simply accept that black lives only matter once they’ve had the privilege of being born. This brings us to the final contradiction of Parker ’s platform.
Parker considers himself a feminist. He believes he is bettering the future for females. Don’t think too long about the number of female lives he ’s ended before they’ve begun. This is nothing new to the insane logic of abortion advocacy. If they can successfully shift our attention off the rights of the life inside the womb to the perceived “rights” the pregnant woman has over her inhabited womb they’ve succeeded.
Parker ’s public persona is a farce. He parades the myth that he has a moral responsibility to “help women” while he strips them of their own responsibility to the children they’ve conceived. Christianity places value upon the lives of black women so much so that it envisions a world in which their lives aren’t ended in the womb. But maybe we’re the ones who are deceiving pregnant women? Perhaps we’re the ones getting rich by volunteering with crisis pregnancy centers and giving away free pregnancy tests ultrasounds and diapers.
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TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Imamu Baraka ? One good Samaritan Dr. Imamu Baraka stepped in when he saw officials dumping the seemingly disoriented woman who was still dressed in her hospital gown and socks at a nearby bus stop.
Baraka says he was leaving his practice that evening when he saw what he calls "patient dumping" in action.
"At first I was shocked " he told The Associated Press. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. And I move beyond that to the next level from being shocked. I became … irritated and fearful for the young lady. And then I became angry."
He quickly grabbed his cell phone to document the scene.
Baraka a psychotherapist in the area says he hopes this unfortunate incident will open up a discussion of mental health in this country.
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Janet Yellen ? Outgoing Federal Reserve Bank Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday that solid economic growth faster wage increases and a tightening labor market mean the U . S . central bank is likely to need to continue to raise interest rates gradually as it has signaled it will . “ The economy is growing at a healthy solid pace ” Yellen said in an interview with PBS NewsHour on the last day of her four - year term . “ The job market is strong and inflation is low ... The Federal Reserve has been on a path of gradual rate increases and if conditions continue as they have been that process is likely to continue and as it does we would expect long rates to move up .” On Saturday she hands the reins to President Donald Trump ’ s pick to replace her Governor Jerome Powell . She will stay in Washington as a fellow at the Brookings Institution the think tank where former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke also works .
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Fidji Simo ? âItâs a big priority for us to bring people closer together around meaningful content and the people who are meaningful to them â Facebookâs VP of video product Fidji Simo tells me. âCreators are right at the intersection of everything we think is pretty unique about Facebook.â
âThe idea was there to give them a one-stop-shop for all the functionality to manage their presence on the go â Simo explains about the Creator app which breaks down into four parts.
This bundle of tools lets users add intros outros and custom emoji reactions to their live broadcasts. Creators go on Facebookâs site upload an intro like a theme song or welcome and an outro like a call to follow them across social media. Those can then be enabled in the Creator app so they play at the start and end of the broadcast. Simo notes that â[Creators] were saying Live is cool because itâs raw and authentic but theyâd like to be able to introduce every time what their show is about or what the theme is about.â
Graph frames let makers add a pretty border to their videos for a more immersive feel. And custom reactions let creators replace one of the six default âhaha â ââangryâ or âwowâ alternatives to the standard âLikeâ with a graphic of their choice. That could tie in with the theme of their broadcast or personality. For example Simo says feel-good video star Markian could add an especially toothy smile reaction to entertain his fan club group on Facebook the #SmileSquad.
SOLUTION: | Neutral
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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].
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.
Example solution: Positive
Example explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Fidji Simo ? âItâs a big priority for us to bring people closer together around meaningful content and the people who are meaningful to them â Facebookâs VP of video product Fidji Simo tells me. âCreators are right at the intersection of everything we think is pretty unique about Facebook.â
âThe idea was there to give them a one-stop-shop for all the functionality to manage their presence on the go â Simo explains about the Creator app which breaks down into four parts.
This bundle of tools lets users add intros outros and custom emoji reactions to their live broadcasts. Creators go on Facebookâs site upload an intro like a theme song or welcome and an outro like a call to follow them across social media. Those can then be enabled in the Creator app so they play at the start and end of the broadcast. Simo notes that â[Creators] were saying Live is cool because itâs raw and authentic but theyâd like to be able to introduce every time what their show is about or what the theme is about.â
Graph frames let makers add a pretty border to their videos for a more immersive feel. And custom reactions let creators replace one of the six default âhaha â ââangryâ or âwowâ alternatives to the standard âLikeâ with a graphic of their choice. That could tie in with the theme of their broadcast or personality. For example Simo says feel-good video star Markian could add an especially toothy smile reaction to entertain his fan club group on Facebook the #SmileSquad.
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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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity â Garrison Keillor ? MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â Garrison Keillor the former host of âA Prairie Home Companion â says he âs been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.
Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email. In a follow-up statement he says he was fired over âa story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.â
He didnât give details of the allegation. Minnesota Public Radio didnât immediately respond to messages.
Keillor retired last year from his longtime radio show but still produced âThe Writerâs Almanacâ for syndication.
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Neutral
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tonya Harding ? A quirky little Brooklyn museum focused on the saga of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan has won the “gold” that eluded the Winter Games hopefuls — as it has grown so popular in recent weeks that it has been forced to move into an Olympic-sized new space.
The pair debuted the gallery after watching ESPN’s 2014 “30 for 30” documentary “The Price of Gold” — which chronicles the clash between Kerrigan sweetheart of the skating scene and Harding her troubled working-class rival.
Harding became a tabloid fixture when her ex-husband hired someone to bash in Kerrigan’s right knee ahead of the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships.
Kerrigan recovered in time to compete while Harding despite not being charged with a crime saw her career and reputation destroyed.
“What we both ended up taking from [the documentary] was this shock that there hasn’t already been a movie made showing what Tonya Harding had to go through. This was the first time we were seeing it and we thought well she ’s still alive. It’s time for people to rethink this ” said Harkins.
“ Tonya said she ’s heard of [the museum] she thinks it’s cool but she ’s not coming which is totally fine ” Harkins said. “And then somebody from Nancy’s agency came and said they thought it was absurd but fun.”
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Positive
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Taha Muntajibuddin ? Taha Muntajibuddin attended kindergarten through third grade with her in Fort Worth Texas. After learning of the case he shared on Facebook his "overwhelming sense of guilt and shame" over how she was treated.
Muntajibuddin a pediatrics resident doctor in Houston who confirmed his post to The Associated Press described her as "a frail girl had pin-straight hair with bangs and often wore the same purple outfit."
The post has elicited a strong reaction with some condemning Muntajibuddin for his behavior as a child. Others praised him for addressing it.
Muntajibuddin said in an interview Tuesday that he was surprised by the reaction.
"It was just meant to be an honest lesson: take it or leave it " he said.
Muntajibuddin said he is hopeful his former classmate can recover and live an enriched life.
He said despite being bullied by her peers she "was still one of the most pleasant people I have had the opportunity to meet. She had this whimsical optimism to her that couldn't be dampened couldn't be doused no matter what anybody threw at her."
He said he has learned from his experience and hopes others do too.
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Trent Koland ? First responder needed a hug
Trent Koland 36 who works in Chicago was having a drink with his sister and her fiance at the Luxor hotel which is close to Mandalay Bay when they noticed groups of people running through the lobby.
Casino staff at first calmly told patrons they would need to move to a different bar. But within seconds staff instead told Koland and other bar patrons they were being relocated to basement tunnels with break rooms and hallways usually used only by staff.
"I thought it was a joke at first " said Koland senior art director at Edelman in Chicago who was in Las Vegas with family celebrating his parents' 40th wedding anniversary. "It was crazy so they moved us into this break room and we were watching the TV."
Koland and dozens of other tourists taking shelter watched in horror as news accounts on the TV reported a growing number of victims. As more people from outside joined them in the waiting area Koland said he comforted one woman who was distraught about what she had seen.
"There was a woman and she needed a hug so I just went over there and gave her a hug. She said she was a first responder and she was ashamed that she didn't do more " Koland said by telephone breaking down into tears at the thought.
Koland estimates that he and other patrons were moved to the tunnels about 10 p.m. and were not released to go back outside until 4 a.m. Monday. During that time he and others stranded checked social media on their phones and frantically kept up with friends and family to let them know they were safe. Hotel staff brought refreshments and bedsheets so they could lie on the floors of the hallways as they waited he said.
"We were just lying in a hallway with other people that didn't know what was going on " Koland said adding that some were worried about friends who were at the concert and had not been accounted for. "We had phone service I was trying to update my Facebook letting people know I was OK."
Output: | Neutral | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Erie ? A record-breaking snowfall of more than 60 inches (150 cm) has hit the Pennsylvanian city of Erie over the Christmas period with even more said to be on the way.
The city has declared a citywide emergency as a result of the storm which began on Sunday.
"We're used to snow don't get me wrong " Erie's mayor Joe Sinnott told the New York Times. "But this amount trying to deal with this is very atypical."
Skip Twitter post by @NWSCLE With an additional 3.5" of snow at the Erie PA airport as of 5PM this brings the two day (12/25-26) total up to 58" and the storm total (From 7PM Christmas Eve thru 5PM 12/26) up to 60.0". Heavy snow continues to fall. Here is a look at some of the records. #pawx pic.twitter.com/BN5txOpByZ â NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) December 26 2017 Report
The National Weather Center said that Christmas Day in Erie brought a new all-time high for any single day (34in) beating the previous record set in 1956 (22in).
Some flights to and from Erie International airport were cancelled. The airport has seen 63.8in of snow since Christmas Eve according to the National Weather Center.
SOLUTION: Negative
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bernie Sanders ? "There 's some reluctance to put a lot of time into -LSB- unseating Democrats -RSB- , versus -LSB- building -RSB- a more progressive Congress overall ," said former Communications Workers of America union President Larry Cohen , a top Bernie Sanders adviser who now chairs the board of the Our Revolution political group that was spawned from the senator 's 2016 presidential campaign .
SOLUTION: Neutral
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Grier ? "I'm always down to listen to what could be a good deal for me and my family " said Thomas Grier 44 standing behind the counter at Canna Can Help Inc. a dispensary in the Central Valley community of Goshen.
Called a "bud tender " Grier recently waited on a steady flow of regular customers walking through the door to pick out their favorite strain.
He said so far no unions have contacted him . Grier gets along with his boss and said he doesn't want to pay union dues for help ironing out workplace disputes. But he hasn't discounted the possibility of joining.
After recently entering the marijuana industry Los Angeles resident Richard Rodriguez said one sticky traffic stop three months ago converted him into a "hard core" Teamster. He 'd never been in a union until this year.
Rodriguez said an officer pulled him over delivering a legal shipment of pot and detained him for 12 hours as he was accused of following too closely behind a semi-truck.
SOLUTION: | Positive
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kobe Steel ? TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd admitted on Tuesday its data fraud has been going on nearly five decades and also revealed new cases of cheating highlighting the challenges facing the 112-year-old company mired in compliance failures and malfeasance.
Kobe Steel which supplies steel parts to manufacturers of cars planes and trains around the world admitted last year to supplying products with falsified specifications to about 500 customers throwing global supply chains into turmoil.
Kobe Steel also announced the resignation of Executive Vice President Akira Kaneko and temporary pay cuts for up to 80 percent of all internal directors and executive officers.
Kobe Steel President and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki attends a news conference in Tokyo Japan March 6 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
PROBLEMS LONG ENTRENCHED
Kobe Steel said the data cheating started at least as early as the 1970s based on testimony from multiple sources interviewed by the external investigation team.
The company mapped out various preventive measures including setting up an external committee to oversee quality issues but those familiar with the company say its problems are entrenched.
Kobe Steel has had a series of scandals in the last dozen years including taking part in bid-rigging for a bridge project in 2005 failing to report income to tax authorities in 2008 2011 and 2013 and falsifying emissions data in 2006. Illegal political funding to candidates in local elections in 2009 also prompted the resignations of the then CEO and chairman.
The data fraud scandal though so far appears to have left Kobe Steelâs finances unscathed. In February the company reinstated a forecast for its first annual profit in three years for the year ending March 31.
But the company is also undergoing a U.S. Justice Department probe meaning it still faces legal and financial risk. A Japanese government-sanctioned seal of quality has been revoked on some of its product as well.
âThere is a pending risk for Kobe Steel as customers at home or abroad may cancel their contracts and take legal actions and the U.S. Justice Department may seek a penalty â said Makiko Yoshimura director at S&P Global Rating Japan.
Output: | Positive | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
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].
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.
Solution: Positive
Why? Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Christopher Seth ? Christopher Seth 22 is facing a felony theft charge and up to three years in prison after he reportedly was seen swiping a package containing $200 worth of socks from a home in Boulder on Friday.
Seth admitted to driving around neighborhoods and using his girlfriend as a lookout while taking packages left outside homes by delivery services KDVR reported citing Boulder police documents.
A search of Seth 's car and apartment netted 44 items believed to have been stolen from porches officials said. Cops told the station the combined value of the packages -- now in police custody -- was $6 561 and included shampoo Steve Madden boots ice climbing equipment and a bed frame among other items.
Seth has a status conference Jan. 3 and was released on $1 000 bond according to the Boulder Daily Camera. His past criminal history includes a guilty plea to driving while ability impaired and a pending indecent exposure case in county court
Solution: | Neutral | 0 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hope Hicks ? Updated at 7:08 p.m. ET
White House communications director Hope Hicks President Trump's longest-serving aide is resigning and will depart in the next few weeks the White House says.
In a White House that has set records for staff turnover (and it isn't even close) the departure of Hicks still came as a shock.
Hicks who has been working with the president for three years managed to stay in his orbit even after many others had been pushed out. President Trump called Hicks "outstanding."
Earlier this month Hicks was deeply involved in the White House's botched handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former top aide to the president. But a White House official insists Hicks ' decision to resign wasn't related to either of those matters.
Another person close to Hicks told NPR the resignation has been in the works for weeks.
"There are no words to adequately express my gratitude to President Trump " Hicks said in the statement. "I wish the President and his administration the very best as he continues to lead our country."
Hicks joined the Trump organization in 2014 — recruited by Ivanka Trump who was impressed by work Hicks had done for her clothing line while working at a New York public relations firm. Hicks was then pulled into the Trump campaign before there even was a campaign becoming de facto press secretary while initially she continued doing work for the Trump Organization.
[A]: Neutral
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mike Hopkins ? SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of Mike Hopkins his first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.
That's not to be taken in the literal sense. What Hopkins means is that with a new coaching staff a new style and new expectations even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.
"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day how we're going to do the process of getting better " Hopkins said. "That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth."
Hopkins also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most including starters David Crisp Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.
"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there " Hopkins said. "I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids working with them developing them getting them to stay that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys."
IN THE ZONE: Yes Washington will play zone. Yes it will be the same zone defense that Hopkins helped teach at Syracuse.
Defense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How Hopkins is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago Washington allowed 81 points per game 11th in the conference.
"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast I can slow you down; if you're slow I can speed you up " Hopkins said.
FINDING SCORING: One of Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.
DIFFICULT BEGINNING: Hopkins certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin his Washington tenure.
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Christopher Seth ? Christopher Seth 22 is facing a felony theft charge and up to three years in prison after he reportedly was seen swiping a package containing $200 worth of socks from a home in Boulder on Friday.
Seth admitted to driving around neighborhoods and using his girlfriend as a lookout while taking packages left outside homes by delivery services KDVR reported citing Boulder police documents.
A search of Seth 's car and apartment netted 44 items believed to have been stolen from porches officials said. Cops told the station the combined value of the packages -- now in police custody -- was $6 561 and included shampoo Steve Madden boots ice climbing equipment and a bed frame among other items.
Seth has a status conference Jan. 3 and was released on $1 000 bond according to the Boulder Daily Camera. His past criminal history includes a guilty plea to driving while ability impaired and a pending indecent exposure case in county court
[A]: | Neutral
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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 Post ) Trump ? Trump was aware of the issue a couple of weeks before a conversation with then-FBI Director James B. Comey in which Comey said the president asked him if he could be lenient while investigating Flynn whom Trump had just fired for misleading Pence about the nature of his conversations with the Russian.
According to notes kept by Comey Trump asked if he could see “his way clear to letting this go to letting Flynn go.” Trump fired Comey in May.
In a pre-dawn tweet Sunday Trump issued a fresh rebuttal to Comey writing: “I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!” The tweet was part of a running commentary from Trump that began Saturday a day after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and indicated he would cooperate with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III who is probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Dowd confirmed Sunday that he had drafted the tweet for Trump and acknowledged that it was sloppily worded. He said it was inaccurate to say the president was told that Flynn had lied to the FBI. Dowd said Sunday that Trump knew only what acting attorney general Sally Yates had told the White House counsel: that Flynn’s accounts to the agents interviewing him were the same as those Flynn gave Pence and “that the [Justice] Department was not accusing him of lying.”
Dowd played down the significance of Trump ’s tweet. He said he did not intend to make news and declared “I’m out of the tweeting business.”
[Graphic: Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests]
If Trump knew that Flynn might not have been accurate with the FBI it could provide motivation for any alleged effort to obstruct justice said Barak Cohen a former federal prosecutor who does white-collar defense work at the Perkins Coie law firm. “It bolsters the intent for committing obstruction ” he said.
The person who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly said that White House officials quickly realized the tweet could significantly assist Mueller if he chooses to pursue an obstruction case. The development sparked particular concern because others around Trump were not certain that Trump knew Flynn had made a false statement to the FBI at the time he fired him the person added.
McGahn was told Jan. 30 that the material was ready for his review the officials said. On that night Trump fired Yates over her refusal to defend his travel ban.
A person familiar with McGahn’s account says the White House counsel did not give Trump any indication in January that Flynn had violated the law in his FBI interview or tell the president that he believed Flynn was under criminal investigation.
As controversy built Sunday about Trump’s actions he sought to focus attention on news that Peter Strzok — the former top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered that he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“Report: ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’ Now it all starts to make sense!” Trump wrote. He also criticized the FBI and promised to bring it back to “greatness” under his administration.
“After years of Comey with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more) running the FBI its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “But fear not we will bring it back to greatness.”
Answer: | Neutral | 7 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Inscho ? The recent settlement capped a case that began with a descent into depression and paranoia in Janene Wallace's late twenties and eventually resulted in imprisonment a nearly three-month stint in solitary confinement and finally a death by hanging family attorney David Inscho said.
At the time of her suicide the George W. Hill Correctional Facility was run by private prison operator Community Education Centers but the company was recently acquired by another prison operator called The GEO Group. Pablo Paez a representative for The GEO group declined to comment on the litigation but said that "GEO was in no way involved with the management of the facility at the time of these allegations."
Wallace then refused to bathe made irrational statements rubbed menstrual blood on a shower wall and accused the guards of trying to hurt her according to emails between officials at the facility that were provided by Inscho . She was placed in solitary confinement and a sign was put on her door that warned that she was "unstable" and instructed staffers to "use caution."
"What she needed was a mental health evaluation and mental health treatment. That never happened " Inscho said. "She was mentally ill. She needed help."
After more than 50 days in solitary which included a guard telling her to "go ahead and choke yourself" following a threat from Wallace that Inscho said was made after a period of 85 hours of uninterrupted confinement she hung herself from a vent with her bra.
David Byrne warden of the Hill facility did not immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment about Wallace's death. But according to a transcript of a deposition provided by Inscho he has admitted that something went wrong.
Output: Positive
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George W Bush ? Bush delivers a speech to crew onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare combat operations over in Iraq , as the carrier steamed toward San Diego , California on May 1 , 2003 .
Bush felt a heavy burden of responsibility for protecting the nation .
They included the chairman of Bush 's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board , Brent Scowcroft ; the former CENTCOM commander Anthony Zinni , and the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , Ike Skelton .
When George W. Bush entered office , "nation building" was anathema .
He also felt that those pushing for war had no idea that the war might last ten years .52 Skelton sent Bush multiple questions about the cost and duration of the occupation , noting that he should not "take the first step without considering the last ."
Bush 's decision-making style was based on his gut instincts .58 His snap judgment that somehow Saddam was behind September 11 , or might be behind the next attack on America , remained with him .
-- President George W. Bush , State of the Union , January 29 , 2002 .
Once it became clear that Bush was on a track to war , they sought to find a diplomatic exit or , failing that , to garner international support and create legitimacy for an invasion .
The fact that Saddam "tried to kill -LSB- his -RSB- dad" weighed on Bush 's decision making .
President George W. Bush 's decision to invade Iraq on March 20 , 2003 , was not a blunder on the scale of those of Napoleon , Hitler and Tojo .
Powell also told Bush that the United States would "own" Iraq after an invasion and that it would dominate all other foreign - policy initiatives .
Bush 's decision-making style was based on his gut instincts .
Bush was reelected in November of 2004 as much because of as despite his invasion of Iraq .
Inspections were moving too slowly for the Bush team .
This unfinished business concerned Bush directly .
Bush considered himself to be "the decider ."
In this environment different factors conspired to lead Bush to a decision to pursue an optional war that most Americans believe in retrospect did much more harm than good to their interests .
Bush felt that September 11 was the "Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century ," 59 and that his new and transcending purpose as president was to prevent another , possibly worse , one .60 .
And yet this flawed concept drove the Bush administration to an early and uncoordinated decision for war , brushing aside the need for analysis , distorting intelligence , marginalizing senior officers who raised doubts and neglecting postconflict stabilization requirements .
In March , when the French threatened to veto a second resolution , Bush dropped the effort and gave Saddam a forty-eight-hour ultimatum to leave Iraq .
Bush was quick to reach decisions , and , once reached , he saw change as a sign of weakness .61 After he reached an early decision on war , he was prepared to try a UN resolution , but not change his fundamental course .
Rice was Bush 's closest confidant .
Bush made the case for this during a June 2002 speech at West Point , arguing that the United States could not rely on Cold War concepts such as deterrence and containment to deal with terrorists who are willing to commit suicide for their cause .
During his UN General Assembly speech in September 2002 , Bush tied the doctrine of preemption to Iraq , noting "with every step the Iraqi regime takes towards gaining and deploying the most terrible weapons , our own options to confront that regime will narrow ."
If there was a debate inside the Bush Administration , it was one - sided and muted ."
on the fifth anniversary of U.S. President George W. Bush 's "Mission Accomplished" speech which declared an end to major hostilities in Iraq during a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in Front of the White House in Washington , DC , May 1 , 2008 .
Shortly after the September 11 attacks , Tenet presented Bush with a list of countries malevolent enough to help al Qaeda get a dirty bomb : Iraq was on the top of that list .
That notion had a profound impact on Bush .66 Bush said : "I made my decision -LSB- for war -RSB- based upon enough intelligence to tell me that -LSB- our -RSB- country was threatened with Saddam Hussein in power ."
Bush did not back down from his decision to proceed toward war , but he did agree to give a UN resolution a try .
Even before the inauguration , Cheney asked outgoing Secretary of Defense William Cohen to provide Bush with a briefing focused on Iraq .
It is not clear exactly when Bush decided to invade Iraq .
When the George W. Bush administration entered office , its initial focus was on China and military transformation .
31 On September 17 , Bush told his advisors : "I believe Iraq was involved ."
The fifth was impatience on the part of the Bush team to wait for the results of the arms inspectors who were making progress in Iraq , results that could have obviated the need for war .
A week after the attack , Wolfowitz began sending memos to Rumsfeld making the case for an attack on Iraq .34 Cheney soon began talking about Iraq as a threat to peace .35 Bush told the British prime minister , Tony Blair , in mid-September that Iraq was not the immediate problem .36 But that changed after the fall of Kabul .37 .
That all changed on September 11 , 2001.10 Initially , Bush , Wolfowitz and others thought that Iraq might be behind the attacks .11 So did a large majority of the American people , a belief reinforced by the speculation of administration officials .
It became clear that this was not the case , as Bush finally revealed ,12 but for many this connection stuck .
Bush indicated that as soon as the Taliban were driven from Afghanistan , he would turn his attention to Saddam .13 .
In March of 2002 , Bush informally told a group of senators : "We 're taking him -LSB- Saddam -RSB- out ."
Bureaucratically they formed the leading position within the Bush administration in 2002 , with Cheney dominating the White House and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz controlling Defense .
Cheney had daily contact with Bush and was his closest advisor on national security matters .
The CIA had missed several indications that might have given specific warning about the September 11 attack and was not about to be caught off guard again .15 Because the Bush administration had not acted on more-general intelligence warnings of the al Qaeda threat to the U.S. homeland , it would take any future warning much more seriously .
The intelligence that Bush and others received was based on outdated and incorrect evidence , material from untrustworthy human sources , and worst-case analysis .70 The United States had no reliable intelligence assets in Iraq .71 International WMD inspectors had been kicked out of Iraq since 1998 ; so in that sense Saddam brought this about himself .
On November 21 , 2001 , Bush asked that the war plan for Iraq be secretly updated , which shocked the military .38 By the end of December 2001 , Central Command -LRB- CENTCOM -RRB- Commander Tommy Franks was at the Bush ranch in Crawford , Texas , briefing the President and his national security team on the war plan .39 .
Output: Negative
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paul Bauer ? I sit here writing a letter that I never thought Iâd have to write. On Feb. 13 my husband and Graceâs dad Paul Bauer was violently taken from us. Needless to say our hearts are broken in a million pieces and our lives are forever changed. But thatâs not the reason I am writing.
Paul would have been terribly upset that he inconvenienced so many people with the parking restrictions in our beloved Bridgeport. He would have winced at the thought that the Dan Ryan closed down for the funeral procession. He never wanted to be in the spotlight. He never thought of himself only others.
I want to thank those of you who waited for hours in the cold to attend his wake and funeral. You have no idea how much that meant to us.
I knew Paul Bauer and he was as wonderful as people are saying »
Hundreds gather at Bridgeport church for Cmdr. Paul Bauer 's wake »
| Output: Positive
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Baker Mayfield ? JUST SHORT: Baker Mayfield unable to lead Oklahoma to victory in final game
But things changed radically in the third quarter. Suddenly Georgiaâs defense was dominant. Baker Mayfield felt pressure â and unlike so many games throughout his career was unable to escape it; he was sacked three times in the pivotal third quarter which the Sooners spent bottled up in their own end of the field and threw an interception on the first play of the fourth quarter leading to the Bulldogsâ go-ahead touchdown. Offensively Georgiaâs running game kicked into high gear with Nick Chubb and Sony Michel each scoring touchdowns on long runs.
Although Mayfield tied it with a fantastic drive midway through the fourth quarter â and Oklahoma took the lead on a defensive score â Jake Fromm matched him leading the Bulldogs to the tying score with 55 seconds left.
Georgiaâs freshman quarterback was overshadowed in the run-up to the game by Baker Mayfield the Heisman winner. And he didnât touch the ball on the final play; Sony Michel took a direct snap to the house.
Discombobulated by Oklahoma in the first half Georgia turned things around with a dominant third-quarter performance. Oklahoma led by 14 and got the ball to start the quarter. But Georgia sandwiched a pair of three-and-outs around a 50-yard touchdown run by Nick Chubb then stopped Oklahoma again. Baker Mayfield who was rarely touched in the first half spent the third quarter on his back â including two sacks on consecutive plays to stall one possession. When Mayfield âs third-down pass intended for tight end Mark Andrews sailed high it was an easy interception for safety Dominick Sanders who returned it to the 4.
The rookie head coachâs well-earned reputation as a strategist and playcaller was on full display from the beginning when Baker Mayfield connected with fullback Dimitri Flowers on consecutive plays for 26 and 16 yards. The Sooners mixed runs and passes â and had especially nice calls on third downs including screens to beat blitzes and shallow crossing routes that became long gains. The tour de force came at the end of the first half when on third-and-goal from the 2 Riley dialed up a toss to Flowers going left ⦠that became a reverse to receiver CeeDee Lamb ⦠that finished as a run-pass option for the receiver who lofted an easy touchdown pass to Mayfield in the back corner of the end zone.
Output: | Neutral | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hugo Steven Selva ? And Hugo Steven Selvaâs girlfriend Nicole Marie Novak had a history of drug and burglary convictions records indicate.
Selva was fatally shot by a deputy after he fled a strip mall in Lake Worth where he killed Novak.
In December 2016 Selvaâs grandmother requested a restraining order against her grandson records indicate the Palm Beach Post reported.
Hugo Steven Selva 26 fatally shot his girlfriend Nicole Novak 22 on Thursday in Palm Beach County Florida. Selva was shot by a deputy after a wrong-way chase and crash on Interstate 95. (Facebook)
She claimed he âthreatened to kill me and ( Selva âs sister) on multiple occasions â the court petition shows.
Marilyn Selva said her grandson and his girlfriend usually visited and threatened her when she was alone.
Suspect fatally shoots two including cop before surrendering
In once instance she claims that Selva armed with a butcherâs knife threatened to kill his grandmother his sister and then himself.
âI am in fear for my life as I am 77 years old and have health issues â Marilyn Selva wrote in her petition. â Hugo âs behavior and threats are escalating. He has become more demanding and forceful â she said.
She also alleged he suffered from drug and alcohol problems.
Novak was arrested six times between 2011 and 2012 on charges of drug possession burglary and grand theft records show the Palm Beach Post reported. She served time in prison between January 2014 and May 2016.
Hugo Steven Selva killed his girlfriend in a Florida shopping center parking lot dragged her into his SUV and then drove the wrong-way on a Florida interstate before he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy officials said. (Lannis Waters/AP)
Robert Cecere a Selva family friend said Hugo Selva âwas too smart for school. He was always the funny guy. Good for a laugh. Loved my massage work and always made sure to get a treatment if I was in town â the Palm Beach Post reported.
Selva appears to have been on a shooting spree.
Ex Output:
Negative
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hari Menon ? Investors picked up stakes in BigBasket through secondary share purchases as well chief executive Hari Menon told Reuters on Friday declining to give a breakdown other than to say Alibaba now owns the biggest slice.
BigBasket which sells everything from vegetables to shampoo will use the funds to improve its technology analytics infrastructure and marketing Menon said.
The Bengaluru-headquartered firm which also plans to build farmer networks and expand deeper into Indian cities where they operate expects to break even between 2020 and 2022 Menon added.
BigBasket is planning to sign a deal with Paytm E-Commerce that runs online marketplace Paytm Mall allowing both firms to leverage each others strengths Menon said.
Under the deal which will become effective in the first half of this year Paytm will become the default payments provider to BigBasket while BigBasket will be able to cross-sell groceries on Paytm Mall Menon said.
Ex Output:
Neutral
Ex Input:
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Clarence Thomas ? Jill Abramsonâs hit piece on Clarence Thomas remarkably relies on David Brock and Fred Cooke although Brock himself rebutted Abramsonâs own work on Thomas and has highlighted Cooke as a problematic source. Here are the facts.
Mayer and Abramson have made these accusations on the basis of accounts from sources who tell me they were either flatly misquoted or misrepresented or refused to confirm information attributed to them. The list of these people who say they were misquoted includes the only woman whose allegations against Thomas have not been previously reported â and refuted â in prior books or articles. In addition to relying on fake evidence doctored quotes and unsupported hearsay the book is brimming with anonymous and discreditable sources. Key figures were never interviewed. Where evidence does not fit the authorsâ point it is ignored entirely. And a whole array of alleged facts â small and large â are simply wrong.
The case that Thomas exhibited an interest in pornography after his student days rests on the accounts of two people: Barry Maddox the proprietor of a Washington D.C. video rental shop and Frederick Cooke a Washington attorney. [A third source Kaye Savage who claims to have information linking Thomas to Playboy magazine is discussed later in this review.] Mayer and Abramson write:
âBut the interest in pornography that Thomas first exhibited at Yale apparently continued through the early 1980s when Long Dong Silver was a well-known figure among fans of X-rated movies. According to Barry Maddox the proprietor of Graffiti a video rental and equipment store just off Dupont Circle a few blocks from the EEOCâs headquarters the store began to rent pornographic videos in 1982. Not long afterward Maddox recalled Thomas became a regular customer.â
There are several problems with this account including that the EEOCâs headquarters at 18th and L Streets NW a few blocks south of the Dupont Circle area did not open until August 1989. Thomas worked at that location for only a matter of months and during the entire time he was in the middle of a brutal confirmation fight for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals which he won in March 1990. In the early 1980s when Maddox claims Thomas was a regular customer the EEOCâs headquarters were at Columbia Plaza at 24th and E Streets NW â nowhere near Dupont Circle or Graffiti.
âIt was also in Graffiti that Frederick Douglass Cooke Jr. a Washington attorney and the former D.C. corporation counsel saw Thomas at the cashierâs counter in the late 1980s with another âfreak-of-natureâ kind of film. Cooke thought it pretty amusing to run into the chairman of the EEOC whom he had met once or twice on a social basis standing with a triple X videotape entitled The Adventures of Bad Mama Jama.â
These sentences appear on page 107 of the book where though he is not quoted directly it appears as if Cooke himself has told the authors what he supposedly saw. There is no note indicating otherwise. Not until flipping to a note for page 330 where efforts by Thomas opponents to extract damaging information from Cooke are discussed do we learn âReached on two separate occasions Cooke would neither confirm nor deny the account.â[5.]
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| Positive
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Detailed Instructions: 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].
See one example below:
Problem: 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.
Solution: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity J.C. Caroline ? J.C. Caroline a legendary running back at Illinois who went on to a decorated 10-year career primarily as a defensive back with the Chicago Bears died Friday in Urbana Ill. He was 84.
Caroline is the second member of the 1963 Bears championship team to die this month. Joe Fortunato a linebacker on the title-winning team died Nov. 6. He was 87.
Caroline stands with Red Grange as one of the best running backs to play for the Illini. Caroline led the nation in rushing as a sophomore in 1953 gaining 1 256 yards to set the Big Ten record at the time and helping the Illini to a 7-1-1 record and a share of the conference title. He finished seventh in Heisman Trophy balloting.
Caroline signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL in 1955 and joined the Bears a year later playing primarily defensive back. He was selected to the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 1956 and finished his career with 24 interceptions. He played both ways his first three seasons getting some action as a halfback.
Solution: | Positive | 4 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tom Crean ? Tom Crean was seated in the back of the cafeteria with classic rock playing from the speakers as he huddled with his notes and film on his laptop to prepare for Tuesday nightâs game between Oklahoma and Kansas.
Crean the former Marquette and Indiana head coach is out of coaching for the first time since he entered the profession but he is as attached to the game as ever. Crean said he is learning a fresh perspective as an ESPN analyst and he has received credit for offering keen insight during games.
Crean was fired in March 2017 after his ninth season at Indiana which ended with an 18-16 record. His Hoosiers teams made three Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament but couldnât advance further.
Now Crean spends his time at his home in Florida where his son Riley â a 35th-round draft pick of the White Sox â is playing at IMG Academy and will be eligible for the baseball draft again in June. Crean had time to help his older daughter move to California and rarely misses his younger daughterâs volleyball games. He runs into fellow Florida resident Dick Vitale who âpumps me up.â
And of course Crean is still on the road soaking in college basketball from the media side.
His former Hoosiers team now coached by Archie Miller plays at Illinois on Wednesday.
Hereâs what Crean told the Tribune in a phone interview about a year of transitions and when he would like to get back to coaching:
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mitt Romney ? For his campaign , Romney assembled a veteran group of Republican staffers , consultants , and pollsters .
-LSB- 230 -RSB- -LSB- 245 -RSB- These resources , combined with the mid-year near-collapse of nominal front-runner John McCain 's campaign , made Romney a threat to win the nomination and the focus of the other candidates ' attacks .
-LSB- 246 -RSB- Romney 's staff suffered from internal strife ; the candidate himself was at times indecisive , often asking for more data before making a decision .
During all of his political campaigns , Romney has avoided speaking publicly about Mormon doctrines , referring to the U.S. Constitution 's prohibition of religious tests for public office .
-LSB- 248 -RSB- But persistent questions about the role of religion in Romney 's life , as well as Southern Baptist minister and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee 's rise in the polls based upon an explicitly Christian-themed campaign , led to the December 6 , 2007 , "Faith in America" speech .
-LSB- 249 -RSB- In the speech Romney declared , "I believe in my Mormon faith and endeavor to live by it .
-LSB- 12 -RSB- Romney added that he should neither be elected nor rejected based upon his religion , -LSB- 250 -RSB- and echoed Senator John F. Kennedy 's famous speech during his 1960 presidential campaign in saying , "I will put no doctrine of any church above the plain duties of the office and the sovereign authority of the law ."
Romney became a management consultant and in 1977 secured a position at Bain & Company .
-LSB- 356 -RSB- -LSB- 357 -RSB- That initial debate overshadowed Obama 's improved presentation in the last two debates later in October , and Romney maintained a small advantage in the debates when seen as a whole .
The campaign 's strategy called for winning the initial two contests -- the January 3 , 2008 , Iowa Republican caucuses and the adjacent-to-his-home-state January 8 New Hampshire primary -- and propelling Romney nationally .
After stepping down from Bain Capital and his local leadership role in the LDS Church , Romney ran as the Republican candidate in the 1994 Massachusetts election for U.S. Senate .
-LSB- 238 -RSB- -LSB- 256 -RSB- Romney seemed to approach the campaign as a management consulting exercise , and showed a lack of personal warmth and political feel ; journalist Evan Thomas wrote that Romney "came off as a phony , even when he was perfectly sincere ."
-LSB- 238 -RSB- -LSB- 257 -RSB- The fervor with which Romney adopted his new stances and attitudes contributed to the perception of inauthenticity that hampered the campaign .
-LSB- 62 -RSB- -LSB- 258 -RSB- Romney 's staff would conclude that competing as a candidate of social conservatism and ideological purity rather than of pragmatic competence had been a mistake .
Elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 , Romney helped develop and then signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform legislation , the first of its kind in the nation .
A win by McCain over Huckabee in South Carolina , and by Romney over McCain in childhood-home Michigan , set up a pivotal battle in the Florida primary .
-LSB- 259 -RSB- -LSB- 260 -RSB- Romney campaigned intensively on economic issues and the burgeoning subprime mortgage crisis , while McCain attacked Romney regarding Iraq policy and benefited from endorsements from Florida officeholders .
-LSB- 259 -RSB- -LSB- 260 -RSB- Although many Republican officials were now lining up behind McCain , -LSB- 260 -RSB- Romney persisted through the nationwide Super Tuesday contests on February 5 .
Romney 's considerable net worth , estimated in 2012 at $ 190 -- 250 million , helped finance his political campaigns prior to 2012 .
-LSB- 261 -RSB- Trailing McCain in delegates by a more than two-to-one margin , Romney announced the end of his campaign on February 7 .
Romney was the Republican Party 's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election .
Altogether , Romney had won 11 primaries and caucuses , -LSB- 262 -RSB- receiving about 4.7 million votes -LSB- 263 -RSB- and garnering about 280 delegates .
Romney kept a low profile for a while after the election , but later became more visible politically .
Romney endorsed McCain for president a week later , -LSB- 264 -RSB- and McCain had Romney on a short list for vice presidential running mate , where his business experience would have balanced one of McCain 's weaknesses .
See also : Romney family .
Romney supported the Bush administration 's Troubled Asset Relief Program in response to the late-2000s financial crisis , later saying that it prevented the U.S. financial system from collapsing .
Following the 2008 election , Romney laid the groundwork for a likely 2012 presidential campaign by using his Free and Strong America political action committee -LRB- PAC -RRB- to raise money for other Republican candidates and pay his existing political staff 's salaries and consulting fees .
-LSB- 281 -RSB- -LSB- 283 -RSB- In February 2010 , Romney had a minor altercation with LMFAO member Skyler Gordy , known as Sky Blu , on an airplane flight .
Romney has three older siblings , Margo , Jane , and Scott .
-LSB- 14 -RSB- Romney was referred to as "Billy" until kindergarten , when he expressed a preference for "Mitt" .
Romney and Obama shaking hands .
-LSB- 279 -RSB- Romney maintained his voting registration in Massachusetts , however , and bought a smaller condominium in Belmont during 2010 .
Romney attended public elementary schools until the seventh grade , when he enrolled as one of only a few Mormon students at Cranbrook School , a private upscale boys ' preparatory school a few miles from his home .
Casual photograph of Mitt Romney indoors seated and signing books .
-LSB- 18 -RSB- -LSB- 22 -RSB- Romney took up residence at Cranbrook when his newly elected father began spending most of his time at the state capitol .
-LSB- 287 -RSB- In the book , Romney writes of his belief in American exceptionalism , -LSB- 288 -RSB- and presents his economic and geopolitical views rather than anecdotes about his personal or political life .
At Cranbrook , Romney helped manage the ice hockey team , and he joined the pep squad .
Immediately following the March 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Romney attacked the landmark legislation as "an unconscionable abuse of power" and said the act should be repealed .
-LSB- 18 -RSB- -LSB- 20 -RSB- Romney was involved in several pranks while attending Cranbrook .
-LSB- 291 -RSB- While acknowledging that his plan was an imperfect work in progress , Romney did not back away from it .
In nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Presidential primaries , Romney led or placed in the top three with Palin and Huckabee .
A January 2010 National Journal survey of political insiders found that a majority of Republican insiders and a plurality of Democratic insiders predicted Romney would be the party 's 2012 nominee .
-LSB- 294 -RSB- Romney campaigned heavily for Republican candidates in the 2010 midterm elections , -LSB- 295 -RSB- raising more money than the other prospective 2012 Republican presidential candidates .
Romney attended Stanford University during the 1965-66 academic year .
-LSB- 18 -RSB- As opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War grew , a group staged a May 1966 sit-in at Stanford 's administration building to demonstrate against draft status tests ; Romney joined a counter-protest against that group .
On June 2 , 2011 , Romney formally announced the start of his campaign .
Main article : Mitt Romney presidential campaign , 2012 .
Mitt Romney sitting outdoors during daytime , with crowd behind him holding up blue and white "Romney" signs .
On April 11 , 2011 , Romney announced , via a video taped outdoors at the University of New Hampshire , that he had formed an exploratory committee for a run for the Republican presidential nomination .
-LSB- 11 -RSB- Most individual Mormon missionaries do not gain many converts -LSB- nb 4 -RSB- and Romney was no exception : -LSB- 33 -RSB- he later estimated ten to twenty for his entire mission .
Romney stood to benefit from the Republican electorate 's tendency to nominate candidates who had previously run for president , and thus appeared to be next in line to be chosen .
-LSB- 40 -RSB- When the French expressed opposition to the U.S. role in the Vietnam War , Romney debated them .
-LSB- 297 -RSB- -LSB- 299 -RSB- -LSB- 301 -RSB- As many potential Republican candidates with star power and fundraising ability decided not to run -LRB- including Mike Pence , John Thune , Haley Barbour , Mike Huckabee , and Mitch Daniels -RRB- , Republican party figures searched for plausible alternatives to Romney .
-LSB- nb 6 -RSB- Romney then became co-president of a mission that had become demoralized and disorganized after the May 1968 general strike and student uprisings and the car accident .
-LSB- 41 -RSB- With Romney rallying the others , the mission met its goal of 200 baptisms for the year , the most in a decade .
-LSB- 33 -RSB- -LSB- 42 -RSB- As a result of his experience there , Romney developed a lifelong affection for France and its people and has also remained fluent in French .
Romney raised $ 56 million during 2011 , more than double the amount raised by any of his Republican opponents , -LSB- 306 -RSB- and refrained from spending his own money on the campaign .
At their first meeting following his return , Romney and Ann Davies reconnected and decided to get married .
-LSB- 45 -RSB- Romney began attending Brigham Young University -LRB- BYU -RRB- , where she had been studying .
-LSB- 309 -RSB- Perry and Romney exchanged sharp criticisms of each other during a series of debates among the Republican candidates .
Romney continued to seek support from a wary Republican electorate ; at this point in the race , his poll numbers were relatively flat and at a historically low level for a Republican frontrunner .
-LSB- 311 -RSB- -LSB- 315 -RSB- -LSB- 316 -RSB- After the charges of flip-flopping that marked his 2008 campaign began to accumulate again , Romney declared in November 2011 : "I 've been as consistent as human beings can be ."
-LSB- 317 -RSB- -LSB- 318 -RSB- -LSB- 319 -RSB- In the final month before voting began , Newt Gingrich experienced a significant surge -- taking a solid lead in national polls and most of the early caucus and primary states -LSB- 320 -RSB- -- before settling back into parity or worse with Romney following a barrage of negative ads from Restore Our Future , a pro-Romney Super PAC .
-LSB- 49 -RSB- During the U.S. military draft for the Vietnam War , Romney sought and received two 2-S student deferments , then a 4-D ministerial deferment while living in France as a Mormon missionary .
In the initial contest , the 2012 Iowa caucuses of January 3 , election officials announced Romney as ahead with 25 percent of the vote , edging out a late-gaining Rick Santorum by eight votes -LRB- an also-strong Ron Paul finished third -RRB- .
-LSB- 323 -RSB- A week after the Iowa caucuses , Romney earned a decisive win in the New Hampshire primary with a total of 39 percent of the vote ; Paul finished second and Jon Huntsman , Jr. third .
At culturally conservative BYU , Romney remained isolated from much of the upheaval of that era .
-LSB- 254 -RSB- Huckabee and McCain criticized Romney 's image as a flip flopper -LSB- 254 -RSB- and this label would stick to Romney through the campaign -LSB- 230 -RSB- -LRB- one that Romney rejected as unfair and inaccurate , except for his acknowledged change of mind on abortion -RRB- .
In the run-up to the South Carolina Republican primary , Gingrich launched ads criticizing Romney for causing job losses while at Bain Capital , Perry referred to Romney 's role there as "vulture capitalism" , and Sarah Palin pressed Romney to prove his claim that he created 100,000 jobs during that time .
-LSB- 325 -RSB- -LSB- 326 -RSB- Many conservatives rallied in defense of Romney , rejecting what they inferred as criticism of free-market capitalism .
-LSB- 325 -RSB- During two debates in the state , Romney fumbled questions about releasing his income tax returns , while Gingrich gained support with audience-rousing attacks on the debate moderators .
-LSB- 327 -RSB- -LSB- 328 -RSB- Romney 's double-digit lead in state polls evaporated ; he lost to Gingrich by 13 points in the January 21 primary .
-LSB- 327 -RSB- Combined with the delayed loss in Iowa , Romney 's admitted poor week represented a lost chance to end the race early , and he quickly decided to release two years of his tax returns .
-LSB- 327 -RSB- -LSB- 329 -RSB- The race turned to the Florida Republican primary , where in debates , appearances , and advertisements , Romney launched a sustained barrage against Gingrich 's past record and associations and current electability .
Benjamin -LRB- 1978 -RRB- and Craig -LRB- 1981 -RRB- would arrive later , after Romney had begun his career .
Mitt Romney wanted to pursue a business career , but his father advised him that a law degree would be valuable to his career even if he never practiced law .
Several caucuses and primaries took place during February , and Santorum won three in a single night early in the month , propelling him into the lead in national and some state polls and positioning him as Romney 's chief rival .
-LSB- 333 -RSB- Days later , Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he had been a "severely conservative governor" -LSB- 334 -RSB- -LRB- while during his term in 2005 he had maintained that his positions were moderate and characterized reports that he was shifting to the right to attract conservative votes a media distortion -RRB- .
-LSB- 335 -RSB- Romney won the other five February contests , including a closely fought one in his home state of Michigan at the end of the month .
-LSB- 291 -RSB- The antipathy Republicans felt for it created a potential problem for the former governor , since the new federal law was in many ways similar to the Massachusetts health care reform passed during Romney 's gubernatorial tenure ; as one Associated Press article stated , "Obamacare ... looks a lot like Romneycare ."
-LSB- 338 -RSB- Romney maintained his delegate margin through subsequent contests , -LSB- 339 -RSB- and Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10 .
-LSB- 340 -RSB- Following a sweep of five more contests on April 24 , the Republican National Committee put its resources to work for Romney as the party 's presumptive nominee .
-LSB- 341 -RSB- Romney clinched a majority of the delegates with a win in the Texas primary on May 29 .
Main article : Business career of Mitt Romney .
Recruited by several firms in 1975 , Romney joined the Boston Consulting Group -LRB- BCG -RRB- , reasoning that working as a management consultant for a variety of companies would better prepare him for a future position as a chief executive .
-LSB- 343 -RSB- A related issue dealt with Romney 's purported responsibility for actions at Bain Capital after taking the Olympics post .
-LSB- 98 -RSB- -LSB- 100 -RSB- Romney faced demands from Democrats to release additional years of his tax returns , an action a number of Republicans also felt would be wise ; after being adamant that he would not do that , he released summaries of them in late September .
-LSB- 110 -RSB- -LSB- 344 -RSB- During May and June , the Obama campaign spent heavily and was able to paint a negative image of Romney in voters ' minds before the Romney campaign could construct a positive one .
In July 2012 , Romney visited the United Kingdom , Israel , and Poland , meeting leaders in an effort to raise his credibility as a world statesman .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 62 -RSB- -LSB- 65 -RSB- Bain himself would later say of the thirty-year-old Romney , "He had the appearance -LSB- sic -RSB- of confidence of a guy who was maybe ten years older ."
-LSB- 347 -RSB- -LSB- 348 -RSB- Israeli Prime Minister -LRB- and former BCG colleague -RRB- Benjamin Netanyahu , embraced Romney , though some Palestinians criticized him for suggesting that Israel 's culture led to their greater economic success .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 62 -RSB- Romney became a vice-president of the firm in 1978 , -LSB- 15 -RSB- working with such clients as the Monsanto Company , Outboard Marine Corporation , Burlington Industries , and Corning Incorporated .
-LSB- 448 -RSB- In February 2017 , Romney stated that Trump is "off to a very strong start" in fulfilling his campaign promises , although he has "no regrets" about his anti-Trump speech .
On August 11 , 2012 , the Romney campaign announced the selection of Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice-presidential running mate .
On August 28 , 2012 , the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa , Florida , officially nominated Romney as their candidate for the presidency .
-LSB- 351 -RSB- Romney became the first Mormon to be a major-party presidential nominee .
Two family incidents during this time later surfaced during Romney 's political campaigns .
-LSB- 68 -RSB- -LSB- 69 -RSB- A state park ranger in 1981 told Romney his motorboat had an insufficiently visible license number and that he would face a $ 50 fine if he took the boat onto the lake .
Disagreeing about the license and wanting to continue a family outing , Romney took it out anyway , saying he would pay the fine .
Romney went on to say : "And so my job is not to worry about those people .
-LSB- 47 -RSB- The dog incident in particular later became fodder for Romney 's critics and political opponents .
County-by-county results of the election , shaded by percentage won : Obama in blue , Romney in red .
Media figures and political analysts widely viewed Romney as having delivered a stronger and more focused presentation than did President Obama .
In 1984 , Romney left Bain & Company to cofound the spin-off private equity investment firm , Bain Capital .
-LSB- 72 -RSB- He had initially refrained from accepting Bill Bain 's offer to head the new venture , until Bain rearranged the terms in a complicated partnership structure so that there was no financial or professional risk to Romney .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 66 -RSB- -LSB- 73 -RSB- Bain and Romney raised the $ 37 million in funds needed to start the new operation , which had seven employees .
-LSB- 59 -RSB- -LSB- 74 -RSB- Romney held the titles of president -LSB- 75 -RSB- and managing general partner .
-LSB- 359 -RSB- Romney garnered 206 electoral college votes to Obama 's 332 , losing all but one of nine battleground states , and 47 percent of the nationwide popular vote to Obama 's 51 percent .
-LSB- 360 -RSB- -LSB- 361 -RSB- Media accounts described Romney as "shellshocked" by the result .
-LSB- 362 -RSB- But Romney 's get out the vote operation had been inferior to Obama 's , both in person-to-person organization and in voter modeling and outreach technology -LSB- 363 -RSB- -LRB- the latter exemplified by the failure of the Project Orca application -RRB- .
Romney set up a system in which any partner could veto one of these potential opportunities , and he personally saw so many weaknesses that few venture capital investments were approved in the initial two years .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- The firm 's first significant success was a 1986 investment to help start Staples Inc. , after founder Thomas G. Stemberg convinced Romney of the market size for office supplies and Romney convinced others ; Bain Capital eventually reaped a nearly sevenfold return on its investment , and Romney sat on the Staples board of directors for over a decade .
-LSB- 364 -RSB- Reflecting on his defeat during a conference call to hundreds of fundraisers and donors a week after the election , Romney attributed the outcome to Obama 's having secured the votes of specific interest groups , including African Americans , Hispanic Americans , young people , and women , by offering them what Romney called "extraordinary financial gifts ."
Romney soon switched Bain Capital 's focus from startups to the relatively new business of leveraged buyouts : buying existing companies with money mostly borrowed from banking institutions using the newly bought companies ' assets as collateral , then taking steps to improve the companies ' value , and finally selling those companies once their value peaked , usually within a few years .
See also : Issues and positions throughout Romney 's political career .
Romney discovered few investment opportunities himself -LRB- and those that he did , often failed to make money for the firm -RRB- .
Romney meeting with President Obama after the 2012 presidential election .
-LSB- 84 -RSB- Within Bain Capital , Romney spread profits from deals widely within the firm to keep people motivated , often keeping less than ten percent for himself .
-LSB- 85 -RSB- Data-driven , Romney often played the role of a devil 's advocate during exhaustive analysis of whether to go forward with a deal .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- Romney served on the board of directors of Damon Corporation , a medical testing company later found guilty of defrauding the government ; Bain Capital tripled its investment before selling off the company , and the fraud was discovered by the new owners -LRB- Romney was never implicated -RRB- .
-LSB- 56 -RSB- In some cases , Romney had little involvement with a company once Bain Capital acquired it .
Romney pledged to lead an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -LRB- "Obamacare" -RRB- and replace it with a system that gives states more control over Medicaid and makes health insurance premiums tax-advantaged for individuals in the same way they are for businesses .
-LSB- 429 -RSB- Romney publicly criticized Trump for not releasing his taxes , saying there might be a "bombshell" in them .
-LSB- 86 -RSB- Referring to the layoffs that sometimes occurred , Romney said in 2007 : "Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient .
Romney opposed the use of mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions to deal with global warming .
In 1990 , facing financial collapse , Bain & Company asked Romney to return .
Romney labeled Russia as America 's "number one geopolitical foe" , -LSB- 384 -RSB- and asserted that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability should be America 's "highest national security priority" .
-LSB- 385 -RSB- Romney stated his strong support for Israel .
In addition to calling for cuts in federal government spending to help reduce the national debt , -LSB- 370 -RSB- Romney proposed measures intended to limit the growth of entitlement programs , such as introducing means testing and gradually raising the eligibility ages for receipt of Social Security and Medicare .
-LSB- 387 -RSB- Romney supported the Patriot Act , -LSB- 388 -RSB- the continued operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp , and use of enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists .
Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital from November 1993 to November 1994 to run for the U.S. Senate .
-LSB- 47 -RSB- -LSB- 93 -RSB- During that time , Ampad workers went on strike and asked Romney to intervene .
Against the advice of Bain Capital lawyers , Romney met the strikers , but told them he had no position of active authority in the matter .
Since 2005 , Romney described himself as "pro-life" .
-LSB- 392 -RSB- -LSB- nb 10 -RSB- -LSB- nb 14 -RSB- During his 1994 campaign for the senate , Romney had said , "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country ," a stance he reiterated during his 2002 campaign for governor .
-LSB- 137 -RSB- -LSB- 395 -RSB- While Romney would prefer to see passage of a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion , he did not believe the public would support such an amendment ; -LSB- 396 -RSB- as an alternative , he promised to nominate Supreme Court justices who would help overturn Roe v. Wade , allowing each state to decide on the legality of abortion .
Starting in February 1999 , Romney took a paid leave of absence from Bain Capital in order to serve as the president and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee .
-LSB- 97 -RSB- -LSB- 98 -RSB- Billed in some public statements as keeping a part-time role , -LSB- 97 -RSB- -LSB- 99 -RSB- Romney remained the firm 's sole shareholder , managing director , CEO , and president , signing corporate and legal documents , attending to his interests within the firm , and conducting prolonged negotiations for the terms of his departure .
In August 2001 , Romney announced that he would not return to Bain Capital .
During the first year following the election defeat , Romney generally kept a low profile , -LSB- 401 -RSB- with his ordinary daily activities around San Diego being captured via social media glimpses .
-LSB- 403 -RSB- In March 2013 , Romney gave a reflective interview on Fox News Sunday , stating , "It kills me not to be there , not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done" .
-LSB- 406 -RSB- -RRB- Romney began working as executive partner group chairman for Solamere Capital , a private capital firm in Boston owned by his son Tagg .
As a result of his business career , Romney and his wife had a net worth of between $ 190 and $ 250 million , -LSB- 2 -RSB- -LSB- 103 -RSB- including their retirement account , worth between $ 20 and $ 100 million .
-LSB- 107 -RSB- -LSB- 108 -RSB- In 2010 , Romney and his wife received about $ 22 million in income , almost all of it from investments such as dividends , capital gains , and carried interest ; and they paid about $ 3 million in federal income taxes , for an effective tax rate of 14 percent .
-LSB- 407 -RSB- -LSB- 410 -RSB- In addition , Romney and his siblings continue to own a cottage in the gated community called Beach O ' Pines located south of Grand Bend , Ontario , which has been in the family for more than sixty years .
Romney has tithed to the LDS Church regularly , and donated generously to LDS Church-owned BYU .
-LSB- 409 -RSB- The 2014 documentary film Mitt showed a behind-the-scenes , family-based perspective on both of Romney 's presidential campaigns and received positive notices for humanizing the candidate and illustrating the toll that campaigning takes .
-LSB- 109 -RSB- The Romney family 's Tyler Charitable Foundation gave out about $ 650,000 in that year , some of which went to organizations that fight diseases .
-LSB- 342 -RSB- Negative ads from both sides dominated the campaign , with Obama 's proclaiming that Romney shipped jobs overseas while at Bain Capital and kept money in offshore tax havens and Swiss bank accounts .
Romney himself thought he might be branded a "loser for life" and fade into an obscurity like Michael Dukakis -LSB- 406 -RSB- -LRB- a similar figure with no obvious base of political support who had lost what his party considered a winnable presidential election -RRB- -LSB- 414 -RSB- but , to the surprise of many political observers , that did not happen .
-LSB- 415 -RSB- Romney re-emerged onto the political scene in the run-up to the 2014 U.S. midterm elections , endorsing , campaigning , and fundraising for a number of Republican candidates , especially those running for the U.S. Senate .
During his business career , Romney held several positions in the local lay clergy .
-LSB- 330 -RSB- -LSB- 331 -RSB- Romney enjoyed a large spending advantage from both his campaign and his aligned Super PAC , and after a record-breaking rate of negative ads from both sides , Romney won Florida on January 31 , gaining 46 percent of the vote to Gingrich 's 32 percent .
-LSB- 413 -RSB- Regarding such a possibility , Romney at first responded , "Oh , no , no , no .
From 1986 to 1994 , Romney presided over the Boston Stake , which included more than a dozen wards in eastern Massachusetts and almost 4,000 church members .
-LSB- 419 -RSB- A poll conducted in July 2014 by CNN showed Romney with a 53 to 44 lead over Obama in a hypothetical election "redo ."
-LSB- 420 -RSB- -LSB- 421 -RSB- By early 2015 , Romney was actively considering the idea and contacting his network of supporters .
-LSB- 422 -RSB- -LSB- 423 -RSB- In doing so he was positioning himself in the invisible primary -- the preliminary jockeying for the backing of party leaders , donors , and political operatives -- against former Florida governor Jeb Bush , who had already set a likely campaign in motion and would be a rival to Romney for establishment Republican support .
-LSB- 423 -RSB- -LSB- 424 -RSB- Despite support in some quarters for a third bid for the presidency , there was a backlash against him from conservatives who wanted a fresher face without a history of presidential losses , -LSB- 425 -RSB- and many of Romney 's past donors were not willing to commit to him again .
-LSB- 426 -RSB- Romney announced on January 30 , 2015 that he would not run for president in 2016 , saying that while he thought he could win the nomination , "one of our next generation of Republican leaders" would be better positioned to win the general election .
Romney took a hands-on role in the Belmont Stake 's matters , helping in domestic maintenance efforts , visiting the sick , and counseling burdened church members .
As the Republican presidential nomination race went into the primaries season , Romney had not endorsed anyone but was one of the Republican establishment figures who were becoming increasingly concerned about the front-runner status of New York businessman Donald Trump .
-LSB- 115 -RSB- Romney tried to balance the conservative directives from church leadership in Utah with the desire of some Massachusetts members to have a more flexible application of religious doctrine .
-LSB- 430 -RSB- Trump responded by calling Romney "one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics ."
-LSB- 429 -RSB- Then Romney gave a speech on March 3 , 2016 , at the Hinckley Institute of Politics , that represented a scathing attack on Trump 's personal behavior , business performance , and domestic and foreign policy stances .
-LSB- 67 -RSB- Romney later said that the years spent as an LDS minister gave him direct exposure to people struggling financially and empathy for those with family problems .
-LSB- 431 -RSB- -LSB- 432 -RSB- In response Trump dismissed Romney as a "choke artist" .
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan seen in medium distance on an outdoor stage , with large crowd around them .
-LSB- 432 -RSB- -LSB- 433 -RSB- -LSB- 434 -RSB- Romney encouraged Republicans to engage in tactical voting , by supporting whichever of the remaining rivals had the best chance to beat Trump in any given state , -LSB- 435 -RSB- and as such Romney announced he was voting for , although not endorsing , Ted Cruz for president prior to the March 22 Utah caucus .
Romney then announced that he would not support Trump in the general election , saying , "I am dismayed at where we are now , I wish we had better choices" .
-LSB- 432 -RSB- Romney 's speech represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party 's most recent presidential nominee against the party 's current front-runner for the nomination .
For much of his business career , Romney did not take public , political stances .
In June , Romney said that he would not vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton either , saying : "It 's a matter of personal conscience .
-LSB- 440 -RSB- When pressed on who of Trump and Clinton was more qualified to be President , Romney quoted P. J. O'Rourke : "Hillary Clinton is wrong on every issue , but she 's wrong within the normal parameters ."
By 1993 , Romney had begun thinking about entering politics , partly based upon Ann 's urging and partly to follow in his father 's footsteps .
-LSB- 441 -RSB- In September he called for Johnson to be included in the presidential debates -LSB- 442 -RSB- and in October it emerged that Independent candidate Evan McMullin was using an email list of 2.5 million Romney supporters to raise money .
-LSB- 443 -RSB- McMullin 's chief strategist said that it was purchased from Romney for President and that "we 'll let other folks discuss what that may mean and certainly never speak for -LSB- Romney -RSB-" .
-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 124 -RSB- -LSB- 125 -RSB- Romney changed his affiliation to Republican in October 1993 and formally announced his candidacy in February 1994 .
-LSB- 47 -RSB- In addition to his leave from Bain Capital , Romney als stepped down from his church leadership role in 1994 .
-LSB- 444 -RSB- After Trump won the election , Romney congratulated him via phone call and on Twitter .
-LSB- 445 -RSB- On November 19 , Romney met with the President-elect at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster , New Jersey , reportedly to discuss the position of Secretary of State , -LSB- 446 -RSB- -LSB- 447 -RSB- a position which ultimately went to Rex Tillerson .
Radio personality Janet Jeghelian took an early lead in polls among candidates for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat , but Romney proved the most effective fundraiser .
-LSB- 128 -RSB- Romney defeated Lakian in the September 1994 primary with more than 80 percent of the vote .
In September 2017 press reports said that should U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch retire , Romney would run in Utah for that seat in 2018 .
-LSB- 123 -RSB- The younger , telegenic , and well-funded Romney ran as a businessman who stated he had created ten thousand jobs and as a Washington outsider with a solid family image and moderate stances on social issues .
-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 130 -RSB- When Kennedy tried to tie Romney 's policies to those of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush , Romney responded , "Look , I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush .
-LSB- 131 -RSB- Romney stated , "Ultimately , this is a campaign about change ."
Romney has received a number of honorary doctorates , including in business from the University of Utah in 1999 , -LSB- 451 -RSB- in law from Bentley College in 2002 , -LSB- 452 -RSB- in public administration from Suffolk University Law School in 2004 , -LSB- 453 -RSB- in public service from Hillsdale College in 2007 , -LSB- 454 -RSB- and in humanities from Liberty University in 2012 .
Romney 's campaign was effective in portraying Kennedy as soft on crime , but had trouble establishing its own consistent positions .
-LSB- 336 -RSB- -LSB- 337 -RSB- In the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses of March 6 , Romney won six of ten contests , including a narrow victory in Ohio over a vastly outspent Santorum .
-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 134 -RSB- -LSB- 135 -RSB- Kennedy responded with a series of ads that focused on Romney 's seemingly shifting political views on issues such as abortion ; -LSB- 136 -RSB- Romney responded by stating , "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country ."
-LSB- 137 -RSB- Other Kennedy ads centered on layoffs of workers at the Ampad plant owned by Romney 's Bain Capital .
-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 138 -RSB- The latter was effective in blunting Romney 's momentum .
-LSB- 81 -RSB- Kennedy and Romney held a widely watched late-October debate that had no clear winner , but by then , Kennedy had pulled ahead in polls and stayed ahead afterward .
-LSB- 139 -RSB- Romney spent $ 3 million of his own money in the race and more than $ 7 million overall .
-LSB- 140 -RSB- -LSB- nb 11 -RSB- In the November general election , despite a disastrous showing for Democrats nationwide , Kennedy won the election with 58 percent of the vote to Romney 's 41 percent , -LSB- 56 -RSB- the smallest margin in any of Kennedy 's re-election campaigns for the Senate .
The day after the election , Romney returned to Bain Capital , but the loss had a lasting effect ; he told his brother , "I never want to run for something again unless I can win ."
Romney felt restless as the decade neared a close ; the goal of simply making more money held little attraction for him .
-LSB- 462 -RSB- In 2012 , Time magazine included Romney in their List of The 100 Most Influential People in the World .
-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 146 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- On February 11 , 1999 , the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 hired Romney as its president and CEO .
Photograph of Romney standing with microphone in middle of curling lanes .
Before Romney took over , the event was $ 379 million short of its revenue goals .
They chose Romney based on his business and legal expertise as well as his connections to both the LDS Church and the state .
-LSB- 39 -RSB- Romney donated to charity the $ 1.4 million in salary and severance payments he received for his three years as president and CEO , and also contributed $ 1 million to the Olympics .
Romney restructured the organization 's leadership and policies .
Romney said that he would appoint federal judges in the mold of U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts , Clarence Thomas , Antonin Scalia , and Samuel Alito .
-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- Romney worked to ensure the safety of the Games following the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks by coordinating a $ 300 million security budget .
-LSB- 148 -RSB- The federal government provided approximately $ 400 million -LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 153 -RSB- -LSB- 154 -RSB- to $ 600 million -LSB- 155 -RSB- -LSB- 156 -RSB- of that budget , much of it a result of Romney 's having aggressively lobbied Congress and federal agencies .
Romney emerged as the local public face of the Olympic effort , appearing in photographs , in news stories , on collectible Olympics pins depicting Romney wrapped by an American flag , and on buttons carrying phrases like "Hey , Mitt , we love you !"
-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 159 -RSB- Robert H. Garff , the chair of the organizing committee , later said "It was obvious that he had an agenda larger than just the Olympics ," -LSB- 144 -RSB- and that Romney wanted to use the Olympics to propel himself into the national spotlight and a political career .
-LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 160 -RSB- Garff believed the initial budget situation was not as bad as Romney portrayed , given there were still three years to reorganize .
-LSB- 147 -RSB- Olympics critic Steve Pace , who led Utahns for Responsible Public Spending , thought Romney exaggerated the initial fiscal state to lay the groundwork for a well-publicized rescue .
-LSB- 160 -RSB- Kenneth Bullock , another board member of the organizing committee and also head of the Utah League of Cities and Towns , often clashed with Romney at the time , and later said that Romney deserved some credit for the turnaround but not as much as he claimed .
By early 2014 , the lack of a clear mainstream Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election led some supporters , donors , and pollsters to suggest Romney stage a third run .
-LSB- 161 -RSB- President George W. Bush praised Romney 's efforts and 87 percent of Utahns approved of his performance as Olympics head .
-LSB- 62 -RSB- U.S. Olympic Committee head William Hybl credited Romney with an extraordinary effort in overcoming a difficult time for the Olympics , culminating in "the greatest Winter Games I have ever seen" .
-LSB- 147 -RSB- Romney wrote a book about his experience titled Turnaround : Crisis , Leadership , and the Olympic Games , published in 2004 .
The role gave Romney experience in dealing with federal , state , and local entities , a public persona he had previously lacked , and the chance to relaunch his political aspirations .
-LSB- 296 -RSB- Beginning in early 2011 , Romney presented a more relaxed visual image , including more casual attire .
-LSB- 162 -RSB- -LSB- 165 -RSB- Prominent party figures -- as well as the White House -- wanted Romney to run for governor -LSB- 166 -RSB- -LSB- 167 -RSB- and the opportunity appealed to him for reasons including its national visibility .
-LSB- 168 -RSB- A poll by the Boston Herald showed Republicans favoring Romney over Swift by more than 50 percentage points .
-LSB- 169 -RSB- On March 19 , 2002 , Swift announced she would not seek her party 's nomination , and hours later Romney declared his candidacy , -LSB- 169 -RSB- for which he would face no opposition in the primary .
-LSB- 170 -RSB- In June 2002 , the Massachusetts Democratic Party challenged Romney 's eligibility to run for governor , noting that state law required seven years ' consecutive residence and that Romney had filed his state tax returns as a Utah resident in 1999 and 2000 .
Romney again ran as a political outsider .
-LSB- 413 -RSB- Nevertheless , speculation continued : the continuing unpopularity of Obama led to buyer 's remorse among some voters ; the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine made Romney 's "No. 1 geopolitical foe" remark look prescient ; and an August 2014 poll of Iowan Republicans showed Romney with a large lead there over other potential 2016 candidates .
Romney released his book , No Apology : The Case for American Greatness , in March 2010 , and undertook an 18-state book tour to promote the work .
In an attempt to overcome the image that had damaged him in the 1994 Senate race -- that of a wealthy corporate buyout specialist out of touch with the needs of regular people -- the campaign staged a series of "work days" , in which Romney performed blue-collar jobs such as herding cows and baling hay , unloading a fishing boat , and hauling garbage .
-LSB- 346 -RSB- Comments Romney made about the readiness of the 2012 Summer Olympics were perceived as undiplomatic by the British press .
-LSB- 180 -RSB- O'Brien said that Romney 's budget plans were unrealistic ; the two also differed on capital punishment and bilingual education , with Romney supporting the former and opposing the latter .
-LSB- 356 -RSB- Exit polls published following the election showed that voters never saw Romney as someone who cared about people like them .
During the election , Romney contributed more than $ 6 million -- a state record at the time -- to the nearly $ 10 million raised for his campaign overall .
Main article : Governorship of Mitt Romney .
The swearing in of Romney as the 70th governor of Massachusetts took place on January 2 , 2003 .
-LSB- 290 -RSB- Romney donated his earnings from the book to charity .
-LSB- 189 -RSB- -LSB- 190 -RSB- Through a combination of spending cuts , increased fees , and removal of corporate tax loopholes , -LSB- 189 -RSB- the state achieved surpluses of around $ 600 -- 700 million during Romney 's last two full fiscal years in office , although it began running deficits again after that .
Mitt Romney resting on a wooden desk , flanked by an American flag , a picture of his wife , a lamp , and a painting of mountains .
Romney supported raising various fees , including those for drivers ' licenses and gun licenses , to raise more than $ 300 million .
-LSB- 189 -RSB- Romney also closed tax loopholes that brought in another $ 181 million from businesses over the next two years and over $ 300 million for his term .
-LSB- 388 -RSB- Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions , although he favored domestic partnership legislation that gives certain legal rights to same-sex couples , such as hospital visitation .
-LSB- 174 -RSB- -LSB- 189 -RSB- Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget ; a heavily Democratic legislature overrode all the vetoes .
-LSB- 174 -RSB- -LSB- 189 -RSB- The combined state and local tax burden in Massachusetts increased during Romney 's governorship .
Romney sought to bring near-universal health insurance coverage to the state .
-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- Although the idea of universal health insurance had not come to the fore during the campaign , Romney decided that because people without insurance still received expensive health care , the money spent by the state for such care could be better used to subsidize insurance for the poor .
Determined that a new Massachusetts health insurance measure not raise taxes or resemble the previous decade 's failed "Hillarycare" proposal at the federal level , Romney formed a team of consultants from diverse political backgrounds to apply those principles .
-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 187 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- In particular , Romney pushed for incorporating an individual mandate at the state level .
-LSB- 21 -RSB- Past rival Ted Kennedy , who had made universal health coverage his life 's work and who , over time , had developed a warm relationship with Romney , -LSB- 202 -RSB- gave the plan a positive reception , which encouraged Democratic legislators to cooperate .
-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- The effort eventually gained the support of all major stakeholders within the state , and Romney helped break a logjam between rival Democratic leaders in the legislature .
-LSB- 206 -RSB- The law was the first of its kind in the nation and became the signature achievement of Romney 's term in office .
At the beginning of his governorship , Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions , but advocated tolerance and supported some domestic partnership benefits .
-LSB- 210 -RSB- Romney reluctantly backed a state constitutional amendment in February 2004 that would have banned those marriages but still allowed civil unions , viewing it as the only feasible way to accomplish the former .
-LSB- 208 -RSB- -LSB- 211 -RSB- In June 2005 , Romney abandoned his support for the compromise amendment , stating that it confused voters who opposed both same-sex marriage and civil unions .
In mid-September , a video surfaced of Romney speaking before a group of supporters in which he stated that 47 percent of the nation pays no income tax , are dependent on the federal government , see themselves as victims , and will support President Obama unconditionally .
In 2005 , Romney revealed a change of view regarding abortion , moving from the pro-choice positions expressed during his 1994 and 2002 campaigns to a pro-life one in opposition to Roe v. Wade .
-LSB- 176 -RSB- Romney attributed his conversion to an interaction with Harvard University biologist Douglas Melton , an expert on embryonic stem cell biology , although Melton vehemently disputed Romney 's recollection of their conversation .
-LSB- 214 -RSB- Romney subsequently vetoed a bill on pro-life grounds that expanded access to emergency contraception in hospitals and pharmacies -LRB- the legislature overrode the veto -RRB- .
Romney used a bully pulpit approach towards promoting his agenda , staging well-organized media events to appeal directly to the public rather than pushing his proposals in behind-doors sessions with the state legislature .
-LSB- 176 -RSB- After two years of negotiating the state 's participation in the landmark Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that instituted a cap-and-trade arrangement for power plant emissions in the Northeast , Romney pulled Massachusetts out of the initiative shortly before its signing in December 2005 , citing a lack of cost limits for industry .
During 2004 , Romney spent considerable effort trying to bolster the state Republican Party , but it failed to gain any seats in the state legislative elections that year .
-LSB- 218 -RSB- Midway through his term , Romney decided that he wanted to stage a full-time run for president , -LSB- 219 -RSB- and on December 14 , 2005 , announced that he would not seek re-election for a second term .
-LSB- 220 -RSB- As chair of the Republican Governors Association , Romney traveled around the country , meeting prominent Republicans and building a national political network ; -LSB- 219 -RSB- he spent all , or parts of , more than 200 days out of state during 2006 , preparing for his run .
-LSB- 443 -RSB- A spokeswoman for Romney said that the list had been "rented by several political candidates in the presidential primary , and by countless other political and commercial users in the time since the 2012 campaign" -LSB- 443 -RSB- and Romney made no public comment on McMullin 's candidacy .
-LSB- 222 -RSB- -LSB- 223 -RSB- Romney 's approval rating stood at 34 percent in November 2006 , ranking 48th of the 50 U.S. governors .
-LSB- 224 -RSB- Dissatisfaction with Romney 's administration and the weak condition of the Republican state party were among several factors contributing to Democrat Deval Patrick 's 20-point win over Republican Kerry Healey , Romney 's lieutenant governor , in the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election .
Romney filed to register a presidential campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission on his penultimate day in office as governor .
Main article : Mitt Romney presidential campaign , 2008 .
Romney formally announced his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for president on February 13 , 2007 , in Dearborn , Michigan .
Mitt Romney addressing an audience from atop a stage .
The campaign emphasized Romney 's highly profitable career in the business world and his stewardship of the Olympics .
-LSB- 238 -RSB- Media stories referred to the 6-foot-2-inch -LRB- 1.88 m -RRB- Romney as handsome .
Romney 's liabilities included having run for senator and serving as governor in one of the nation 's most liberal states and having taken positions in opposition to the party 's conservative base during that time .
People magazine included Romney in its 50 Most Beautiful People list for 2002 , -LSB- 460 -RSB- and in 2004 , a foundation that promotes the Olympic truce , gave him its inaugural Truce Ideal Award .
-LSB- 219 -RSB- -LSB- 230 -RSB- -LSB- 237 -RSB- Skeptics , including some Republicans , charged Romney with opportunism and a lack of core principles .
-LSB- 444 -RSB- Romney and his wife cast early ballots in Utah , but he declined to say who he voted for .
SOLUTION: Neutral
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Gerson ? NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's "Firing Line " which aired from 1966 to 1999.
The hosts plan to interview two guests each show hoping for an in-depth discussion on issues and their formative political experiences. No guests have been announced yet but Gerson said he 'd like to discuss issues like race gun control and whether conservatism is the right message for the working class.
"I find when I go around the country that there is actually a hunger for serious civil dialogue as an alternative to the bitterness of our civic discourse " Gerson said.
Gerson is known to the PBS audience as a frequent guest on "NewsHour." Holmes worked on MSNBC and on Glenn Beck's media company The Blaze.
Although the show is beginning at a time of Republican dominance in both the White House and Congress Gerson has often found himself at odds with President Donald Trump. He said Holmes more often takes the president's side or acts as the "anti-anti-Trump."
"I think the Trump era has been a very difficult time for traditional conservative discourse " he said. "I think a lot of institutions and places have been co-opted in this era. I view conservatism not only as a belief but a state of mind a respect for tradition but also a respect for facts."
SOLUTION: | Positive
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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].
One 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.
Solution is here: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Fox ? Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox 's studio assets brings clarity to an industry facing a change in consumer habits. Disney is paying a steep price-- Fox shareholders will receive 0.2745 DIS shares for each FOXA share and control about 25% of the combined company--with the acquired businesses carrying an equity value of $52 billion and an enterprise value of $66 billion.
As a studio Fox is in a clear slump and it is difficult to see the Fox content moving the needle on filmed entertainment at the new Disney. Disney is about to release The Last Jedi a surefire hit that I believe will outshine its predecessor The Force Awakens as the top-selling movie in terms of all-time global box office receipts. In contrast Fox has been unable to produce hits recently with none of its films featuring in the 2017 global box office top 10 (Logan is currently #11.) It is clear that Disney CEO Bob Iger is looking for quantity over quality.
That's the key factor: As Disney looks to launch its own over-the-top network in 2019 having a critical mass of popular franchises is key. After the deal closes Disney will control movie franchises such as Avatar X-Men Deadpool and the Fantastic Four. Just as importantly Disney gains control of Fox 's TV studios which created The Simpsons and Modern Family.
So that's the calculus here. The deal is clearly dilutive to DIS shareholders in the short-term. Disney's press release included management's forecast that the purchase of Fox assets will be "accretive to earnings before the impact of purchase accounting for the second fiscal year after the close of the transaction."
When there are that many weasel words in a guidance paragraph an analyst knows that management is not confident on the financials of the acquired company. Also Disney's projection of "at least $2 billion" in cost savings from the Fox deal tellingly does not include a time-frame. I think that's a stretch. If anything I believe Disney will likely end up spending incremental dollars not saving them to try and grow the Sky and Star India businesses that were languishing in the Fox corporate family.
Obviously though for Disney this deal is about assets not earnings per share. Currently there are five major studios globally with Lionsgate and Paramount occupying what I would classify as strong second-tier positions. After this deal obviously there will only be four first-time filed entertainment providers and Warner Brothers Universal and Sony/Columbia will have to deal with an Evil Empire that will eventually control its own version of a Death Star a direct-to-consumer network.
So Netflix's dominance is challenged and I believe that Netflix is the big loser in the Disney-Fox deal . At 17.2x analyst consensus for 2018 EPS Disney shares are not particularly expensive. Finally clinching the Fox deal (actual closure is expected by June 30th 2018) will allow Disney management to shift shareholder focus from the sinking ship that is ESPN to the high-quality stable of filmed entertainment properties that are controlled by the combined entity. Content is still king.
Solution: | Positive | 6 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chris Christie ? Chris Christie then the governor of New Jersey reacts to a question during a 2013 news conference in Trenton N.J. (Mel Evans/AP)
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has signed on to be an occasional contributor to ABC News according to NJ.com.
His hiring will be announced Tuesday on âGood Morning Americaâ during the showâs 7 a.m. hour reported NJ.com which cited sources familiar with the plan but who wish to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak publicly. The networkâs decision comes two weeks after the Republican governor left office on Jan. 16.
Christie was reportedly chosen because of his friendly relationship with President Trump and members of his administration. Christieâs ties to Trump could prove useful to the network as it prepares to cover midterm elections beginning March 6 in Texas and ending Sept. 18 in Massachusetts. With thousands of Republican and Democratic candidates facing off in several levels of government across the country for spots on the November ballot Christie could provide a glimpse into what Trump voters are thinking.
Christie was once considered a potential for president but his career has floundered since 2012. First came âBridgegate â in which Christieâs former allies shut down lanes of the George Washington Bridge for five days in 2013 apparently as an act of retaliation against a local mayor who did not support Christieâs reelection bid. Christie has denied his role in the scandal.
Then came his support for his former Republican presidential primary opponent now-President Trump despite Trumpâs attempts to embarrass Christie .
By June 2017 nearing the end of his second term as governor he appeared to be most unpopular in his home state The Washington Postâs Aaron Blake reported. His approval rating at the time was a bleak 15 percent according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
[ Chris Christie enjoyed a closed beach then got flamed. But he definitely did not get a tan.]
After the âGood Morning Americaâ announcement airs Tuesday Christie is expected to return in the evening to discuss Trumpâs State of the Union speech NJ.com reported.
Output: | Positive | 1 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Clarence Thomas ? On the surface Representative Blake Farenthold ’ s arc this week is familiar : Politician is accused of bad behavior ; politician is accused of even more bad behavior ; politician announces he ’ ll leave office . In the case of the Texas Republican that came after the series of scathing exposes in The New York Times and then CNN . The Times described an alcohol - sodden sexually charged office in which “ women would discuss which male lobbyists had texted them pictures of their genitals and both men and women would talk about strip clubs and whether certain Fox News anchors had breast implants .” CNN heard that Farenthold screamed at staffers called them “ fucktards ” made rude comments about a staffer ’ s fiancee and left the staffer in severe pain with daily vomiting . By Thursday morning Farenthold was announcing he wouldn ’ t run for reelection though he intended to serve out his term . ( His ability to follow through will depend on whether further revelations emerge and what sort of political pressure he receives — especially from other Republicans .) Related Story Who Survives a Sexual - Harassment Allegation ? But Farenthold ’ s case is also significant for its deviation from the normal pattern . Thus far a strange dichotomy has developed within claims of sexual harassment . The last two months have seen many women newly inspired to share stories of bad behavior be it recent or two decades ago . The men they are accusing have in many cases been toppled for sins ranging from groping and lewd comments to rape . Meanwhile men who stood accused of harassment or abuse before the sudden downfall of Harvey Weinstein have for the most part managed to remain in positions of power . It is as though accusations B . H . ( Before Harvey ) are grandfathered in . Farenthold however breaks the pattern : Even though stories of sexual harassment surfaced as early as 2014 that didn ’ t inoculate him . Examples of this grandfathering effect abound . Within politics the most glaring example is President Trump . It has become truism to note the dissonance between his continued tenure as president despite having been recorded boasting about sexual assaults even as other abusers are forced from office — sometimes over behavior that is at once unacceptable but also less serious than the allegations against Trump . Trump is hardly alone though . Clarence Thomas continues to enjoy his lifetime appointment at the Supreme Court despite the allegations Anita Hill lodged against him during his confirmation hearings . Representative Alcee Hastings a Florida Democrats was known to have been sued for sexual harassment several years ago though Roll Call only revealed the $ 220 000 settlement paid to his accuser last Friday . Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky but survived office and has enjoyed a post - presidential career as a globetrotting elder statesman and grand old man of the Democratic Party . ( Clinton ’ s past behavior did play a role in his wife ’ s loss in the 2016 presidential race and while there is a move to reassess his legacy it comes so late in his career as to be barely consequential .) Outside of politics there are plenty of other examples . Dylan Farrow who has long accused Woody Allen of sexual abuse ( and whose brother Ronan Farrow helped break the Weinstein story ) wrote in the Los Angeles Times “ Why is it that Harvey Weinstein and other accused celebrities have been cast out by Hollywood while Allen recently secured a multimillion - dollar distribution deal with Amazon greenlit by former Amazon Studios executive Roy Price before he was suspended over sexual misconduct allegations ?” Across entertainment from R . Kelly to Casey Affleck man accused of harassment or worse have kept their careers alive .
Student: | Neutral | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George W Bush ? But that 's exactly what dozens of veterans who participated in former President George W. Bush 's annual Warrior 100K this past weekend say it does for them .
For years , Bush has invited wounded servicemen and women to his Crawford ranch for camaraderie and motivation , some of them using specially designed bikes to accommodate missing limbs .
And reports are that Bush was no slacker on the latest ride .
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chloe Ayling ? Chloe Ayling who called the ordeal a âterrifying experienceâ during a British television interview in August recently uploaded a fully nude image to her Instagram account. Ayling however is turned from the camera and not all of her body is visible in the black and white snap.
Ayling says she was drugged and held hostage by a group that called itself Black Death after being lured to Milan for a fake photo shoot in July. She said the kidnappers planned to auction her on the dark web to the highest bidder -- unless she paid $355 000 for her freedom.
George Hepburne Scott the lawyer for 36-year-old suspect Michal Herba has argued in court that the case might have been made up as part of an elaborate publicity stunt to boost Ayling 's career.
The 20-year-old model has maintained her kidnapping was real saying on Britainâs âThis Morningâ in August she feared she would be killed and prayed for a ânon-painful death.â
Ayling described being drugged stuffed into a suitcase transported to an isolated farmhouse and held for almost a week by her captors. The kidnappers allegedly threatened to advertise her as a sex slave or hold her for ransom.
Ayling has also announced she will be writing a book to "expose every little detail for the first time." The book titled "Six Days " is expected to be released in Spring 2018.
[A]: Negative
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Justin Timberlake ? FRANKLIN Tenn. (AP) â Memphis native Justin Timberlake returned to his home state for one of his few performances this year to declare his love for Tennessee.
Timberlake performed on Saturday in Franklin Tennessee at the Pilgrimage Festival a 3-year-old music festival that he now co-produces and is conveniently close to his current home in Middle Tennessee.
The pop singer and actor joked to the capacity crowd of more than 25 000 fans that he was nervous about performing at home.
"Half of you I might be related to " Timberlake said.
He surprised the crowd by reuniting with country star Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgane after their breakout performance with Timberlake on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.
Justin Timberlake performs at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival on Saturday Sept. 23 2017 in Franklin Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
The addition of Timberlake as a performer helped boost attendance numbers for the new music festival about 30 minutes south of Nashville.
Timberlake closed out the performance with his hit songs "SexyBack " ''Rock Your Body " and "Can't Stop the Feeling."
[A]: | Positive
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Detailed Instructions: 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].
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Problem: 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.
Solution: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rupert Murdoch ? LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdochâs $15.7 billion takeover of Sky is not in the public interest and should be blocked unless a way is found to prevent the media tycoon from influencing the networkâs news output Britainâs regulator said.
The initial ruling complicates a separate plan by Walt Disney Co to buy the majority of Murdochâs assets including Sky. Disney had hoped Murdoch would own 100 percent of the European broadcaster by the time it completed its takeover.
Murdoch âs Twenty-First Century Fox agreed to buy the 61 percent of Sky it did not already own in December 2016 re-igniting a political row in Britain about the influence he wields through his ownership of newspapers the Sun and the Times and his stake in Sky the biggest pay-TV platform.
Critics of the deal argue that Murdoch could hold sway over the editorial output of Sky News a loss making but award-winning 24-hour channel. Sky warned that were the deal to be rejected because of Sky News it could shut the channel itself.
The British government which will take the final decision on the deal asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to judge if Murdoch had too much influence in Britain and would uphold broadcasting standards.
Possible ways to resolve concerns about Murdoch âs influence in Britain could include spinning off or divesting Sky News or insulating Sky News from Foxâs influence the CMA said. A third option is to block the deal outright.
Solution: | Negative | 4 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roger Launius ? But Americans' concerns about the technological capabilities of their own nation relative to those of the USSR didn't fully bloom until two months later after the Soviets had launched a dog to space and the United States' first attempt to loft a satellite had failed spectacularly said former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius . [Sputnik 1! 7 Fun Facts About Humanity's First Satellite]
"The way I tend to phrase it is you get three strikes and you're out " Launius told Space.com.
The launch of the beach-ball-size Sputnik 1 did not come as a shock to American national-security officials who had expected something big was in the works. But it did catch the public off-guard Launius said.
"The media at the time asked him a couple of questions about Sputnik and then they moved on to other things " Launius said. "The big story of the day was the Little Rock crisis — are you going to bring in federal troops to desegregate the Little Rock [Arkansas] school system?"
But the mood shifted noticeably on Nov. 3 1957 when the USSR successfully launched Sputnik 2 to orbit Launius said.
"It certainly salved the open wound; there's no doubt about that " Launius said of Explorer 1 which famously discovered the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth.
But this success didn't erase all memories of the wound. Over time the three-tiered Sputnik moment spurred the U.S. government to ramp up the nation's technological capabilities Launius said.
Positive
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bob Woodward ? âHe sees himself as a strong man or wants to see himself as a strong man â Bernstein â who broke the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post with Bob Woodward â told the crowd at Northeastern Illinois University on Thursday night.
Woodward wasnât much kinder describing as âShakespeareanâ an encounter he had with Trump in which Trump rejected former President Barack Obamaâs praise of American humility and restraint in the exercise of power and told Woodward âReal power comes from fear.â
âIn a sense thatâs the Trump âRosebud â â Woodward added alluding to a plot element in the film âCitizen Kane.â
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. But Bernstein 73 and Woodward 74 sparred agreeably onstage like an old married couple. When Bernsteinâs exuberant arm gestures left his handheld microphone out of range Woodward scolded him âHold the microphone steady!â
And when Bernstein admitted to recently rereading sections of âAll The Presidentâs Men â their best-selling book about Watergate Woodward told him âThis is like Gloria Swanson â referring to the role Swanson played in âSunset Boulevardâ of an embittered old Hollywood star who dreams of a return to her glory years.
Neutral
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity John Kerry ? GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump risks driving Iran towards nuclear proliferation and worsening a standoff with North Korea if Washington ends a nuclear deal with Tehran former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said late on Thursday.
“If you want to negotiate with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the United Nations ” Kerry said.
He was speaking in a private lecture delivered at Geneva’s Graduate Institute.
“And secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don’t make a deal with the United States they won’t keep their word ” he said.
The nuclear deal places Iran under tough restraints including inspections round-the-clock surveillance and tracking every ounce of uranium produced Kerry said. “We would notice an uptick in their enrichment like that ” he said snapping his fingers.
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TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lankford ? "We watched even this weekend the Russians and their troll farms and their internet folks start hash-tagging out 'take a knee' and also hash-tagging out 'Boycott NFL '" said Lankford whoâs a member of the Intelligence Committee. Theyâre trying âto raise the noise level in America to try to make a big issue an even bigger issue as theyâre trying to just push divisiveness in the country. Weâve continued to be able to see that. Weâll see it again in our election time.â
FBI Director Christopher Wray who testified about his agencyâs work did not directly address Lankfordâs claim but said the FBI is working to track Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.
Lankfordâs spokesman said the senator has been receiving information about Russian trolls sowing discord in the U.S. for more than a year.
"Senator Lankford made an individual decision to start talking about this publicly because he believes the American people should know '' said the spokesman .
As an example the spokesman pointed to a Russian Twitter user called Boston Antifa but the geolocation of the account is in Vladivostok Russia.
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tonya Harding ? A quirky little Brooklyn museum focused on the saga of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan has won the “gold” that eluded the Winter Games hopefuls — as it has grown so popular in recent weeks that it has been forced to move into an Olympic-sized new space.
The pair debuted the gallery after watching ESPN’s 2014 “30 for 30” documentary “The Price of Gold” — which chronicles the clash between Kerrigan sweetheart of the skating scene and Harding her troubled working-class rival.
Harding became a tabloid fixture when her ex-husband hired someone to bash in Kerrigan’s right knee ahead of the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships.
Kerrigan recovered in time to compete while Harding despite not being charged with a crime saw her career and reputation destroyed.
“What we both ended up taking from [the documentary] was this shock that there hasn’t already been a movie made showing what Tonya Harding had to go through. This was the first time we were seeing it and we thought well she ’s still alive. It’s time for people to rethink this ” said Harkins.
“ Tonya said she ’s heard of [the museum] she thinks it’s cool but she ’s not coming which is totally fine ” Harkins said. “And then somebody from Nancy’s agency came and said they thought it was absurd but fun.”
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald Fagen Sues ? Steely Dan's Donald Fagen is suing the estate of his late bandmate Walter Becker in order to retain control of the band. The crux of the suit is a Buy/Sell Agreement Fagen and Becker signed in 1972 not long before the release of their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill. The contract stipulated that if a member of Steely Dan quit or died the band would purchase all of that member's shares in the group.
"Fagen – acting on behalf of himself and on behalf of Steely Dan as its sole remaining officer and director – hereby exercises the mandatory provision of the Buy/Sell Agreement requiring Steely Dan to purchase Becker's shares " the suit reads. "This lawsuit is required for Steely Dan and Fagen to obtain a judicial determination that Becker's shares must be sold to Steely Dan pursuant to the express terms of the Buy/Sell Agreement so that Steely Dan and Fagen can go on as contemplated and provided by the Buy/Sell Agreement."
Along with Becker's Estate Fagen is also suing Steely Dan's longtime business management firm Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein & Bolno. NKSFB has also acted as the accountant for the group's touring company Danette and as a business manager for Becker and Delia Becker. Fagen's lawsuit alleges that NKSFB has been withholding pertinent information from him – such as royalty statements and records regarding tour income – and "engaging in other secretive behaviors."
As for NKSFB the lawsuit further alleges that over the past few years Fagen has become aware of several "accounting errors by NKSFB one of which involved millions of dollars and another of which resulted in a lawsuit by a former member of the band." The suit also claims that NKSFB has hired a law firm on Steely Dan's behalf without telling Fagen . It argues "Especially now with the Becker Defendants taking a position adverse to Steely Dan and with the Becker Defendants retaining NKSFB a full and complete accounting is necessary to protect [Fagen's] interests."
Fagen is seeking an official ruling that will hold up the Buy/Sell Agreement and force Becker's estate to sell the late musician's shares to Steely Dan. He is also seeking damages stemming from the "repudiation and breach" of the agreement. While the suit does not name a specific dollar amount it suggests it could be in excess of $1 million.
SOLUTION: | Positive
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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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Vance Joy ? Vance Joy " Nation of Two " ( Atlantic ) If ukuleles make their way back onto the pop charts you can probably thank Vance Joy . The Australian singer - songwriter delivers an exciting sophomore effort with " Nation of Two " a 13 - track collection in which he proves he isn ' t too cool to play a little uke banjo or even that guitar - ukulele hybrid known as a guitalele . Joy born James Keogh had a breakout hit with 2013 ' s ukulele - led " Riptide " and became the opening act for Taylor Swift . This is his time to really shine — and he seizes it . The sensitive strummer links up with several veteran songwriters — including three tunes with Dave Bassett and three with Dan Wilson — for an album of very personal love songs . Joy is all over the CD writing or co - writing every song and even contributing to the cover art . The clear standout track is the alt - rock anthem " We ' re Going Home " but other beauties include the uke - led ditty " Saturday Sun " the slow - burning " Alone With Me " and the achingly beautiful " I ' m With You ." If you yearn for music by Mumford & Sons The Lumineers and even early Ed Sheeran these are your jams — earthy folky and honest . Joy ' s songs are nicely not overly produced allowing a little charming vocal strain every once in a while . Joy ' s co - writers tend to elevate his songs into something a bit more substantial whether it ' s with a brass section or strings pushing him to go bigger . The four tunes he is credited with writing alone are clearly the weakest but also the most personal . It all adds up to an appealing album from an artist with a promising future . " Won ' t you take your time on me ?" he sings in one song and it seems absolutely rude not to . ___ Mark Kennedy is at http :// twitter . com / KennedyTwits The Associated Press .
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity REUTERSPawel Kopczynski Group-IB ? The average amount of money stolen in each of 14 U.S. ATM heists was $500 000 per incident. Losses in Russia averaged $1.2 million per incident but one bank there managed to catch the attack and return some of the stolen funds Group-IB said.
Hackers also stole documentation for OceanSystems’ Fed Link transfer system used by 200 banks in Latin America and the United States it said. In addition they successfully attacked the Russian interbank messaging system known as AW CRB.
Once hackers penetrated targeted banks and financial organizations they stole internal bank documentation in order to mount future ATM attacks Group-IB said. In Russia the hackers continued to spy on bank networks after break-ins while at least one U.S. bank had documents robbed twice it said.
Group-IB said it had notified Interpol and Europol in order to assist in law enforcement investigations.
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Stan Greenberg ? In April the firm’s veteran pollster Stan Greenberg briefed House Democrats on the findings with a presentation at the offices of the Democratic National Committee.
The polling memorandum produced by GBA Strategies and Greenberg ’s firm was composed by surveying 52 so-called battleground districts half of which are currently held by Democrats and half by Republicans.
The question that Greenberg put before Democrats to make the case against single-payer though is a highly unusual one (emphasis in original): “If you could change one thing about your healthcare or health insurance what would it be?”
Greenberg is the spouse of Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa Delauro. She is not one of the 121 House Democrats who back the single-payer legislation before Congress and one of only 11 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who did not sign the bill.
In a comment to The Intercept Greenberg noted that Alan Quinlan a partner at his firm led the work on the poll. On the firm’s website Quinlan lists Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as one of his former clients.
Example Output: | Positive
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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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brian Krebs ? These terrifying tales sent me looking for a book I had been meaning to read for quite some time. My former Washington Post colleague Brian Krebs left the newspaper in 2009 to dedicate himself to a blog on cybersecurity: KrebsOnSecurity.com. Out of his work and research came âSpam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime â From Global Epidemic to Your Front Door.â
But Krebs has made a background believer out of me.
âThe Internet of today is truly a transformative communications and learning tool that radically enriches the lives of billions each day â Krebs writes. âYet never before in the history of the Internet has this medium been more fraught with snares and neâer-do-wells looking to fleece the unwary.
With our spam filters and the constant drilling to not open suspicious emails weâve been lulled into a false sense of security Krebs says.
âThe spam ecosystem is a constantly evolving technological and sociological crime machine that feeds on itself â writes Krebs . âThus far the criminals responsible for unleashing this daily glut of digital disease are doing a stupendous job of overwhelming the security industry.â
Krebs spends a lot of time introducing the major and minor spam players. Itâs like a Jason Bourne movie but with criminals who donât shoot at folks (well some do). They instead fire out malicious spam infecting tens of millions of computers and as a result rake in millions of dollars.
Waiting for you at the end of the book is a very resourceful chapter on how to protect yourself. Youâll be safer following Krebs âs three rules for online security:
Even if you donât buy âSpam Nation â make Krebs âs blog regular reading. His reporting will frighten you. It does me. As he writes âthose who endeavor to remain blissfully unaware of their role in becoming part of the solution will almost invariably end up becoming part of the problem.â
Iâm hosting an online discussion about âSpam Nationâ at noon Eastern time on Nov. 2 at washingtonpost.com/discussions. Krebs will join me to answer your cybersecurity questions.
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ? Embattled Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says he did "earn some money" as a result of services his private consulting firm provided to the Brazilian construction company entangled in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal.
In an hour-long interview with Peruvian media Sunday Kuczynski repeated earlier assertions that he had no involvement in the Westfield Capital firm when Odebrecht-led consortiums made $782 000 in payments over a decade ago.
But Kuczynski did acknowledge that as a shareholder in the company he would have benefited from any profits that resulted.
Peru's congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against Kuczynski on grounds that he displayed "moral incapacity." Opposition lawmakers say Kuczysnki should have disclosed the payments.
Kuczynski was a government minister at the time some of the payments were made.
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Clarence Thomas ? On the surface Representative Blake Farenthold ’ s arc this week is familiar : Politician is accused of bad behavior ; politician is accused of even more bad behavior ; politician announces he ’ ll leave office . In the case of the Texas Republican that came after the series of scathing exposes in The New York Times and then CNN . The Times described an alcohol - sodden sexually charged office in which “ women would discuss which male lobbyists had texted them pictures of their genitals and both men and women would talk about strip clubs and whether certain Fox News anchors had breast implants .” CNN heard that Farenthold screamed at staffers called them “ fucktards ” made rude comments about a staffer ’ s fiancee and left the staffer in severe pain with daily vomiting . By Thursday morning Farenthold was announcing he wouldn ’ t run for reelection though he intended to serve out his term . ( His ability to follow through will depend on whether further revelations emerge and what sort of political pressure he receives — especially from other Republicans .) Related Story Who Survives a Sexual - Harassment Allegation ? But Farenthold ’ s case is also significant for its deviation from the normal pattern . Thus far a strange dichotomy has developed within claims of sexual harassment . The last two months have seen many women newly inspired to share stories of bad behavior be it recent or two decades ago . The men they are accusing have in many cases been toppled for sins ranging from groping and lewd comments to rape . Meanwhile men who stood accused of harassment or abuse before the sudden downfall of Harvey Weinstein have for the most part managed to remain in positions of power . It is as though accusations B . H . ( Before Harvey ) are grandfathered in . Farenthold however breaks the pattern : Even though stories of sexual harassment surfaced as early as 2014 that didn ’ t inoculate him . Examples of this grandfathering effect abound . Within politics the most glaring example is President Trump . It has become truism to note the dissonance between his continued tenure as president despite having been recorded boasting about sexual assaults even as other abusers are forced from office — sometimes over behavior that is at once unacceptable but also less serious than the allegations against Trump . Trump is hardly alone though . Clarence Thomas continues to enjoy his lifetime appointment at the Supreme Court despite the allegations Anita Hill lodged against him during his confirmation hearings . Representative Alcee Hastings a Florida Democrats was known to have been sued for sexual harassment several years ago though Roll Call only revealed the $ 220 000 settlement paid to his accuser last Friday . Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky but survived office and has enjoyed a post - presidential career as a globetrotting elder statesman and grand old man of the Democratic Party . ( Clinton ’ s past behavior did play a role in his wife ’ s loss in the 2016 presidential race and while there is a move to reassess his legacy it comes so late in his career as to be barely consequential .) Outside of politics there are plenty of other examples . Dylan Farrow who has long accused Woody Allen of sexual abuse ( and whose brother Ronan Farrow helped break the Weinstein story ) wrote in the Los Angeles Times “ Why is it that Harvey Weinstein and other accused celebrities have been cast out by Hollywood while Allen recently secured a multimillion - dollar distribution deal with Amazon greenlit by former Amazon Studios executive Roy Price before he was suspended over sexual misconduct allegations ?” Across entertainment from R . Kelly to Casey Affleck man accused of harassment or worse have kept their careers alive .
[A]: | Neutral
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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 Chilton ? However former market regulator Bart Chilton believes trading bitcoin futures will be safe and could actually help stabilize the cryptocurrency he told CNBC on Thursday.
Chicago-based Cboe Global Markets is set to launch bitcoin futures on Sunday and CME the world's largest futures exchange is planning to launch its futures product next week. Both exchanges are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which Chilton used to head.
"They know what they are doing in these markets. CME is the most liquid diverse traded futures contracts around the world " Chilton said in an interview with CNBC's "Power Lunch."
Chilton said the CME and Cboe know what the risks are and are very adept at setting their margins which are constantly adjusted in things that are more volatile.
Chilton has long been a proponent of regulating the digital currency which has no central authority. Its transactions are recorded in an anonymous public log called the blockchain.
"It doesn't have to be a full-throated regulation that thwarts innovation. I support digital currencies. But there needs to be some consumer protections " he said.
Answer: | Positive | 7 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rachel Botsman ? In her witty new book Australian technology author and TED celebrity Rachel Botsman tells us why it did not work. Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Could Drive Us Apart might be a bit too perky for some but it reveals some deep truths.
With industrial power collapsed social media’s “distributed trust” began its run to win popular trust. Botsman even claims to have predicted the next stage of evolution anticipating Airbnb Zipcar and Uber in her previous book. At first the masses took to social technology like ducks to water but few thought through the costs of power flowing from institutional experts to less sophisticated individuals. It turned out that these social media had institutions too if less hierarchical but still leading to someone at the top with a great degree of control over the people’s “open” media below them.
Botsman says she would not have written her book if she did not think distributed networks could solve many problems and develop popular trust but the many examples presented in her book demonstrate that “distributed trust always seem to lead us back to centralized power ” with Facebook Amazon and Alibaba leading the list.
Her thesis is that distributed systems need to know who is telling the truth in order to be social but their media technology develop so fast and anonymously it becomes difficult to trace accountability. Perhaps 75 percent of automobiles will self-drive by 2040. How can sufficient trust develop in such a major activity in such a short time? Blockchains like Bitcoin may replace governmental currency and financial transactions. Robots threaten to take everyone’s job. The most famous bot was HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey and we all know what happened then. Some “trust pause” will certainly be necessary for such major social transitions.
Take the number one social media technology guy Mark Zuckerberg who created Facebook to be an open forum for public discussion. Yet after social media was accused of biasing the presidential election even he had to reluctantly concede (the second time) that there was an abundance of fake news on his site which he then promised to fix in a socially positive way. His solution was to balance alternative views by adding “additional perspectives ” including noting after doubtful material that fact checkers disputed the claims in the original published news. But who would do the “fact checking”?
Botsman does not mention it but Google’s top scientist Ray Kurzweil had bigger ideas. Computers would be thinking for themselves by 2014 with humans becoming immortal soon after. Humans would become immortal under Kurzweil’s Calico project to replicate nature’s control of mitochondrial DNA by moving toxic bacteria into the cell nucleus to stop aging. With age under control people would live forever. At the same time artificial intelligence would develop computers that learn by themselves. Ageless individuals could then link an AI machine to their brain so they could give accurate and immediate responses to every kind of question. But if this takes place instantly is that a person still a person or a computer?
China’s Social Credit System would produce a “social credit score” for every Chinese citizen and introduce national networks of shame to ameliorate and control unruly segments of the population. This system should have a bullish future in much of the world now under authoritarian governments. Botsman quips: “Today China tomorrow a place near you.”
Not a place in the U.S. with its democratic government protecting privacy right? One big obstacle to such protection mentioned by Botsman is that government regulation simply cannot keep up with the explosive rate of change in private social media technology. There is that free speech and press stuff but Congress just approved another renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act seventeen years after 9/11 and few doubt that some similar future horrendous terrorist act would make the government’s surveillance even more intrusive.
Botsman ’s general solution to increase social trust is to rely upon reputation which is sound but extremely difficult to evaluate as her book proves.
How do we even know if Botsman isn’t a bot already predicting China for us all?
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bill Gates ? Bill Gates and Richard Branson have some big goals.
Branson wants to go to space and send hyperloop pods shooting through underground tunnels at the speed of airplanes. Gates wants to rid the world of Polio and Alzheimer's disease as well as implement the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's extensive list of other moonshots. Both the Microsoft founder and Virgin Group founder backed a start-up that grows meat in a lab and hopes to reduce the environmental impact of raising livestock.
And while some challenges seem insurmountable â even for a pair of the world's most powerful people â Branson and Gates agree it's crucial to chase big ideas even if success isn't immediate.
" Bill and I spoke about the importance backing long-shot projects " Branson writes on his blog about a meeting the billionaires had Tuesday. The two met in Paris for a summit focused on one such challenge climate change.
"I've learned so much from Bill . He built a formidable company and decided to put his vast wealth into solving the problems of the world " Branson writes.
For Branson himself dreaming big has also been key to his success.
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Orrin Hatch ? Orrin Hatch currently the second-longest serving U.S. senator plans to retire at the end of his term.
In a video shared on Twitter the 83-year-old Utah Republican announced his plan to leave the Senate early next year after more than 40 years. Hatch 's announcement came just a little more than a week after the Republican tax plan that he helped to craft was signed into law.
President Donald Trump had urged Hatch the Senate Finance Committee chairman to seek re-election later this year. Hatch showered Trump with praise during and after Congress' passage of its tax bill setting himself apart from some GOP senators who criticized the president's actions or fitness for office this year.
In the video Hatch said he was "deeply grateful" to serve as a senator and said "the next chapter in my public service is just beginning."
[EX A]: | Positive
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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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Koontz Jane Hawk ? Jane knows her husband didn't commit suicide but proving it has been a challenge. She uncovered an evil plot to brainwash people to commit horrific acts but her attempt to destroy the villain behind everything came with a horrible cost. She no longer has her job at the FBI and is a wanted fugitive. She keeps her son stashed away to protect him. Jane now roams the country to derail the mastermind and his nefarious plans.
A beloved schoolteacher on leave due to migraines is the latest to fall under the vicious mind games. She has dreams of walking through fire and one afternoon she sets her vehicle on fire and drives through a hotel lobby. A sheriff uncovers her journals and sees a woman crying for help. When Jane learns of the incident she knows the people she 's trying to eliminate are responsible. She has already gone rogue and knowing her son is safe she has nothing to lose by going after the culprits.
When one of her targets tells her "You're dead already. They'll all know about you in the whispering room " Jane knows she has to learn what his cryptic phrase means even though it obviously will be a trap to take her out of the picture.
The character of Jane Hawk is arguably the best character Koontz has created. Knowledge of "The Silent Corner" helps put some of the narrative in perspective but it's not necessary to fall under the author's spell. It's clear that another story featuring her quest for ultimate justice is on the horizon and hopefully there will be even more after that.
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Terry McAuliffe ? Virginia's Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he would respond physically to President Donald Trump if he ever used intimidation tactics and got in his "space " the Washington Examiner reported Friday.
"You would have to pick him up off the floor " McAuliffe told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" Thursday.
"Listen if this guy got in my space â you wanna get in my space? I've always said 'Chris you punch me I'm going to punch back twice as hard.' And it wouldn't be hard to do it. But you know this guy thinks he can intimidate everybody. It's disgraceful. It's embarrassing.
"If he ever came over and leaned on me and got in my space that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that " McAuliffe said.
McAuliffe has been a vocal opponent of Trump especially on immigration issues. He served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and was chairman of the presidential campaigns of former President Bill Clinton in 1996 and Hillary Clinton in 2008.
McAuliffe is due to leave office on Saturday when newly-elected Democratic Gov.-elect Ralph Northam takes office.
Example Output: Negative
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Pope Francis ? Two prisoners took advantage of the hullabaloo surrounding Pope Francis â recent lunch with inmates in Bologna to slip off unnoticed and the two convicts are reportedly still at large.
During his October 1 trip to Bologna Italy the Pope held a during a âLunch of Solidarityâ at San Petronio Basilica to which 20 prisoners from a local correctional facility were invited as well as refugees and some of the poor of the area.
An hour-long search ensued which produced no clues as to the menâs whereabouts. The operating hypothesis at the moment is that the two inmates executed their escape between the prayer of the Angelus and the actual sit-down meal with the Pope .
Law enforcement officers charges with investigating the case visited the diocesan administrative offices in Bologna to get a better idea of the organization of the lunch with Pope Francis in the hope of finding some indication of how the men escaped and where they might be headed.
Francis often includes prisoners in his trips and events and has washed the feet of prisoners on Holy Thursday. Last year he held a special Jubilee Mass for prisoners at the Vatican.
Example Output: | Neutral
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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].
One 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.
Solution is here: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim Jong Un ? WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with North Korean officials including leader Kim Jong Unâs sister while in South Korea for the Winter Olympics this month but the North Koreans canceled at the last minute U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Pence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Unâs younger sister Kim Yo Jong and the nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam but the North Koreans called off the Feb. 10 meeting two hours before it was set to start a U.S. official said confirming a story first reported by the Washington Post.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang South Korea February 9 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
âThis administration will stand in the way of Kim âs desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics. Perhaps thatâs why they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down â Ayers said in the statement.
Kim Jong Un through his sister invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang to begin talks âsoon.â
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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].
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elaine Wynn ? Earlier in the day the company appeared to side with its chairman in dismissing the Journalâs article saying in a statement that the newspaper account âreflected allegationsâ made by his ex-wife Elaine Wynn in her litigation against him and the company.
âThe idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous â he said. âThe instigation of these accusations is the continued work of my ex-wife Elaine Wynn with whom I am involved in a terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised divorce settlement.â
A spokeswoman for Elaine Wynn 75 declined comment but her Washington-based attorney James Cole told Reuters the notion that his client fomented the allegations in the Journal article âis just not true.â
The couple first married in 1963 and divorced in 1986. They remarried in 1991 and divorced again in 2010 according to court papers. In an escalating battle that followed their bitter second split Elaine Wynn sued her former spouse in 2016 seeking to gain control over her 9.4 percent stock in Wynn Resorts.
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jackie Robinson ? When Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 not only was the color of his skin different but so was the cap he wore.
In the pre-batting helmet era Robinson had to have a specially-made Brooklyn Dodgers cap to "protect his head from beanballs â his widow Rachel Robinson wrote in a 1994 letter.
Robinson 's cap had three protective plates sewn inside the lining to guard against opposing pitchers who wanted to take our their anger over a black player being in the big leagues.
Jackie Robinson Museum to break ground in Manhattan
âThis is the only cap to this date that I have ever made available to the collecting public â wrote Rachel Robinson in the letter shared by Lelands. âThe cap is 100% original and was game worn by Jackie Robinson during his career as a Brooklyn Dodger. â
A Jackie Robinson baseball cap that has protective plates sewn in to protect his head from beanballs. (Courtesy of Lelands)
Robinson batted .297 with 12 home runs and 29 stolen bases while collecting Rookie of the Year honors in 1947. The six-time All-Star was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962 and his No. 42 is the retired throughout Major League Baseball.
Granderson honors Jackie Robinson by his actions on and off field
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ralph Northam ? For a handy reference the following â per VPAP â are Virginia House of Delegates districts won by Ralph Northam on November 7 but either lost by Democrats or in legal limbo at the House level. Clearly all (or most) of these districts should be targets for Democrats in 2019. Del. Tim Hugo (R) in particular should be very very worried given that his district went by over 10 points to Ralph Northam ! Note that these Republicans might also want to seriously consider âtacking to the centerâ in their voting patterns (e.g. on Medicaid expansion environmental issues etc.) but theyâre probably too ideologically right wingnut to do that. Weâll seeâ¦
HD 62 â Del. Riley Ingram (R) defeated Democrat Sheila Bynum-Coleman here (by a 12 163-11 344 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 49.5%-49.4%
HD 76 â Del. Chris Jones (R) was unopposed while Ralph Northam won the district 49.8%-49.2%.
HD 83 â Del. Chris Stolle (R) defeated Democrat David Rose-Carmack here (by a 13 173-10 077 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 50.3%-48.3%.
HD 28 â Del. Bob Thomas (R) apparently defeated Democrat Joshua Cole here by just 82 votes pending litigation while Ralph Northam won the district 50.8%-47.8%.
HD 27 â Del. Roxann Robinson (R) defeated Democrat Larry Barnett here by just 128 votes while Ralph Northam won the district 50.9%-47.6%.
HD 84 â Del. Glenn Davis (R) defeated Democrat Veronica Coleman here (by a 10 835-10 093 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 52.1%-46.7%.
HD 100 â Del. Rob Bloxom (R) defeated Democrat Willie Randall here (by an 11 720-10 720 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 52.7%-46.3%.
HD 40 â Del. Tim Hugo (R) defeated Democrat Donte Tanner here by just 106 votes while Ralph Northam won the district 54.7%-44.4%.
HD 94 â Ralph Northam won the district 56.0%-42.7% while the House of Delegates race currently is in limbo between Democrat Shelly Simonds and Republican David Yancey.
A: | Positive
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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].
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kering ? FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Gucci-owner Kering (PRTP.PA) plans to spin off German sports brand Puma (PUMG.DE) to the French conglomerate’s shareholders as it sharpens the group’s focus squarely on its luxury brands.
Kering said it planned to distribute 70 percent of Puma shares in kind to its investors leaving it with only a 16 percent stake in the sportwear group confirming an exclusive Reuters report.
Kering is a little more than 40 percent controlled by the French Pinault family who would receive about 29 percent of the sporting goods company while Puma’s free float would stand at about 55 percent.
Shedding Puma meanwhile would turn Kering into a pure player in the high-margin luxury business where it rivals larger peers such as French conglomerate LVMH (LVMH.PA).
“Kering would dedicate itself entirely to the development of its luxury houses ” Kering Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault said in a statement.
Puma struggled for years after it was bought by Kering for 5.3 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in 2007 but recent improved performance has raised expectations that the French group would sell its stake this year.
Puma’s shares rose by 45 percent over the past year bringing its market capitalisation to 5.3 billion euros back at the level at which Kering bought.
Kering emerged as one of the big winners in a luxury goods revival last year as Chinese demand picked up with a stellar turn at brand-of-the-moment Gucci helping earnings and other labels such as Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga.
A: Positive
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sandra Jovel ? Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said the change amounts to "a foreign policy decision therefore sovereign " and there is no intention to reverse it.
Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City Tuesday Dec. 26 2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Jovel played down a possible fallout for Guatemala's cardamom trade for which Arab and Islamic nations are the largest buyers. She noted it represents just 0.37 percent of the country's GDP.
"It is not an issue that should really worry us too much " Jovel said.
Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City Tuesday Dec. 26 2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A: Neutral
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Julian Assange ? LONDON (AP) — A British judge is set to decide Tuesday whether to quash or uphold an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has spent more than five years evading the law inside Ecuador's London embassy .
Assange 's lawyers argue that it's no longer in the public interest to arrest him for jumping bail in 2012 and seeking shelter in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden where prosecutors were investigating allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women. He denied the allegations.
Swedish prosecutors dropped their investigation last year saying there was no prospect of bringing Assange to Sweden in the foreseeable future. But the British warrant for violating bail conditions still stands and Assange faces arrest if he leaves the embassy.
Assange 's lawyers asked for the warrant to be withdrawn since Sweden no longer wants him extradited but the judge rejected their request last week.
Assange 's attorney went on to argue that arresting him is no longer proportionate or in the public interest. Lawyer Mark Summers said that the 5½ years Assange has spent inside the embassy were "adequate if not severe" punishment for his actions and cited a report by a U.N. committee which said the 46-year-old was being arbitrarily detained.
He said the fact remained that Assange had chosen to enter the embassy to avoid arrest
Even if the judge lifts the British arrest warrant Assange 's legal problems may not be over. He suspects there is a secret U.S. grand jury indictment against him for WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents and that American authorities will seek his extradition
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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].
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.
Output: Positive
Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input case for you: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Louis C.K ? Now one of the most powerful figures in comedy — Louis C.K. — has been accused of and admitted to sexual misconduct. Five women spoke to the New York Times with consistent stories: The comedian steered professional conversations into frankly sexual areas and in some cases ask if he could expose himself to them and proceed to masturbate.
In a statement on Friday Louis C.K. admitted that the women's allegations were true and he expressed remorse.
Indeed Louis C.K. has attained his status at the top of the comedy world as a result of his willingness to make himself appear damaged and vulnerable building stand-up sets around the frank discussion of his sexual hangups and basest urges.
In a 2011 stand-up special Louis C.K. talks about his "constant perverted sexual thoughts." YouTube
In a world where sex is a go-to comedy topic women who find themselves the objects of sexual misconduct have little recourse. Comics after all are essentially freelancers; no professional infrastructure exists to redress sexual offenses. Several of the women who talked to the Times about Louis C.K. spoke of the tremendous power differential they felt as comics just embarking upon a career in contrast to a hugely successful comedian who abused his status as potential mentor.
For years women have responded to sexual misconduct in the comedy world by creating whisper campaigns to warn other women about sexual predators. This is how the actions of comedians like Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby could attain the status of "open secrets" for years — stories kept within the industry addressed publicly only obliquely if at all out of fear of professional or legal reprisal.
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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].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Laura Ingraham ? Laura Ingraham was one of the few people who saw Donald Trumpâs shocking victory coming. More importantly as a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan who saw firsthand how viciously the Bush-aligned establishment despised Reaganâs working-class voters Ingraham understands how powerful the conservative-populist movement is and why the elites in the permanent political class have spent gazillions and worked overtime for three decades to thwart it.
In her blockbuster new book Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump Ingraham the best-selling author explains how Trump got elected and the forces heâand other economic nationalistsâwill have to battle to implement the peopleâs agenda.
Billionaire at the Barricades is a must-read because Ingraham who still gets chills when she sees footage of the crowd at Kemper Arena in 1976 realizing they had nominated the wrong man in Gerald Ford takes readers on a fast-paced journey through the 2016 campaign cycle and shows how everyone who was blindsided by Trumpâs rise should have seen it coming especially after Dave Bratâs shocking primary victory over then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in 2014.
Elites give off the impression that Trumpâs populism on the campaign trail was something they had never seen before when in fact every candidate who has won the presidency in the television age has been the one who was the most populist. As Ingraham writes âpresidential candidates invoke the populist style because it connects with working people.â
Conservatism and populism according to Ingraham âoverlap in their opposition to âbig thingsââbig government big international organizations big media big business cronyism.â
Reagan understood that âthese distant uncaring entities rob people of decision making and ignore their interests â and Ingraham notes that âPat Buchanan and Donald Trump summarized conservative populism best when each vowed to put âAmerica first.ââ
âConservative populists tend to support a policy of economic nationalismâpeople-centered economic policies that put the nation and its workers first. They oppose a massive national debt because it weakens America and makes its citizens beholden to lenders â she continues. âThey also believe high taxes are bad because they sap workersâ wages and economic freedom. Similarly they are against huge trade deals and international organizations like the World Trade Organization because they take power out of the hands of voters and give it to a far-away and often hostile global elite.â
When it comes to foreign policy Ingraham explains that âconservative populists oppose broad military interventionism and believe military force should only be used when American interests are threatened.â She slams populismâs critics who foolishly toss around âthe term âisolationismâ to dismiss populist foreign policy â even though that label does not describe any populist she has ever known.
Ingraham points out that âthroughout the Cold War populists were among the strongest voices opposing Soviet communism.â In addition populists have always believed that âsquandering the nationâs wealth and blood on un-winnable wars and nation-building is unwise. Instead they support a pragmatic foreign policy based on achieving âpeace through strengthâ by maintaining a strong military and using it prudently.â
Unfortunately as Ingraham details âsome conservatives took a dangerous detourâ and âthrust us into a bizarre world of globalization wars based on idealism and nation-building and intense hatred toward the very voters who accounted for the Reagan coalition in the first place.â
The betrayal started almost immediately after George H.W. Bush won Reaganâs third term. The Bush administration purged Reaganites and Ingraham recalls that Margaret Tutwiler told Reaganite Ed Rollins at a party that âthere are a lot of us who had to suffer during the eight years of Reagan and now itâs our turn.â
âWe were Reagan people. They were Bush people. We all knew what the differences were â Ingraham writes. âMany of the GOP Establishment types who behind closed doors scoffed at Reagan as a dim-witted former actor with anââultraconservativeâ outlook were now working in the Bush administration. They thought it was time to return the Republican Party to what they believed was its more genteel respectable roots. In effect it meant the return to power of the Rockefeller Republicans who had worked to deny Reagan the presidency in 1976.â
Bushâs Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman convinced Bush to infamously abandon his âread my lipsâ pledge not to raise taxes and in the end Ingraham argues that âGeorge H. W. Bush stalled the conservative-populist engine that powered Reaganism.â As Rollins said âGeorge Bush was the beneficiary of the greatest baton pass in presidential history in 1988 and he and his people tossed it away.â
âGlobalism is fundamentally anti-American because it aims to raze American sovereignty by atrophying our ability to take independent actions that are in our nationâs best interests â Ingraham writes pointing out that globalists do not understand that âbecause of the enormous anti-American sentiment around the world itâs almost impossible to create a multinational organization where U.S. interests donât become compromised or harmed.â
Just like his father George W. Bush campaigned as a populist but governed as a globalist. Ingraham blames âBushâs decision to aggressively pursue amnesty after his unpopular warâ for insulting the âmillions of conservative-populists who had worked so hard to put him in power.â
âBecause of Bush conservatives lost everything â she continues. âWe lost the House. We lost the Senate. And we lost the White House.â
Answer: Positive
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Phillips ? Jack Phillips proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop refused to create a wedding cake ordered for a same-sex marriage on grounds that it would force him to create a cake expressing a value opposed to his Christian convictions. The gay men who ordered the cake filed a sexual orientation discrimination claim against him with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Commission ruled against Phillips .
It was clear that this was not a matter of Phillips refusing to do business with these men because they are gay. He offered to make them any cake they wanted just not one designed for a same-sex wedding.
Phillips claims his right of free expression under the Constitution's First Amendment.
Some not sympathetic to Phillips ' claim argue that making a cake is not artistic expression and has nothing to do with speech protected by the First Amendment.
By this standard how can we possibly rationalize forcing Phillips to produce a cake against his will expressing a value anathema to his religion?
How can forcing Phillips to do this be understood in any way as securing for him "the blessings of liberty"?
Answer: Neutral
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ? ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â Abbasi said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
Abbasi said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in its tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â Abbasi said though he added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
âI found him to be fairly warm â he said. âSomebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.â
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TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Greg Schiano ? CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire Greg Schiano as its new football coach. USA TODAY Sports
Ohio state defensive coordinator Greg Schiano runs on to the field before his team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano backed out of a deal for him to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports including one from USA TODAY Sports that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of Schiano is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus Ohio on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing Schiano back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that Schiano who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower.
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brian Urlacher ? The greatest Bears player since their iconic Super Bowl XX team more than three decades ago received the highest NFL honor Saturday when Brian Urlacher was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Urlacher 39 becomes the 28th Hall of Famer to represent the Bears for all or the primary portion of their careers the most in the NFL and the first since defensive end Richard Dent was inducted in 2011. Urlacher and Lewis bring to 28 the number of modern-era linebackers in the Hall. Five of those 28 were Bears a nod to the history of the position for the franchise from George Connor to Bill George Dick Butkus Mike Singletary and now Urlacher .
“It’s unreal ” Urlacher said. “It’s a great tradition.”
Selected ninth in the first round of the 2000 draft Urlacher becomes the first Hall of Fame playerfrom the University of New Mexico. He was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was an established star before coach Lovie Smith arrived in 2004 with a scheme that accentuated Urlacher ’s freakish athletic ability for a player with such a large frame — 6-foot-4 258 pounds. The next year he was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year becoming the fifth player to win both awards. The next season in 2006 Urlacher helped lead the Bears to Super Bowl XLI.
Named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s Urlacher was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times and was first team All-Pro five times. In 13 seasons according to pro-football-reference.com he amassed 1 354 tackles 41½ sacks 22 interceptions two touchdowns 90 passes defensed 11 forced fumbles and 15 fumble recoveries.
Personnel boss Mark Hatley made the decision to draft Urlacher who had played safety in college. The Bears knew they were getting a player who could transform their defense but initially weren’t sure how to deploy him .
“We knew we would like to play him at the mike (middle) linebacker but the problem was he had been a safety and we didn’t want to stick him there right away and beat him up and lose him and ruin an excellent prospect ” defensive coordinator Greg Blache said. “We started him off at the sam (strong-side) linebacker position where everything is coming at you from one direction in the traffic and we played him at the mike in the nickel situation where 95 percent of it was passing. So he was getting a feel for it but he wasn’t getting in the heavy traffic with the guards coming on him and combination blocks … because it’s a whole different beast when you’re playing 12 to 15 yards deep as a safety and you move up to 5 yards from the line of scrimmage with the 300-pounders.
“We knew we had something special and we knew he would be a guy who would be a hell of a player for a long long time if we had some patience and were just judicious in how we approached it. Having (linebackers coach) Dale Lindsey there was a huge help because Dale had developed so many linebackers and he was a great voice in saying he had seen rush jobs when guys were put in situations they weren’t quite ready to handle. It ended up working out really well just because we got him eased into it to the point where he was comfortable seeing it all happen.”
It happened faster than anyone would have imagined which in retrospect isn’t surprising to anyone who was involved. Lindsey marveled at the amount of information Urlacher could process and then apply on the field. A lot of players even really good ones can lose the fine details when they move from the meeting room to the practice field and then into games but Urlacher absorbed it all.
When middle linebacker Barry Minter was sidelined with a back injury in the third week of the 2000 season the Bears moved Urlacher . They never again discussed where he was best suited to play or what he could handle.
“(Head coach) Dick Jauron said ‘Put him at the middle ’ ” Lindsey said. “Dick could see the big picture. Luckily for us Brian was more than willing to learn the new position. It’s nice when you have rare talent and a guy who wants to do it. That’s the difference between the real great players — they want to do it and they’ll do anything to be successful. He was like a sponge. You just kept giving him information and he absorbed it and would want more. The thing about the guys with the rare talent: They can do any damn thing you ask them. You can ask them the impossible and they can get it done. And Brian did it for us as a great middle linebacker.”
When the Bears signed massive defensive tackles Ted Washington and Keith Traylor in 2001 Urlacher raised his game to a new level as the duo kept offensive linemen off of him and allowed him to make plays with his remarkable speed.
“There are a lot of guys who can run fast in a straight line but the athleticism he showed for a guy that size off the charts ” Blache said.
He spearheaded the “Monday Night Miracle” at Arizona in 2006 with 25 tackles and a forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown. Urlacher had five interceptions and five sacks in 2007 a testament to his ability to do anything needed.
Urlacher was never very comfortable in the spotlight but always at ease around his teammates which made him immensely popular. He treated the newest rookie the same way he did the most tenured veterans. When former teammate Todd Johnson became a high school coach in Sarasota Fla. he didn’t have enough uniforms to dress all of his players. Urlacher provided new jerseys — home and away — for the entire roster and did so without seeking any attention one of countless anecdotes of how he helped friends.
SOLUTION: Positive
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Richard Burr ? Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said "we have not come to any final conclusions" about the Russia investigation on Oct. 4 but that they are still looking into the Mayflower meeting former president Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking the Intelligence Community Assessment and the drafting of the RNC's platform. (Reuters)
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said "we have not come to any final conclusions" about the Russia investigation on Oct. 4 but that they are still looking into the Mayflower meeting former president Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking the Intelligence Community Assessment and the drafting of the RNC's platform. (Reuters)
âThere is consensus among members and staff that we trust the conclusions of the ICA â Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) the committeeâs chairman said at Wednesday news conference referring to the intelligence communityâs assessment that Russia was behind hackings of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign director John Podestaâs email account and had attempted to exploit public opinion by sowing false information much of it through fake social media accounts.
âBut we donât close our consideration of it â he added.
Burr also said that âthe issue of collusion is still openâ and would not be resolved until the committeeâs work was done. He said that a deadline for the committee was the looming start of the 2018 primary season.
âWeâve got to make our facts as it related to Russiaâs involvement in our election before the primaries getting started in 2018 â Burr said.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said that the committee's focus on FBI Director James Comey's firing has come to its "logical end as it relates to the Russia investigation " but that it is still looking into possible collusion on Oct. 4. (Reuters)
Burr and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) the committeeâs vice chairman said the committee has interviewed more than 100 people and reviewed more than 100 000 documents many of them from the intelligence community President Trumpâs inner circle and former members of the Obama administration. In some areas of the investigation Burr added investigators had âexhausted every individualâ they could speak with in several areas of the probe â such as an April 2016 meeting at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.
Burr said the committee had interviewed seven people about that meeting and that âthe testimony of all seven were consistent.â
He said the committee had also âinterviewed every personâ that was involved in drafting the Republican campaign platform suggesting that investigators had found no evidence of nefarious activity by Trump campaign officials in fashioning that platform to support a âstrong ally in Ukraine but also leave the door open for better relations with Russia.â
Burr also told reporters that the committee had âhit a wallâ in attempting to verify the details of a salacious dossier about Trumpâs alleged exploits in Russia mostly because its author former British spy Christopher Steele had rebuffed the committeeâs efforts to speak with him about his sources and about who paid for the compilation of the report.
âI can compel you to come â Burr said as a warning to any potential witnesses who might not want to comply with the committeeâs investigation. But Burr later said that he had no such leverage over Steele a British citizen and could only threaten that the committeeâs report âwonât be flatteringâ as it relates to him if he refuses to cooperate.
The committee has also scheduled an additional 25 interviews for this month Burr added. Google executives who have also been invited to testify publicly before the committee on Nov. 1 are expected to be among those asked to attend the closed-door interviews that have been scheduled in October.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) left and Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) hold a news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Burr added that the committee would not release the content of those ads though he added that the committee would be âfineâ with any of the social media companies choosing to release the content of documents and other information they had turned over to the committee themselves.
SOLUTION: | Positive
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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].
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Vincent Brown ? Neither could Vincent Brown 41 who plans to use the camera on the phone to take pictures for his bakery business. Five friends joined him on the line.
Brown says is looking forward to the Face ID facial recognition and says he wonât miss the home button. âThe home button is kind of aggravating to me â he says. As for the price Brown said he already spent around $1 000 for an iPhone 7 Plus.
Vincent Brown has been here since 6:45 with friends. Runs a bakery in the Bronx excited for the camera which will help his business pic.twitter.com/hWIyMKLS8r â Eli Blumenthal (@eliblumenthal) November 2 2017
While Chen and Brown plan to buy the phone for personal use others were likely looking to make a quick buck reselling the phone especially with the X reportedly in short supply. Many people on the line spoke little or no English or were reluctant to talk to USA TODAY about why they were willing to camp out. Apple limits each individual buyer to two phones.
Output: Positive
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jared Kushner ? Senior White House aide Jared Kushner -- who is President Donald Trump's son-in-law -- met this month with special counsel Robert Muellerâs investigators Fox News has confirmed via a source with direct knowledge of the meeting.
Investigators questioned Kushner about a meeting he had with an unnamed Russian ambassador and former national security adviser Michael Flynn the New York Times reported. The Associated Press also reported about the meeting citing an anonymous source.
Kushner 's questioning took about 90 minutes or less and was aimed in part on establishing whether Kushner had any information on Flynn that might be exculpatory the AP source said.
The revelation of Kushner âs meeting with Mueller investigators came days after it was reported that Flynn cut ties with Trumpâs legal team.
Kushner was previously accused by leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee of not being fully forthcoming in its Russia probe.
In response Kushner 's lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement that his client encouraged members of the Trump campaign to decline meetings with foreigners.
Output: Neutral
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald Malarkey ? ROBERT SIEGEL HOST:
Donald Malarkey was one of those brothers. He died last week. But 73 years ago Malarkey was in a plane over France hunched under gear and a parachute waiting to jump. It was D-Day - June 6 1944.
SIEGEL: And Easy Company succeeded. Then Malarkey and his platoon pushed through France to the Netherlands into Belgium Luxembourg and Germany.
SIEGEL: Donald Malarkey spent 172 days on the front lines more than any other man in Easy Company.
KELLY: For his actions the U.S. gave Donald Malarkey a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Malarkey got married had a family. He became an Oregon county commissioner. Later he worked in insurance and real estate.
SIEGEL: Here's Donald Malarkey of Easy Company speaking in 2009 to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
KELLY: Malarkey died September 30 in Oregon. He was 96 years old. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR.
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Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tyler Perry ? Director Tyler Perry's big-screen adaptation of "For Colored Girls" -- the landmark theatrical journey through several black women's lives -- opens to great anticipation this week. And some trepidation.
A movie and television director and producer Perry is best known for his films about black women under duress most often featuring Madea a gun-toting auntie with lots of attitude portrayed by the filmmaker. His movies use camp and gallons of sweet tea to wash down some authentic truths.
This month's issue of Essence the premier magazine for African-American women features the movie's cast. And "For Colored Girls" is populated by intriguing performers from Phylicia Rashad to Thandie Newton Janet Jackson to Whoopi Goldberg Kimberly Elise (Perry's breakout hit "Diary of a Mad Black Woman") to Tony winner Anika Noni Rose ("Caroline or Change").
Still not everyone cheered when news broke that Perry would be taking on "For Colored Girls."
"Literally I was like 'No. ... No! Don't do it ' " says Ashara Ekundayo who hosted a special screening of the film for Denver audiences last week. "I was 6 years old when this play came out. I remember the book was on my mother's nightstand. When I heard Tyler Perry was going to make a movie I thought that's like the holy grail. Why on Earth is anybody trying to make that into a movie? Let alone Tyler Perry? This is a genre unto itself that choreopoem."
Student: | Positive | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
TASK 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].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ? ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â Abbasi said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
Abbasi said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in its tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â Abbasi said though he added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
âI found him to be fairly warm â he said. âSomebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.â
SOLUTION: Neutral
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dennis Schröder ? Dennis Schröder could be in a bit of trouble. (Todd Kirkland/AP)
ESPNâs Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge early Friday morning in Brookhaven Ga. the Atlanta suburb where he lives.
âWe are aware of an incident involving Dennis Schröder earlier this morning â the Hawks said in a statement. âWe are still gathering information as it pertains to the situation and out of respect for the legal process we will have no further comment at this time.â
According to TMZ Sports which obtained the police report Schröder was with a group of friends outside a hookah bar called 6am when he shoved another man triggering a brawl. Police said they obtained surveillance video that showed Schröder and his friends in a âverbal heated exchangeâ with the other man who was âstruck by hands and feet by the offendersâ and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the fracas was broken up by security.
Schröder 24 was released on bail and will join his teammates for their preseason game in Miami on Sunday the team told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The German-born Schröder broke through during the 2016-17 season his first as a full-time NBA starter. The point guard set career highs in points (17.9 per game) assists (6.3) rebounds (3.1) field goal percentage (. 451) and free throw percentage (.855).
SOLUTION: Negative
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tyler Perry ? Director Tyler Perry's big-screen adaptation of "For Colored Girls" -- the landmark theatrical journey through several black women's lives -- opens to great anticipation this week. And some trepidation.
A movie and television director and producer Perry is best known for his films about black women under duress most often featuring Madea a gun-toting auntie with lots of attitude portrayed by the filmmaker. His movies use camp and gallons of sweet tea to wash down some authentic truths.
This month's issue of Essence the premier magazine for African-American women features the movie's cast. And "For Colored Girls" is populated by intriguing performers from Phylicia Rashad to Thandie Newton Janet Jackson to Whoopi Goldberg Kimberly Elise (Perry's breakout hit "Diary of a Mad Black Woman") to Tony winner Anika Noni Rose ("Caroline or Change").
Still not everyone cheered when news broke that Perry would be taking on "For Colored Girls."
"Literally I was like 'No. ... No! Don't do it ' " says Ashara Ekundayo who hosted a special screening of the film for Denver audiences last week. "I was 6 years old when this play came out. I remember the book was on my mother's nightstand. When I heard Tyler Perry was going to make a movie I thought that's like the holy grail. Why on Earth is anybody trying to make that into a movie? Let alone Tyler Perry? This is a genre unto itself that choreopoem."
SOLUTION: | Positive
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instruction:
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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz ? After previously withholding his endorsement , U.S. Sen. John Cornyn , R-Texas , said Sunday he 's supporting Ted Cruz for re-election in 2018 .
While Cornyn made a pitch for the latest proposal , known as Graham-Cassidy , Cruz continued to assert he was undecided -- and was even more explicit at one point , saying Senate leaders still do n't have his vote .
In a joint session with Cruz at the Texas Tribune Festival , Cornyn called the junior senator "enormously constructive" in the Senate and pledged to support him as he seeks a second term .
Cornyn said he recently had breakfast with Cruz and they agreed it was important to set aside their differences -- mainly on tactics , not policy -- in the wake of Hurricane Harvey .
"I think it 's really important , particularly in light of the challenges brought by this huge natural disaster , that we stand together as a Texas delegation and there 's no space between Sen. Cruz and me when it comes to doing work for our state ," Cornyn said .
Cruz said Graham-Cassidy has some "very good elements" but does not do enough to lower health insurance premiums .
The authors took the changes but removed them a day later , Cruz said .
Cornyn had previously declined to endorse Cruz for re-election , saying he was "not going to get involved in any primary races , particularly with my colleagues in the Senate ."
And Cruz refused to back Cornyn when he was seeking re-election in the 2014 primary .
"Right now they do n't have my vote , and I do n't think they have Mike Lee 's either ," Cruz said .
Watch Smith 's full interview with Cornyn and Cruz below .
In 2018 , Cruz is facing a challenge from U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso .
Cruz has been generally tight-lipped about O'Rourke , but he went further than usual at the festival while responding to a question about his opponent .
"I do n't think Texans want a far-left Democrat in the Senate ," Cruz said .
answer:
Neutral
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Inscho ? The recent settlement capped a case that began with a descent into depression and paranoia in Janene Wallace's late twenties and eventually resulted in imprisonment a nearly three-month stint in solitary confinement and finally a death by hanging family attorney David Inscho said.
At the time of her suicide the George W. Hill Correctional Facility was run by private prison operator Community Education Centers but the company was recently acquired by another prison operator called The GEO Group. Pablo Paez a representative for The GEO group declined to comment on the litigation but said that "GEO was in no way involved with the management of the facility at the time of these allegations."
Wallace then refused to bathe made irrational statements rubbed menstrual blood on a shower wall and accused the guards of trying to hurt her according to emails between officials at the facility that were provided by Inscho . She was placed in solitary confinement and a sign was put on her door that warned that she was "unstable" and instructed staffers to "use caution."
"What she needed was a mental health evaluation and mental health treatment. That never happened " Inscho said. "She was mentally ill. She needed help."
After more than 50 days in solitary which included a guard telling her to "go ahead and choke yourself" following a threat from Wallace that Inscho said was made after a period of 85 hours of uninterrupted confinement she hung herself from a vent with her bra.
David Byrne warden of the Hill facility did not immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment about Wallace's death. But according to a transcript of a deposition provided by Inscho he has admitted that something went wrong.
answer:
Positive
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dana Beal ? Longtime New York medical marijuana advocate Dana Beal is back in the joint for attempting to transport 22 pounds of marijuana out of California police said Monday.
Beal 70 was arrested Saturday night in Hayfork Calif. a rural community about a hundred miles south of the Oregon border Trinity County Sheriffâs Spokeswoman Jill Lynn told the Daily News.
Beal was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor possession of cannabis for sale and felony attempt to transport marijuana across state lines officials confirmed.
A year ago this week both Beal and Statzer were arrested together in Oregon after a state trooper stopped them for driving outside the line and over the speed limit â and allegedly found 55 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.
Dana Beal center speaks at a rally in support of medical marijuana during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (John Penley)
Beal a veteran of the Youth International Party or Yippies had been living in Manhattan after his release from federal prison in 2014 but also traveled a lot friends told the Daily News.
After his release Beal raised funds for a clinic in Tibet that uses Ibogaine a derivative of a West African plant to treat opioid addiction one friend said.
Beal was jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor possession of cannabis for sale and felony attempt to transport marijuana across state lines the source said. (Mariela Lombard)
Edwards who lives in Brooklyn called Beal an âAmerican heroâ who advocates for AIDS and cancer patients in New York.
Other supporters took to Facebook to post â Free Dana Bealâ messages.
A spokeswoman for the Trinity County District Attorney said Beal was due for his first appearance in court Tuesday. No formal charges were filed as of Monday morning she said.
answer:
| Positive
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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 George W Bush ? Because of Bush 's decisions , America has not had a successful foreign terrorist attack since 911 .
Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington , D.C. -- In the sweep of history , George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 911 .
Since 911 , the courts and Congress have allowed all of the Bush programs for uncovering terrorists to continue .
But Bush 's proclamation just after the terrorist attack that any country harboring a terrorist will be considered a terrorist country alone meant that Arab countries began cooperating in the war on terror , turning over thousands of terrorists and leads .
As with President Bush , the media portrayed Ronald Reagan as a bellicose fool .
Bush 's USA Patriot Act tore down the so-called wall imposed by Attorney General Janet Reno , a wall that prevented FBI agents from sharing information with each other and with the CIA .
Two days after the attack , FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Attorney General John Ashcroft began to brief Bush .
"They talked about how the terrorists got plane tickets , got on planes , moved from one airport to another , and then attacked our citizens ," Andy Card , Bush 's chief of staff , told me for my book "The Secrets of the FBI ."
By tripling the number of drones on order , Bush made it possible for President Obama to take out dozens of key al-Qaida leaders .
And as Leon Panetta said when he was CIA director , Bush 's coercive interrogation techniques , including waterboarding , provided clues that helped lead to Osama bin Laden 's compound in Pakistan .
Over time , Bush will be seen in the same light , recognized for keeping us safe and winning the war on terror .
In 2005 , Bush established the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean , Va. , where 200 analysts from the CIA and FBI sit side by side analyzing threats 24 hours a day .
Instead of hailing the efforts to connect the dots , the media demonize Bush and those who are trying to protect us , portraying the tools that uncover clues to plots as "spying on innocent Americans ."
The National Security Agency -LRB- NSA -RRB- intercepts ordered by Bush opened for the FBI a window on terrorist activity within the U.S. .
Many in the media could not bear to hear that Bush might have been at least partially right about Saddam , and few newspapers reported the story .
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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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ellen Barkin ? Actress Ellen Barkin interrupted a burglar who broke into her Greenwich Village home on Wednesday a rep for the New York Police Department confirmed to ABC News.
According to authorities the actress heard a noise upstairs around 6:45 a.m. She saw the suspect whom she described as a gloved Hispanic male in his twenties at the balcony door.
Police said she grabbed at the door to close it and the would-be thief jumped onto the fire escape and fled. A bag containing jewelry possibly intended to be taken was left behind.
A rep for Barkin did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News but the actress 63 has been tweeting about the incident.
"The first responders were great here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours " she wrote in a tweet directed at NYPD Det. James Byrne. "My heart breaks for another day that will live in infamy but crime is still going on... in my house."
.@NYPDByrne ...only because u have the full name of the father of my children...the first responders were great here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) November 1 2017
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bill Haslam ? Blackburn's entry followed a decision earlier in the day by term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam to sit out the race despite entreaties from Corker Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Tennessee's senior senator Lamar Alexander.
"While I have loved being a mayor and a governor I don't feel the same call to run for Senate at this point " said Haslam . He said the hyper-partisanship that surrounds Congress was a factor in his decision.
Haslam 's popularity in the state and his vast personal wealth would have made him a strong candidate despite lingering anger among some Republicans over his call to Donald Trump to abandon his presidential nomination last year following the release of a videotape in which Trump boasted about groping women.
Corker who announced last week that he wouldn't seek a third term also publicly criticized the Republican president for his response to a deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia. Corker questioned whether Trump had the "competence" or "stability" to succeed in office.
"I believe in President Trump's immigration ban and I'll fight with him every step of the way to build that wall " she said. "I stand when the president walks in room and yes I stand when I hear the Star Spangled Banner."
Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is another potential Republican Senate candidate and is expected to make a decision in the coming days. Haslam hasn't said whether he 'll endorse a Republican in the race.
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roy Moore ? Our sad national trajectory has been on display recently with two oddly connected stories: Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore and the tax bill . They share a common thread in President Trump but their significance goes beyond the president. Trump surely helped fuel the end of shame but just as surely we were already on that degraded path.
No one who has watched Moore expected that reports of how he allegedly preyed on young girls would provoke shame from the egocentric already discredited judge. Moore has long proved — with his flagrant disregard for constitutional values his homophobia and racism — that he is impervious to such feelings.
The open question involved Moore ’s true-believing supporters and political allies of convenience: At long last had they any decency? For some including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and most of his colleagues the answer has been a welcome yes. Others most prominently Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and inevitably Trump have failed what should have been an easy test. To conclude that electing an accused child molester to the Senate is preferable to seating a Democrat is the epitome of shamelessness.
And the president for whom shamelessness has proven a potent tactic pronounced himself persuaded by Moore ’s similarly blatant approach: “He totally denies it.” But the more instructive moment came with Trump’s very first public words on the Moore reports: “I can tell you one thing for sure. We don’t need a liberal person in there a Democrat.” Morality is a luxury with a 52-vote Senate majority. Shame is a millstone or would be if Trump were capable of it.
What is truly stunning is Mulvaney’s brazen willingness to admit that the price tag is phony — specifically the notion that individual tax cuts will expire. Mulvaney making the rounds of the Sunday shows felt no need to dissemble. “One of the ways to game the system is to make things expire . . . a lot of this is a gimmick ” he told NBC. And on CNN “It’s simply trying to essentially manipulate the numbers and game the system.” In other words we’re lying to you to ram this through and we’re not even going to bother to hide it .
Example Output: | Negative
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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].
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ablynx ? PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi has agreed to buy Belgian biotech company Ablynx for 3.9 billion euros ($4.8 billion) beating Novo Nordisk and marking its second big deal this month after buying Bioverativ.
The deal is a further sign of accelerating merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the global biotech sector and comes after Ablynx rejected a 2.6 billion euro offer from Denmark’s Novo Nordisk.
Sanofi said on Monday it would pay 45 euros per share in cash for Ablynx a premium of 21 percent over its closing price on Friday - and more than double the price before Novo went public with its initial bid.
Novo Nordisk conceded defeat saying it did not intend to make a revised offer for Ablynx which is developing a prized experimental drug for a rare blood disorder.
Sanofi said Ablynx would boost long-term value for its shareholders while the takeover was expected to have a neutral impact on Sanofi’s business earnings per share (EPS) in 2018 and 2019.
Sanofi is already one of Ablynx ’s big pharma partners after striking a deal in July 2017 to find new treatments for inflammatory diseases.
By buying the company outright it will now get access to Ablynx ’s most promising asset the experimental drug caplacizumab for treating the rare bleeding disorder acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Sanofi will be able to use its existing infrastructure and the recently acquired platform from Bioverativ to help to commercialize caplacizumab. It will also benefit from some of the other drugs Ablynx is working on such as an infant anti-viral treatment that would not have fitted within Novo Nordisk.
Berenberg analysts said Ablynx was a good fit but they estimated the deal would generate no more than a 4 percent return on invested capital assuming caplacizumab sales of around 400 million euros by 2023.
The Danish group has sat out previous rounds of M&A in the drugs sector to focus on its core diabetes business but it now needs to find new products for its struggling smaller biopharmaceutical unit where Ablynx would have been a good fit.
Morgan Stanley and Lazard advised Sanofi on the deal while JP Morgan advised Ablynx.
Positive
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tiffany Richardson ? Since Tyra Banks yelled "We were rooting for you!" on America's Next Top Model it's become one of the most iconic moments in reality TV history and one of the most inescapable GIFs on the internet. Now more than a decade since Banks flipped on contestant Tiffany Richardson the former model hopeful reveals what viewers didn't see how she feels about Banks and how far she 's come.
âThis is a really difficult decision â Tyra Banks said face stoic voice solemn. âYouâve put me in a very difficult place.â Before her stood America's Next Top Model contestants Tiffany Richardson and Rebecca Epley who were on the chopping block.
The Cycle 4 hopefuls were relatively motionless aside from the sporadic subtle head nods as they waited to see whose photo Banks was holding. Whoever was pictured would be âsafeâ in the worldâs fiercest modeling competition â at least for an additional week. But when Banks finally revealed the reflective glossy image in her hands it was blank: Both Richardson and Epley were going home. A shock wave rippled through the room leaving the models who would be moving forward and Banks's fellow judges visibly shaken. Epley let her tears flow freely as she was comforted by her fellow contestants turned friends; Richardson meanwhile tried to lighten the mood telling the other models âCheer up waterheads. [What are you] lookinâ all sad for?â The contestants wiped their faces and after saying their goodbyes Banks called the two eliminated women back over for what would become the most memorable send-off in reality TV history.
âRebecca I admire your emotion right now. It shows to me that this was something thatâs very important to you â Banks said before turning to Richardson . âTiffany Iâm extremely disappointed in you. This is a joke to you. ⦠This is serious to these girls and it should be serious to you.â âLooks can be deceiving " Richardson interjected. âI'm hurt. ⦠I canât change it Tyra. ⦠Iâm sick of crying about stuff that I cannot change. Iâm sick of being disappointed.â âYou ain't sick of being disappointed Tiffany â Banks replied her voice becoming irritated her bright red hair following every shake of her head. âIf you were sick of being disappointed you would stand up and you would take control of your destiny. Do you know that you had a possibility to win? Do you know that all of America is rooting for you?â Banks and Richardson began talking over each other as they tried to explain themselves both growing more passionate with each word until Banks became completely unhinged. âI have never in my life yelled at a girl like this â she shouted her voice cracking. The glare in her eyes sharpened as she looked down at Richardson whoâd turned her head away amid the yelling. âWhen my mother yells like this itâs because she loves me. I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!â Suddenly the room fell silent. For the first time the very polished Tyra Banks had broken character. She had always been the knowledgeable big sister who carried herself with grace someone you could count on for sound advice someone to look up to. But that wasn't who audiences saw when she went in on Richardson. It left folks watching at home shook â so much that weâre not only still talking about it today but we've managed to transform the unforgettable moment into a way we interact with one another.
If you were to do a general search on YouTube for the scene which aired in April 2005 youâd see a few results â âTyra Banks Gone Wild â âTyra Banks Yells at Girl â âTyra Yells at Tiffany Extendedâ â totaling more than 11 million views and counting. And you probably see the continuous loop of Banks yelling her famous line in GIF form on at least one social media platform a day. The scene has been memed over and over again tracing back to old message boards the underbelly of the early internet. It also lives on through fan art and tweets and Vines (RIP) and it was parodied on Family Guy on which Banks was portrayed as a model who loses her temper and transforms into a lizard eating one of the contestants. It was even used in January 2017 as a symbol of protest during the international Womenâs March in reference to President Donald Trump the day after he was inaugurated. "None of us were rooting for you " a protester's sign read. "How dare you."
But before she returned to Miami Richardson said that producers âhintedâ that sheâd be able to come back for Cycle 4 if she participated in an anger management program. According to Richardson the suggestion came because of how she âd performed on her psych test an assessment of the contestantsâ mental stability before theyâre allowed into the house with the other models. Cocks said the models are screened âextensivelyâ and she'd be surprised if those who vet contestants âdid not do their due diligence." Though she mainly worked in postproduction and couldn't confirm Richardson's account Cocks did say âI think itâs possible. Look she obviously made a really good impression in Season 3 if she failed whatever she said she failed. I could definitely see them reaching out to her again and being like âDo you want to give this another try?â" Richardson said she did try anger management for just âa secondâ and âit didnât really change much.â She wouldnât disclose how much time sheâd spent in her program. (A representative for Ken Mok the president of 10 by 10 Entertainment the production company behind America's Next Top Model said he was unavailable to be interviewed for this story and did not respond to a further request for comments on Richardson's statements.) âI donât think they really cared about me going to anger management â Richardson told BuzzFeed News. âIt looked good for TVâ¦fake-ass Cinderella story.â Months later just before filming for Cycle 4 of Top Model began Richardson said she was contacted by a producer to come out to Tampa for an audition. While there she retook the psych test and âswitched the answers." "I put what they wanted to hear â she said.
Banks and the Jays were moved. â Tiffany grabbed her problems by the reins she got it together came back and I truly believed that girl wants to change her life â Mr. Jay said after her interview. But really Richardson just had them all fooled. âHonestly looking back I was full of shit â she said. âLike I was still the same person. ⦠[I was] playing the fucking role. ⦠I fed into the crap they was telling me and I ran with it.â With such an apparent change in demeanor Richardson was a shoo-in as a Top Model finalist because who doesnât love a good redemption story? And who loves one more than Tyra Banks? Banks had long established her brand as someone who was invested in bettering the lives of young women. In 1999 she founded a camp for girls that âconsisted of a self-esteem building program that addressed battling gender stereotypes elevating body and beauty love and creating a sisterhood of trust.â In 2008 she told the New York Times Magazine about the doors that had been slammed in her face and the adversity she 'd faced as a model before retiring in 2005. She 's always been focused on pulling herself up by the bootstraps â a person who would eventually yell at Richardson in that infamous April 2005 episode âYou don't know where the hell I come from. You have no idea what I've been through. But I'm not a victim. I grow from it and I learn.â Banks whose representative did not respond to multiple requests to set up an interview for or comment on this story often used her life as a rubric for other models to follow especially the ones she handpicked and groomed on America's Next Top Model â and Richardson was certainly an example of that.
According to Cycle 4 contestants the judging room was located in another area of the Top Model house where they would assemble for that week's critiques. One by one each model would walk down a runway-like plank to find out how she performed that week. Her photos would be displayed on a giant screen for everyone to see and her critiques would be said for everyone to hear. By the time everyone received their feedback the women had been standing for hours; sometimes they would need to take a break eat and then come back in for more critiques. âWeâd get picked apart for like 15 20 minutes each " Richardson recalled. "If you say something back youâre going to be up there for a minute â and sometimes theyâd be going at it like roasting the fuck out of us. Back to back to back.â After they received their feedback they'd then be sent out of the room to let the judges deliberate a process that took six to eight hours in its entirety. Eventually the contestants would stand before the judges again and Banks would call each "safe" woman by name until there were only two left standing one of whom would be eliminated. The schedule would leave the women physically and mentally exhausted on top of being largely separated from the world outside of Top Model. âItâs not quite like Big Brother where they strip them of everything â said Cocks. The contestants werenât âgetting a lot of pop culture but they were aware of stuff â she explained because theyâd walk around LA during challenges and shoots. Richardson struggled to settle into her new reality. âI was there but I wasnât there. It was so different for me â she said. âI donât know anything about designer clothes and it was kinda like I had to try to fit in and figure it out. Even with makeup I felt really out of place.â âWe were all out of our comfort zone â said Cycle 4 contestant Brittany Brower. But Richardson she noted "even more so." "I remember we went and had sushi one night and she âd never had sushi. She thought it was like crazy ⦠so she was just feeling really alienated.â
On top of feeling like an outsider Richardson was getting feedback about her photos looking "a little stripper-ish " according to guest judge Mathu Andersen who was the contestantsâ makeup artist. And in the episode in which Richardson was famously sent home she struggled through a challenge where the contestants were tasked with memorizing a short script and performing it using a cockney English accent. It was yet another blow to Richardson's confidence when the women were instructed to read designer names from a teleprompter for a mini red carpet challenge during judging. Many of the models had trouble with names like Hermès and Christian Lacroix but Richardson gave up after fumbling over words. âI canât do this â she said. â Tiffany the other girls did not know these words â Banks said softly with the other judges backing her up. âIf you donât do this youâre going to go home.â " Tiffany was humiliated by a lot of the stuff that was going on in the show " Cycle 4 contestant Keenyah Hill told BuzzFeed News. "She felt alienated and she felt targeted a lot." With the pressure of the competition getting to her Richardson was at a crossroads: Continue to bear the blows â critiques from judges draining challenges and photo shoots etc. â or simply give up and go home. âEvery time I did something wrong Iâd shut down a little bit more and it just got to the point where I was over it. I felt like we were just there to be humiliated " Richardson said. "It was like 'What the fuck [else] could we do to them?'â Richardson said her issue wasnât exactly with the harshness of the critiques it was more that she felt they weren't at all constructive. âI donât really care if you go in hard on me â go in on me but help me â she said. âGoing in we thought we were going to get modeling help.â Richardson said she thought the judges wouldâve been more âsincereâ in developing the women into models but instead she felt like the contestants were only ridiculed from week to week.
After weeks of judging challenges and photo shoots Richardson had particularly struggled throughout that ill-fated week and she was hardly confident going into the elimination. âI didnât think it was gonna be me because I was up against Rebecca cute little white girl â Richardson said. But she also didn't think it'd be a double elimination or that Banks would disclose deeply personal information about Richardsonâs less-than-perfect life back home in Florida. "Youâve been through anger management " Banks screamed once things escalated. "Youâve been through your grandmother getting her lights turned off to buy you a swimsuit for this competition." But that was only what viewers saw. According to Richardson the argument was â1 000 times worse" in reality. She was hesitant to elaborate but when pressed for more details Richardson said she recalled Banks yelling at her âYou can go back to your house and sleep on your mattress on the floor with your baby â in front of the other judges contestants and crew members. Richardson wouldnât reveal further information about what may have been edited out of Banksâs tirade but that particular comment she said âstayed in the back of my mind." Cocks said that though she wasnât there during the elimination she was heavily involved in the editing process and she couldnât remember Banks saying that in any of the transcripts. She did however confirm that the tirade was trimmed mainly due to time constraints.
As Richardson left the judging room to pack up her things she remembers yelling âfuck Tyraâ and âfuck Top Model.â In the episode the cameras continued to roll as Richardson and Epley packed their bags. During a quick exit interview in which she wore the same long black slip dress she wore during the elimination Richardson said âIâm not finna break down for you or nobody else. You ainât did shit for me but bring me here and put me through hell these weeks.â Epley didnât remember the âentire wrath of Tyra â but she said it seemed like Banks âwent above and beyond to break Tiffany down.â Brower agreed saying more bluntly "It was definitely harsh ⦠almost like Tyra wanted her to be devastated when she got eliminated and when Tiffany was not acting that way itâs like she just lost it. ⦠There was a lot more anger there especially in the beginning.â Hill said she remembered that "financially [Richardson] and her family they werenât doing really well at the time." She added that Richardson had a "lackadaisical" attitude. "She made it seem like she was unbothered unaffected did not care " according to Hill. "And Tiffany âs my girl but in that moment I could definitely see where Tyra was coming from. She had some truth to what she was saying but [Banks] probably did go in.â While it may have been a case of extreme tough love thatâs not how Richardson felt about it. âWhy are you yelling at me because Iâm grown as fuck â Richardson recalled thinking as Banks got heated. âIt was just like bullshit. It was so over-the-top for no reason.â In Richardson's view Banks âneeded them ratings to go up or something." The producer and three judges (Marin Barker and Dickinson) who spoke to BuzzFeed News all noted that the blowup was a deviation from how Banks normally interacted with the contestants but some said it came from a place of Banks wanting Richardson to succeed. Barker called the moment âshell-shocking â but said there was ânever anything vitriolic about it ever.â âIt was much more maternal than anything else â he said. After Richardson and Epley packed their bags they were sent to a hotel room where they stayed for the next few days. During production on Top Model contestants didnât actually go straight home. They were essentially sequestered for almost 24 hours a day in hotel rooms only able to leave to get food. Cocks told BuzzFeed News the goal was to prevent the public from finding out which contestant was eliminated and when. These contestants were referred to as âbogies â a play on the word âbogus.â Producers also didn't want eliminated contestants â at least in the early days of the show â to know who was eliminated after them. Cocks told BuzzFeed News that producers did another exit interview with Richardson as a way of âbuttoning upâ her storyline. According to Cocks's recollection of the decision Banks "basically drove that train.â The concern was that the story was essentially âunfinishedâ without showing that Banks and Richardson had made amends.
So Banks along with her mother Carolyn London visited Richardson while she was in her hotel room which Epley confirmed though she wasnât present for the conversation. Richardson said that the contestants had met London earlier in the competition and that she loved how âwarm her spirit wasâ because it reminded Richardson of her grandmother. In hindsight Richardson saw London's presence in her hotel room as a way for Banks and the producers to make her feel more comfortable for the closing interview they had planned. According to Richardson Banks recognized that they had a âmoment â said she saw a lot of herself in Richardson and said she would continue to act as her mentor. âYou would think that if you cared that much you wouldâve been there more " Richardson said. "I didnât think she cared. I donât think she gave a fuck about none of us except for the ones who made it big. But hey it is what it is.â Richardson said the second exit interview was conducted just a few minutes after Banks and her mother left her hotel room. Richardson sported a bright pink tube top dangling earrings and a black baseball cap that covered her hair making it obvious that the interview wasnât from the same night as the elimination where Richardson wore the black getup. She seemed happier and more hopeful in that footage because sheâd been âjuiced up â as she said in a sense by Banks. "Part of me did give up. I was being very disrespectful " Richardson's voice is heard saying in the episode as she's shown in that black elimination night dress packing up her suitcase. Then the camera cuts to Richardson in her pink tube top saying "Tyra really did care about me her yelling at me. I have the utmost respect for her 'cause she could've easily said 'OK whatever.' And you know 'Bye.' That showed me that she saw deeply into me and she cared about me. "And that's cool knowing that you know Tyra cares about you " Richardson said with a smile across her face as the camera faded to her in that black dress again rolling her suitcase out of the Top Model house.
In 2012 Banks dramatically acted out a portion of the well-known scene during Cycle 19 and in 2015 she referenced the classic moment while live-tweeting Cycle 22 of the show. The now-retired supermodel also went the Kardashian route in January 2017 opting to capitalize on the constantly quoted moment by turning it â as well as a few of her other catchphrases â into an emoji as part of her TyTyMoji collection. But other than that Banks hasnât said much on the subject. After watching the episode â and with a decade having passed â Richardson said she understands that it made for good TV. âIt was deep it was passionateâ¦the musicâs going Tyraâs beautiful self yelling [at the] poor little black girl " she said. "It was beautiful for TV. They love to see black girls struggling and somebody coming to save her ⦠and that just didnât work out that way this time.â Richardson said one of her last interactions with Banks was when Hill came down to Miami in the months after filming had wrapped on Cycle 4 and Banks just happened to call as the former contestants stayed in a hotel for a weekend planning to scout agencies. She said Banks offered them advice on how to dress while they were looking for a potential agency which Richardson said she appreciated. In September 2005 Banks invited Richardson onto The Tyra Banks Show for a Top Model reunion special but it was during a second visit to Banksâs talk show in January 2006 for a tell-all episode when Richardson felt like their relationship was over. (Telepictures was unable to provide BuzzFeed News with a review copy of the Tyra Banks Show episode in question.) In the interview Richardson said she opened up about her issues with Banks saying Banks always focused on the negatives in her life. After the taping Richardsonâs grandmother wrote a letter to Banks calling the talk show host out for always portraying Richardson in a bad light and sent it to The Tyra Banks Show. Richardson couldnât confirm if Banks herself ever received the letter but she said she never heard from her again.
Richardsonâs son Chaddrick whom she frequently talked about on Top Model is now 14 years old. She has also since had a daughter named Chaz whoâs 9. She works a normal 9-to-5 job at a group home in Miami assisting people with mental disabilities. âItâs pretty cool though Iâm not complaining about it â she said. But she said multiple times sheâs âfamous-broke " in that her notoriety reaps no financial benefits. âEvery fucking day somebody is coming up to me about this show and how I couldâve won and Tyra said this and itâs like really? Itâs been 10 years. Could yâall not?â she said. While the in-person interactions have worn on her the persistence of the moment online doesn't get to Richardson. âOh I donât give a fuck people are gonna laugh anyway â she said. âPeople ainât shit. Humans are not shit okay? Theyâre gonna laugh it doesnât matter. It doesnât bother me.â Today Richardson does occasionally find time to work with a local photographer but modeling isn't something she's prioritizing. âIâve been doing a couple of different photo shoots and itâs like a learning process too â she said happily noting she has gone to some networking events. âAnd then Iâm just getting my body fit ⦠but I work I live in the real world.â Although sheâs kept her tough-as-nails personality she doesnât look back on the show with ill feelings. "I still didnât take advantage of the situation like I shouldâve but you know you live and you learn " she said. "I canât regret that because it made me who I am right now. And I needed all of that.â â
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kevin Sinclair ? Kevin Sinclair a developmental biologist at the University of Nottingham in Britain who was not involved with this research said this was a significant step in nonhuman primate cloning. âIt's the first time that primates have been born using the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer which is the technique that was used to produce Dolly the sheep gosh almost 22 years ago now â he said.
For the clones that originated from fetal tissue 79 embryos yielded six pregnancies. Only Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born. âIt's still very inefficient in this species â Sinclair said. âThere's a lot of progress yet to be made.â
âThere is no reason to doubt that these two monkeys are anything other than clones â Sinclair said.
Nor he said is there reason to suggest that we are closer to producing human clones today than we were yesterday. âThe techniques that these guys have used to produce these monkeys have already been used to produce cloned human embryos â Sinclair pointed out. No one in the field âhas ever had an agenda to produce human clones.â
Sinclair who has studied the health of clones such as Dolly's identical âsisterâ sheep was bullish on the monkeys' long-term survival. In general he said if clones survive the first few months of infancy they develop like any other animal. âThe chances of them going on to lead long and normal healthy lives are very high â he said.
Their dogâs sudden death was too much to bear â so they cloned him
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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.
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New input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald Trump Jr. ? While speaking at a conference for conservative millennials Donald Trump Jr. suggested that the investigation around his father's campaign has been fueled by government higher-ups who have conspired to block the President's agenda.
The Magic Kingdom Park at Disney World in Florida added a Trump robot to The Hall of Presidents.
This undated video screen shot provided by Walt Disney World shows an animatronic figure of Trump center front. Trump 's robot is introduced by George Washington's robot.
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."
A staff member places the presidential seal on the lectern prior to Trump 's triumphant speech on the passage of the Republican tax reform legislation on Thursday.
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Q: 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.
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lukasz Niec ? In 1979 Lukasz Niec 43 was brought to the United States from Poland by his parents to escape an increasingly authoritarian government but now sits in a Calhoun County jail cell after three ICE officers came to his home last Tuesday and put him in handcuffs.
He had been spending the day off with his daughters.
" He cannot go back to Poland a country he doesn't know he has no family at " Iwona Niec-Villaire his sister and a corporate lawyer told WOOD.
Lukasz Niec with his wife and two daughters (Facebook)
"Both our parents passed away in the United States. He doesn't know anyone he wouldn't know where to go."
She added " He doesn't even speak Polish."
Niec pled guilty to the charges and under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act he got to avoid having a criminal record since he was a young first-time offender.
"Until this gets heard which could be up to six months he could be stuck in a prison cell and not helping and being with his family " said Niec-Villaire.
Niec 's arrest comes as the Trump administration continues its war on illegal immigrants.
ICE hasn't commented on what caused the agency to look into Niec 's case but a spokesman for the ICE Detroit Field Office told MLive.com he was looking into it.
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Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim Jong Un ? A key member of Kim Jong Un's inner circle touted as a powerful military figure mysteriously vanished from public life recently sparking rumors he was executed by a North Korean death squad after allegations of bribery recent reports indicated.
Hwang Pyong-so a vice marshal who held the most senior position in North Koreaâs military hasnât been seen in public since Oct. 13 sparking rumors of his death.
Kim has previously dispatched his enemies via a variety of gruesome methods including shooting them with anti-aircraft weaponry at a close distance and feeding them to a pack of ravenous dogs.
Kim Won-hong was reportedly sentenced to one of North Koreaâs prison camps. As for Hwang many of Kim Jong Unâs recent actions indicate the man who the dictator has trusted for about a decade was executed -- possibly by the infamous firing squad that also killed Kimâs uncle Jang Song Thaek.
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Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Tesla ? On November 16 Tesla unveiled its long-anticipated foray into the $726 billion world of trucking: A heavy-duty all-electric rig aptly named “Semi.” The truck itself is wildly impressive in our opinion—a 500-mile range projected fuel savings of $200 000 and the industry’s most advanced levels of automation—but what excites me the most really is the opportunity this truck signifies: The start as I see it of a once-in-a-lifetime radical shift in our trillion-dollar transportation economy.
As I have written about before we are currently entering a period of a rapid change in our transportation systems. And as I see it it’s the innovator’s dilemma playing out in the wild: Incumbents like General Motors are moving too slowly to adapt to an all-electric future—wasting billions of dollars on stock buybacks—while upstarts like Tesla unencumbered by legacy business models are forging a path into a clean fully-electric fully-autonomous future. (GM has spent almost $17 billion in the last several years buying back its stock three times what Tesla has spent building Gigafactories—but I digress.)
I spoke with Perry at length recently regarding Tesla ’s ambitions and challenges the future of transportation and his macro perspective on the innovation taking place right now in the trucking ecosystem. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation. (Full disclosure: Worm Capital is long Tesla and all views are Perry’s alone.)
Worm Capital: This week we're seeing Tesla come out with their Semi and clearly Elon Musk has talked about creating an all-electric autonomous future. So existentially what does this mean for the trucking industry over the next 10 15 20 years? How do you see it evolving from what it is today to what it will be in the future?
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Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Eric Alexander ? The executive Eric Alexander not only obtained the medical records of the victim who was an Uber customer in India but shared them with other executives according to Recode which first reported his firing. Uber fired Alexander on Tuesday over the medical records issue the New York Times reported.
Uber confirmed to Business Insider that Alexander is no longer employed by the company but declined to comment further on the circumstances.
Alexander obtained the victim's medical records and showed them to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Emil Michael the company's VP of business according to the report. Alexander continued to carry the records around for a year until other executives obtained a copy of them and destroyed his copy of the records Recode reported.
It's unclear how Alexander obtained the medical records. Photos online show that Alexander was in Delhi in December 2014 for multiple days of police questioning.
Despite Uber's top executives allegedly knowing Alexander had obtained the rape victim's medical records he remained employed by the company for the last three years.
On Tuesday Uber announced the initial results of an investigation into charges of harassment and other complaints at the company. Although Alexander 's acquiring of the victim's medical records was among the 215 complaints investigated he wasn't among the 20 people the company said it had fired in response to them according to Recode.
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Halawa Ibrahim Halawa ? DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish student Ibrahim Halawa was greeted by cheering crowds at Dublin Airport on Tuesday as he arrived home following his acquittal last month in a four-year mass trial.
Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa arrives at Dublin Airport in Ireland October 24 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Halawa who was born and raised in Dublin and is a son of the most senior Muslim cleric in Ireland was 17 when he was arrested along with hundreds of others in 2013 as part of a crackdown on protests in Egypt.
The defendants had all faced the death penalty and though none received it hundreds were given hefty jail sentences. Halawa ’s sisters were released shortly after their arrests.
Halawa has said he was regularly tortured during his period in detention. The Egyptian authorities have repeatedly denied allegations of abuses from rights groups.
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz ? Despite his outspoken liberalism , Franken has worked hard to make friends with Republicans , Cruz excepted .
Of late , Cruz has shown a humbler , more compassionate side .
Franken was unsparing in his criticism of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his book , "Al Franken : Giant of the Senate ."
Would America be better off if it had elected Cruz and not Trump president ?
The second , Chapter 37 , "Sophistry ," details how much he loathes Sen. Ted Cruz , whom he describes as a smarmy , condescending grandstander .
"He 's the exception that proves the rule ," Franken told the American-Statesman , explaining his decision to abandon normal senatorial courtesy in writing about Cruz .
Smith said that he did n't know Cruz would figure so importantly in Franken 's book when he arranged for Franken 's prime spot at the conference , but said , "It 's the cherry on the sundae ."
As for Cruz , Franken said he has no regrets about committing his misgivings to print .
Franken and Cruz will bookend the Texas Tribune Festival this weekend .
On Sunday , Smith will moderate a discussion with Cruz and his Texas Republican Senate colleague , John Cornyn .
When the book came out in May , Cruz told Politico , "Al is trying to sell books and apparently he 's decided that being obnoxious and insulting me is good for causing liberals to buy his books .
Smith will moderate a discussion with Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz at 9 a.m. on Sunday , also at Hogg Auditorium .
As far as he knows , Smith said , "it 's the only event that has both Al Franken and Ted Cruz on the program ," and , he said , no speaker in the festival 's history has generated as much advance interest and excitement as Franken .
Also , American-Statesman chief political writer Jonathan Tilove will interview U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso , who is running for Cruz 's Senate seat .
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Roy Moore ? Washington (CNN) On Thursday night in New Hampshire former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon offered a simple explanation for the bombshell report in The Washington Post that Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore pursued sexual relationships with four teenagers when he was in his early 30s.
"The Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump is the same Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore " Bannon said . "Now is that a coincidence? That's what I mean when I say opposition party right?"
It's an echo of what Moore himself said after the Post story went live: "The Washington Post has already endorsed the judge's opponent and for months they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the judge's record and career and derail his campaign " read the statement in part . (The Post's editorial board endorsed Doug Jones Moore 's Democratic opponent. The newsgathering end of the organization has zero interaction with the editorial board.)
It's easy for Bannon (or Moore ) to make the "fake news hates conservatives" argument. Hardcore conservatives will believe it. Because they hate the media.
Using Bannon's logic that the whole Moore story was cooked up by the media to get Moore you must also believe the following things:
* The Post convinced four women who were willing to put their names forward publicly and risk the scrutiny that comes with that decision to lie about their interactions with Moore when they were teenagers. The Post was able to do this despite the fact that the four women did not know one another. And they did not reach out to the Post in an effort to get their stories told.
* These women created detailed stories about how they met Moore where he took them on dates and how he sought to make the relationship more romantic or sexual.
* That these women were motivated by political dislike for Moore (or Republicans) to make up these tales. (Worth noting: Leigh Corfman the woman at the center of The Post story voted for the Republican nominee in each of the last three elections -- including for Trump in 2016.) Or that they were paid somehow to do it. Or they just lied to lie. Or something.
* More than two dozen other people who helped corroborate the Post story were also in on this ruse. (The Post said it interviewed more than 30 people who said they knew Moore between 1977 and 1982 which is when these episodes allegedly took place.) That's a whole lot of people to organize into a grand scheme to lie about Moore 's sexual misconduct.
Again if you believe Bannon go back and read what I wrote above. Because if you believe that this is all a targeted effort to take out Moore because of his beliefs you need to believe all of the rest of that stuff is true too.
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Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mariano Rajoy ? More than half the seats in Catalonia ' s 135 - seat parliament will be occupied by pro - independence parties . Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ' s own right - wing People ' s Party alone looks to lose 60 % of their seats . But there ' s one person who most certainly won ' t be sitting in one of those seats even though — thanks to a YouTube video that ’ s been viewed almost a million times — he most likely did more than a little to help Thursday ' s overwhelming pro - independence win . “ The situation on Oct . 1 changed everything ” Albano Dante Fachin told BuzzFeed News as he cleaned out his office inside Catalonia ’ s parliament building on Thursday night . Oct . 1 was the day Catalonia held a referendum on whether to separate from Spain a move the Spanish government had tried desperately to prevent . Police and other armed forces were sent into the region to try to keep people from the polls but Catalan leaders still declared a victory for the independence movement . After the vote the Spanish senate triggered Article 155 of the country ’ s constitution which stripped the region of its autonomy . Thursday night ’ s snap election was called by Rajoy after he used his new authority to dissolve the Catalan parliament and imprison eight politicians . Catalan President Carles Puigdemont fled to Brussels where he has been campaigning via livestream and social media . It ’ s been a hectic election full of vicious identity politics disorienting misinformation and increasing paranoia among Catalans about Spanish governmental overreach . Seven major parties were vying for seats on Thursday . But for most voters instead of thinking of things in terms of right and left it was a decision between a pro - Catalan independence voting bloc and a rival bloc of parties that have campaigned on Catalonia remaining a part of Spain . For Catalans it came down to a race between the left - wing progressive party Esquerra Republicana on the “ independentista ” side and economic liberal party Ciudadanos on the unionist a victory for either deciding the region ’ s future relationship with Madrid . There was one party though that tried to stay out of the independence debate . Podemos a left - wing anti - corruption party that was founded in 2014 out of Spain ’ s Occupy Wall Street equivalent resisted choosing a side . But thanks to Fachin its now - former general secretary it ended up having one of the biggest impacts on this week ’ s vote . Fachin shocked Catalans last week after he announced via YouTube video that he was resigning from Podemos and voting for a pro - independence party . The video has currently been watched over 800 000 times and according to Spanish media it ’ s the most watched video of the election . His decision to vote for an independence party to protest Spain ’ s crackdown on the region and not because he agreed with the results of the Catalan referendum became a lightning rod on social media .
Student: | Neutral | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Example input: 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.
Example output: Positive
Example explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gilbert ? Former dentist Jan Gilbert 72 of Long Beach New York was charged with trespassing after entering the conservative commentatorâs house on the afternoon of Feb. 17 according to reports on Wednesday.
Gilbert wrangled his way into Hannityâs Centre Island mansion by telling an unnamed person outside the home that he was writing a book about the Fox News personality and needed to give him some papers according to court documents cited by The Associated Press. Gilbert then followed that person into the house AP reported.
Hannityâs wife Jill told police that she spotted Gilbert inside without permission and that she did not know him . She said Gilbert then left the house and sat in his car on the driveway where police found him Newsday reported.
Gilbert was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass.
He told Newsday âsomeone misheard fabricated or misunderstoodâ the encounter. âThere is a real reason a valid reason a superior reason and a fully confirmed reason but Iâm not going to be able to talk about it â he said.
A: | Neutral | 3 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hope Hicks ? Hope Hicks 29 is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign she had no political experience.
Hicks was born in Greenwich a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.
Hicks didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.
And Hicks has been with Trump — to use his words — "from the beginning." She stuck on his campaign through several staff revamps including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.
Here's what we know about Hicks .
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jimmy Vesey ? One of the reasons Jimmy Vesey didnât sign with his hometown Bruins when the Harvard product was a college free agent in 2016 was because he wanted to get out of his comfort zone. He sure looks comfortable playing against them.
Vesey scored twice in a 29-second span in the first period in the Rangersâ 4-2 home win Wednesday night against Boston the Blueshirtsâ fifth straight win as they continue to distance themselves from their rough start to the year.
For Buchnevichâs fellow sophomore Vesey Wednesday represented some progress in that he remained a contributor until the final horn. In three of the previous five games Vesey had either had limited third-period ice time or been benched altogether for the third.
Jimmy Vesey celebrates his first of two goals scored. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
âMaybe he wasnât finishing on a lot but Jimmy was working hard and like you saw (Wednesday) early on before he scored the goals he made a couple real strong plays along the wall in our end that permitted us to get the puck out â Vigneault said. âSo thereâs more than just finishing.â
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Randal Quarles ? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big banks keen to see bottom-line benefits from U.S. President Donald Trumpâs pledge to cut red tape are pinning their hopes primarily on Randal Quarles the new head of bank supervision at the Federal Reserve.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles speaks during a Reuters sponsored panel discussion on the future of the U.S. housing foundations Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in New York July 19 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/File Photo
Quarles a former Wall Street lawyer and private equity investor nominated to the Fed by Trump last summer and sworn in this month will have the most influence in such efforts due to the central bankâs extensive financial oversight powers.
âNormally when you get a new governor at the Fed you donât see anything for a few months â said Wayne Abernathy executive vice president at the American Bankers Association and a former colleague of Quarles at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.
âI think the expectations for Quarles are higher because there was so much fanfare about the position. He âs going to feel some kind of pressure to show something.â
With Quarles on board banks and analysts expect the Fed to ease aspects of everyday examination and supervision in particular reducing the number of post-inspection notices demanding fixes to technical compliance issues ranging from sales practices to outsourcing contracts.
The Fedâs annual stress tests analyzing how a bank would cope with market shocks - known as CCAR - are another key area where Quarles is likely to quickly make his mark.
âNow that Randal Quarles is in place what we expect is that in fairly short order there will be some modifications to the way the CCAR works because that is something that can largely be done at the behest of supervision â Guy Moszkowski managing partner at financial analyst firm Autonomous Research told a conference on Tuesday.
Still those who know Quarles believe he is well-suited in terms of experience and personality to navigate the Fedâs halls of power. They point to his success in helping to negotiate trade deals during his time at the Treasury.
â He isnât the kind of person that bows to consensus â said the ABAâs Abernathy. â He âs the type of person who makes consensus.â
[A]: | Positive
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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].
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: Positive
Here is why: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
OK. solve this:
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Randal Quarles ? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big banks keen to see bottom-line benefits from U.S. President Donald Trumpâs pledge to cut red tape are pinning their hopes primarily on Randal Quarles the new head of bank supervision at the Federal Reserve.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles speaks during a Reuters sponsored panel discussion on the future of the U.S. housing foundations Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in New York July 19 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/File Photo
Quarles a former Wall Street lawyer and private equity investor nominated to the Fed by Trump last summer and sworn in this month will have the most influence in such efforts due to the central bankâs extensive financial oversight powers.
âNormally when you get a new governor at the Fed you donât see anything for a few months â said Wayne Abernathy executive vice president at the American Bankers Association and a former colleague of Quarles at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.
âI think the expectations for Quarles are higher because there was so much fanfare about the position. He âs going to feel some kind of pressure to show something.â
With Quarles on board banks and analysts expect the Fed to ease aspects of everyday examination and supervision in particular reducing the number of post-inspection notices demanding fixes to technical compliance issues ranging from sales practices to outsourcing contracts.
The Fedâs annual stress tests analyzing how a bank would cope with market shocks - known as CCAR - are another key area where Quarles is likely to quickly make his mark.
âNow that Randal Quarles is in place what we expect is that in fairly short order there will be some modifications to the way the CCAR works because that is something that can largely be done at the behest of supervision â Guy Moszkowski managing partner at financial analyst firm Autonomous Research told a conference on Tuesday.
Still those who know Quarles believe he is well-suited in terms of experience and personality to navigate the Fedâs halls of power. They point to his success in helping to negotiate trade deals during his time at the Treasury.
â He isnât the kind of person that bows to consensus â said the ABAâs Abernathy. â He âs the type of person who makes consensus.â
Answer: | Positive | 8 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rex Ryan Monday ? FOXBOROUGH Mass. - In one sentence Rex Ryan managed to compliment and challenge Bill Belichick at the same time.
The achievement is no surprise considering the New York Jets coach can create headlines just by speaking. While his most recent comments about Belichick may have raised some eyebrows they didn't shock the Patriots coach.
Last year Ryan said he didn't plan to kiss Belichick's rings and Newsday's Bob Glauber asked Ryan Monday if he had backed off since making the statement last year. Ryan gave an honest response.
"I just told the truth " Ryan said. "I came here to win. As much as I respect and admire Bill Belichick I came here to kick his ass and that's the truth. That's just the way it is."
The coaches may have different approaches but they continue to publicly praise each other. While Ryan is focused on beating Belichick he went on to talk about his respect for Belichick.
"I came here to beat him and I'm never going to backtrack on that " Ryan said. "I do respect him and all that absolutely. But he's the one to beat.
"I recognize that he's the best coach in football and he still is. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to go beat him because you're darn right I'm trying to beat him without question. He's going to get my best."
Belichick also had praise for what Ryan has accomplished.
"I think he's an excellent coach " Belichick said. "He did a great job at Baltimore whether it says defensive line coach or defensive coordinator down there.
"He's doing the same thing with the Jets. Took them to the AFC Championship game last year. Got a great record this year.
"So he's a good football coach. His teams play hard. They're obviously well-coached. They handle pressure. They play with a lot of confidence. He's done an excellent job."
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ? ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â Abbasi said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
Abbasi said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in its tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â Abbasi said though he added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
âI found him to be fairly warm â he said. âSomebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.â
[EX A]: Neutral
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? ` MediaBuzz ' host weighs in on Hillary Clinton 's book tour and her negative remarks against conservative media while fielding softball interviews from the mainstream media .
Kurtz : Hillary Clinton vs. ` right-wing ' news .
` MediaBuzz ' host weighs in on Hillary Clinton 's book tour and her negative remarks against conservative media while fielding softball interviews from the mainstream media .
Hillary Clinton says there 's a "right-wing war on truth ."
Hillary Clinton got her share of unfair press during the campaign .
Hillary also writes that by 2016 "most liberals and conservatives got their news from distinctly different sources and no longer shared a common set of facts ."
[EX A]: | Negative
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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].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rick Pitino ? Rick Pitino the masterful coach first lured to this basketball-besotted state in 1989 to heal somebody elseâs scandal finally toppled 28 years later Wednesday in the gusts of the latest scandal in his own program. By the time the University of Louisville placed him on unpaid administrative leave and shut off his access to a promising 17th season â he previously coached the University of Kentucky from 1989 to 1997 â it left a city woozy with scandal fatigue.
Pitino expressed dismay and surprise at the allegations Tuesday just as he had after the revelations that former Louisville assistant Andre McGee had paid a Louisville escort to entertain the Cardinalsâ players and recruits.
âThese allegations come as a complete shock to me â Pitino said in a statement released Tuesday. âIf true I agree with the U.S. Attorneyâs Office that these third-party schemes initiated by a few bad actors operated to commit a fraud on the impacted universities and their basketball programs including the University of Louisville. Our fans and supporters deserve better and I am committed to taking whatever steps are needed to ensure those responsible are held accountable.â
The menâs basketball program is already under NCAA probation for the 2015 scandal. Pitino faced a five-game suspension during the upcoming season as part of the penalties; in addition Louisville was ordered to return money received for NCAA tournament appearances from 2012 through 2015 and to vacate 123 wins during that period including the 2013 national championship. The university has appealed the ruling.
Pitino found success at nearly every NCAA stop he made in a coaching career that began in the mid-1970s. At Boston University his first head coaching job he led the Terriers to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 24 years. Pitino parlayed that success into a two-year run at Providence where he guided the Friars to the 1987 Final Four.
Then after a two-year run coaching the New York Knicks he left his dream NBA job in 1989 to take over at tradition-rich but scandal-plagued Kentucky even though the Wildcats would be banned from live television in his first season and from the NCAA tournament in his first two seasons.
After that however Pitino quickly had Kentucky back among the nationâs elite with a memorable Elite Eight appearance in the Wildcatsâ first post-probation season in 1992 and a Final Four bid the season after that his first of three appearances in the national semifinals at the school. In 1996 he led Kentucky to its first national title in 18 years.
After an unsuccessful four-year run as coach and team president of the Boston Celtics he was back at another faded Kentucky power: Louisville which had not won an NCAA tournament game in Denny Crumâs last four seasons.
Ex Output:
Negative
Ex Input:
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hugo Chavez ? President Hugo Chavez suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital a day after they began and sacked his electricity minister saying government officials imposed a rationing plan riddled with mistakes.
Caracas
Chavez's announcement late Wednesday was a significant shift in his attempts to avoid a widespread power collapse in the coming months through rolling blackouts of up to four hours a day throughout the country. Other rationing measures are to remain in place including outages in other areas.
"I have ordered the electrical outages to be suspended only in Caracas " Chavez said on state television. "Because this government has to be capable of recognizing mistakes made and fixing them in time."
The rolling blackouts have been unpopular in a city already plagued by violent crime traffic and trash-strewn streets and opposition leaders accused Chavez on Thursday of backtracking to try to head off damage to his political support.
But the president cited tactical errors instead saying power was cut in the wrong sectors of the city in some cases.
"I think in one area they repeated the outage a few hours later " he said. He added that some stoplights also went dark.
"Enough. I said if that's what is going on there was an error there " Chavez said.
Chavez said he asked Electricity Minister Angel Rodriguez to resign and that "he has taken it like a soldier."
Chavez said he ordered the blackouts "interrupted indefinitely" in Caracas and told the city's state electric utility not to schedule any more until the process is reviewed. It was unclear when or if the government may attempt to restart the measures.
Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma a Chavez opponent said the government was forced to call off rationing in the metropolitan area of about 6 million people because it was highly unpopular. He urged Venezuelans to join a protest later this month against faulty public services water and electricity rationing and a currency devaluation expected to drive up already-soaring inflation.
Chavez announced he was calling off the blackouts in Caracas just hours after he urged Venezuelans to accept the cutbacks and likened them to a national energy diet. He called a late-night talk show to announce the change shortly before some parts of Caracas were to begin four-hour outages at midnight.
Chavez has fended off criticism that his government has failed to complete enough power upgrades to keep up with increasing demand saying the drought is the primary culprit and that his government is acting to extend the Guri Dam's capacity to feed the electrical grid. Rains are expected to return at the end of the traditional dry season in May.
Ex Output:
Positive
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rachel Brand ? I thought the Harvard community felt that large corporations and specifically mega-stores were evil. But on Friday Associate AG and Harvard alum Rachel Brand abruptly left the DOJ to start what she called her âdream jobâ â at Walmart.
Hers was the latest high-profile exit from the department following a long line of others including fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates fired FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
Brandâs departure also came at a particular moment in history. You see given that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had already recused himself from pretty much everything and that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein would now have to be considered a subject of inquiry himself due to the Nunez memo if Brand hadnât left than it likely would have fallen on her as the #3 in charge at the DOJ to appoint a new special counsel to look into potential malfeasance in the department. And that could have been awkward given that Brand was also Rosensteinâs fellow ally.
But the FISA scandal revealed by the Nunes memo was not the only sticky situation that Brand and her fellow Harvard alums may be avoiding by leaving the DOJ now.
For example a couple of months ago federal prosecutors began taking a new look at a complaint filed against Harvard in 2015 over alleged admissions practices that were biased against Asian students. Apparently that complaint hadnât gotten much consideration during the administration of Harvard Law graduate Barack Obama who the universityâs now considering naming to its top post. Back then Rosenstein was the U.S. attorney for Maryland and Brand was on the DOJ Privacy and Civil Liberties Board but they were still both Harvard alums.
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| Neutral
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Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Abhisit ? After bloody clashes between the Thai army and opposition demonstrators killed some 90 people in the center of Bangkok in May the unelected government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva promised to launch what he called a "national reconciliation plan." Since then authorities have arrested hundreds of opposition leaders; closed media; frozen the bank accounts of suspected supporters of the Bangkok demonstrations and brought terrorism charges against the movement's exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
On July 6 Mr. Abhisit renewed a state of emergency in Bangkok and 18 other provinces allowing his regime to arrest and hold people without charge censor the media and prevent public gatherings. Meanwhile he has announced that the parliamentary elections he had offered to hold in November will be postponed until next year. If this is what he calls "national reconciliation " Mr. Abhisit a graduate of Eton and Oxford must have taken a lesson in Orwellian language.
Mr. Thaksin and the red shirts have contributed to Thailand's impasse by blockading the center of Bangkok for two months last spring and for refusing the compromise Mr. Abhisit offered before the violence began and the army moved in. But the root cause of the troubles is the refusal of the traditional political class the military and the royal court which Mr. Abhisit's government represents to accept the results of democratic elections.
Repression will not solve this problem. If Mr. Abhisit really wants reconciliation the steps he must take are clear: End the state of emergency release the red shirt leaders and negotiate leading to elections with a commitment by all sides to allow the winners to rule within the boundaries of a reformed constitution.
Student: | Negative | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Farris-Watkins ? Isaac Newton Farris Sr. who suffered from prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease died at his Atlanta home on Saturday morning his daughter Angela Farris-Watkins told The Associated Press. He was 83.
Farris married Christine King in a ceremony performed by Martin Luther King Jr. and their brother A.D. King on Aug. 19 1960.
“ He wasn’t caught up marrying into a prominent family ” Farris-Watkins said by phone. “ He was secure in his own right.”
Farris was a successful entrepreneur and founder of Farris Color Visions. He also served a project manager for the construction of The King Center.
“Through all the tragedies and victories he helped build the King Center ” Farris-Watkins said.
Farris was also a deacon and trustee at the historic Ebenezer Baptist church where he was a member for over 60 years.
“ He was such an integral part of our family who will be sorely missed ” Farris-Watkins said.
In addition to his daughter Farris is survived by his wife Christine his son Isaac Farris Jr. his granddaughter Farris Watkins his sister Gail Farris Joyce and many nieces nephews and cousins.
Funeral arrangements will be handled by Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home in Atlanta.
[A]: Neutral
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald J. Trump ? But President Donald J. Trump hardly looked like a grand wizard a week ago today. On January 8 he hosted Alveda King the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Isaac Newton Farris Jr. Dr. King’s nephew and Bruce Levell of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump . All three of Trump ’s guests are black.
“I did about 200 cataract surgeries with a group of surgeons in Haiti and the same in Central America ” Senator Paul an ophthalmologist said on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday. “And when we asked Donald J. Trump as a private citizen to support those trips he was a large financial backer of both medical mission trips.” Paul continued: “I think it’s unfair then to sort of all of a sudden paint him ‘Oh well he ’s a racist ’ when I know for a fact that he cares very deeply about the people in Haiti because he helped finance a trip where we were able to get vision back for 200 people in Haiti.”
Whatever Trump said or didn’t say the reaction has been beyond incendiary with the words “racist” and “racism” erupting like volcanos around the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Trump’s alleged language if uttered was unfortunate vulgar and unpresidential although he hardly would have been the first chief executive to use profanity in office. His supposed words apparently were aimed at sh**hole nations rather than sh**hole people. The latter would have been inexcusable.
It is widely understood that certain nations are garden spots and others are not. It is fair to say that Haiti El Salvador and a tragically high number of African countries are non-garden spots. It also is perfectly appropriate to ask whether America would be better off with immigrants from such impoverished and embattled places or from prosperous nations such as Norway which Trump reportedly mentioned. It likely was top of mind given Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg’s visit and joint press conference with him on Wednesday.
Whatever he stated or didn’t President Trump should learn these lessons from this experience and repeat them to himself daily:
“Every word I say matters.” This is true in public in private and around the clock until he leaves the White House and begins work on the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.
Trump should think of himself as Jim Carrey in the 1998 film The Truman Show. Except when he is in bed Trump should behave as if every breath he takes were being broadcast live around the globe.
Trump needs to remember that Democrats are not his pals. They almost universally crave his failure resist his program and want to yank him from office — never mind the 304 votes he legitimately won in the Electoral College. Anything he says in front of Democrats (and even some Never Trump Republicans alas) can and will be used against him in the court of public opinion. Senator Durbin should be condemned for publicizing (or distorting) his private conversation with Trump thus sabotaging efforts to reach a DACA deal. But this should be no more shocking than if somewhere in Illinois a rooster crowed at dawn.
Trump needs to remember that Democrats are not his pals.
Ned Ryun of American Majority has an excellent idea: Whenever President Trump meets with Democrats he should summon news cameras and let them stay until Democrats leave. Trump displayed his leadership skills to almost universal applause when he allowed the media to broadcast live for 55 minutes from the Cabinet Room as he negotiated immigration and border security last Tuesday. Doing this regularly when Democrats are around will prevent them from offering journalists an alternative version of events. With cameras present Trump should be on his best behavior. And the American people will benefit from Senate-floor-like transparency inside the White House. This would be unprecedented and gain Trump considerable respect for opening a virtual sunroof atop the West Wing.
Trump’s job is to recall at all times with the relentlessness of a bloodhound chasing an escaped Death Row inmate that he must not give free knives and anvils to people who hate his guts and literally would cheer if he woke up dead tomorrow morning . (And the Left need not bother to deny this. Everyone knows this is true as evidenced by the Left’s repeated fantasies about Trump being shot stabbed and decapitated.) These people would call Trump a racist for ordering vanilla ice cream. He should remember this without fail and act accordingly.
If Trump becomes blurry about this fact he should remember the very first fake-news story to emerge on his watch. On January 20 during his very first day as president Time magazine’s Zeke Miller reported that Trump removed a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King from the Oval Office. This confirmed that Trump was a racist who couldn’t wait to evict that troublemaking black from his new office.
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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Alex Burrows ? Last Monday in Vancouver the feisty Canucks wing Alex Burrows -- suddenly a hot scorer -- was named the NHL's first star of the week. But the referee Stephane Auger was not congratulating him later that evening when television cameras caught him with his arm around Burrows' shoulder before a game against Nashville.
"It was personal " Burrows told reporters after the game. He said that Auger complained that he had made him look bad in a game on Dec. 8 against Nashville.
"He said he was going to get me back tonight and that's what he did in the third I think " Burrows said.
Burrows said the league should suspend Auger for the rest of the season something the league declined to do.
In the first game at Nashville Burrows was hit by the Predators' Jerred Smithson. Auger assessed Smithson a five-minute charging major and a game misconduct but the league later rescinded the misconduct.
In the third period of the second game Auger called two penalties on Burrows. In the final moments Burrows complained to Auger who slapped him with an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.
On Wednesday the NHL fined Burrows $2 500 for his remarks and issued no sanction against Auger saying that the nature of the pregame conversation between the two men "could not be substantiated."
Colin Campbell said that Auger told Burrows he did not need his help in making calls and did not appreciate the embellishment. Campbell added that Burrows did not notify his coach after the conversation with Auger.
"The first time he mentioned it was after the game in the press conference " Campbell said.
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[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Laura Moser ? Laura Moser a candidate in a Democratic congressional primary in Texas . (Michael Stravato for The Washington Post)
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is taking fire from the left after months of relative peace thanks to a document put online the night of Feb. 22 â a collection of opposition research on Laura Moser a progressive candidate in Texasâs competitive 7th Congressional District.
As Moser was attending a campaign event the DCCC posted a short but brutal collection of hits on Moser that would be likely used against her if she won the Democratic nomination. The 7th District is one of 23 where Hillary Clinton outpolled Donald Trump in 2016 while voters sent a Republican congressman to Washington.
âDemocratic voters need to hear that Laura Moser is not going to change Washington â the committee wrote. â She is a Washington insider who begrudgingly moved to Houston to run for Congress.â
Moser responded later Thursday night saying in a statement that the DCCCâs tactics represented âwhy people hate politicsâ and hurt the effort to take Congress back from Republicans.
âWeâre used to tough talk here in Texas but itâs disappointing to hear it from Washington operatives â she said.
Moser did relocate to her native Houston last year and began running for Congress with her move back home â after launching Daily Action a campaign tool for progressives frustrated by Trump â as part of the story. The DCCC which has seen plenty of candidates brought down by residence issues came to view her as unelectable.
âVoters in Houston have organized for over a year to hold [Republican Rep. John Abney] Culberson accountable and win this Clinton district â said DCCC communications director Meredith Kelly. âUnfortunately Laura Moserâs outright disgust for life in Texas disqualifies her as a general election candidate and would rob voters of their opportunity to flip Texasâs 7th in November.â
The DCCCâs memo hit Moser for paying Revolution Messaging the firm where her husband Arun Chaudhary had worked since 2012 to produce her TV ads. But its main attack lines were backed up by an article Moser wrote for Washingtonian in 2014 where she joked that she âd âsooner have my teeth pulled out without anesthesiaâ than move to her grandparentsâ home in Paris Tex. Paris is a small city more than 300 miles from the 7th District; the DCCC warned that voters would not process the nuance.
Both Moser âs campaign and the DCCC saw her in a strong position to win one of two runoff slots in the March 6 Democratic primary. With early voting underway and Democratic turnout in Houstonâs Harris County undergoing a historic surge the DCCC pounced.
But the way it did so advertising what Republicans might use to beat Moser sparked outrage across the left. At Daily Kos a popular group blog that crowdfunds for Democratic candidates a diarist wondered whether the move against Moser âmay have something to do with the candidate selection role the Blue Dog Coalition is playing at the DCCC.â The People for Bernie Sanders a progressive group organized to support the Vermont senatorâs 2016 presidential campaign called âfor the DCCC board to investigate how the decision was reached and publish the findings publicly.â There was an additional factor: Revolution Messaging had worked for Sanders and Chaudhary had worked as the campaignâs photographer.
Moser is not the only progressive candidate in the district primary and several of her rivals back universal Medicare which has become a litmus test on the left. But her race has attracted national attention as an example of progressive candidates bristling as well-established Democratic organizations backed their rivals. On Thursday morning the Intercept which has been publishing articles on how the DCCC works highlighted Moser âs race and the involvement of Emilyâs List with party donor Lizzie Pannill Fletcher.
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dick Durbin ? Democratic leader Sen. Dick Durbin is retreating from his threats to block federal spending unless the GOP agrees to his no-strings DREAM Act amnesty â but is now trying to find GOP allies for an amnesty which includes token border-security measures.
The retreat was called during his December 10 appearance on âFace the Nation â where Durbin was reminded of his prior claim that âIâm not prepared to go home for the holidays until we get our work done.â In response the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate said the amnesty is just one of several issues in the budget debate effectively dropping his amnesty-or-shutdown threat:
Durbin âs fallback tactic is reviving the âGang of Eightâ group with several new GOP Senators to demand an amnesty in exchange for a few symbolic border security measures such as extra video cameras. His plan was highlighted by a report in TheDenverChannel.com.
The new discussion involves pairing the Dream Act with some border security measures in an attempt to pass a bipartisan solution for the undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children three Senate aides told Denver7 in interviews this week⦠Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) who were all part of the bipartisan âGang of Eightâ that passed a comprehensive immigration reform package through the Senate in 2013 are leading the discussions according to the three aides with knowledge of the talks⦠Two of the Senate aides also told Denver7 that Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were involved in the talks. Graham was also a member of the âGang of Eightâ and is the sponsor of this yearâs version of the Dream Act â¦
The âGang of Eightâ proved to be a political disaster for Durbin and for Sen. Chuck Schumer the two leaders of the project. It was introduced in 2013 and it generated massive national opposition which helped cost the Democrats nine seats in 2014. In 2016 real-estate investor Donald Trump used the issue to win the GOP nomination and the Presidency sending Schumer and Durbin back into the minority.
President Donald Trump is expected to reject Durbin âs new pitch. On October 8 Trump announced his popular immigration principles which include making E-Verify mandatory plus ending chain-migration and the visa-lottery. The biggest element in Trumpâs plan is ending chain-migration which would raise Americansâ salaries by halving the inflow of legal immigrant workers.
GOP Senators are wary of Durbin âs project. For example Durbin claimed Sunday that GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs an amnesty for the 3 million young illegals usually dubbed âdreamersâ by Democrats and the media. Durbin told âFace the Nationâ that:
Coloradoâs Sen. Cory Gardner has kept a low profile in the debate but he announced in September that he supported Durbin âs no-strings DREAM Act amnesty:
When asked about Durbin âs plan Gardnerâs office gave an evasive answer to TheDenverChannel.com:
Other GOP Senators denied any role when Breitbart asked them if they were working with Durbin . âThat is absolutely not true â said Megan Taylor a spokeswoman for Nevada GOP Sen. Dean Heller. âThat is not accurate â said Brook Ramlet a spokeswoman for Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham created the Gang of Eight in late 2012 and is now working with both rivals groups headed by Grassley and Durbin . When recently asked about Grassleyâs plan â which only offers three-year work permits to 690 000 DACA illegals â Graham insisted that the larger population of 3 million younger illegals must get citizenship.
Sen. Marco Rubioâs office did not respond to questions from Breitbart News about possible talks with Durbin . His presidential hopes were destroyed by his support of the Gang of Eight deal which would have reduced Americans salaries while increasing Wall Street stock-values according to a 2013 report by the Congressional Budget Office.
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[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joshua Cooper Ramo ? Joshua Cooper Ramo who is co-CEO of former secretary of state Henry Kissingerâs consulting firm as well as a board member of Starbucks and FedEx had said that South Korea is grateful for Japanâs role in its economic development which remains a sore spot because of the brutality of Japanâs occupation from 1910 to 1945. Among other things Japanâs army enslaved Korean females as âcomfort womenâ during that time.
âEvery Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation â Ramo said during the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games on Friday.
The Korea Times citing an unidentified NBC official reported that Ramo had been removed from his role following the remarks. However NBC issued a statement later Monday saying that Ramo had been hired only for the Opening Ceremonies a common occurrence according to the spokesman.
âWe hired Joshua Cooper Ramo to serve as an Asia expert during the Opening Ceremony â the spokesman wrote. â His role was to give an overview to our viewers of the host country and this region of the world. Ramo has completed his responsibilities for NBC in PyeongChang and will have no further role on our air.â
[EX A]: | Positive
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Q: 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.
A: Positive
Rationale: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joshua Cooper Ramo ? Joshua Cooper Ramo who is co-CEO of former secretary of state Henry Kissingerâs consulting firm as well as a board member of Starbucks and FedEx had said that South Korea is grateful for Japanâs role in its economic development which remains a sore spot because of the brutality of Japanâs occupation from 1910 to 1945. Among other things Japanâs army enslaved Korean females as âcomfort womenâ during that time.
âEvery Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation â Ramo said during the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games on Friday.
The Korea Times citing an unidentified NBC official reported that Ramo had been removed from his role following the remarks. However NBC issued a statement later Monday saying that Ramo had been hired only for the Opening Ceremonies a common occurrence according to the spokesman.
âWe hired Joshua Cooper Ramo to serve as an Asia expert during the Opening Ceremony â the spokesman wrote. â His role was to give an overview to our viewers of the host country and this region of the world. Ramo has completed his responsibilities for NBC in PyeongChang and will have no further role on our air.â
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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Zachary Ward ? The study's lead author Zachary Ward described the forecast as "sobering."
But he added "It should not be surprising that we are heading in this direction. We are already approaching this level of adult obesity for certain subgroups [and] areas of the country."
Still Ward expressed some surprise at how strongly being obese at a very young age predicted obesity decades down the road.
Ward is a doctoral candidate in health policy with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Health Decision Science in Boston.
The study by Ward and his colleagues appears in the Nov. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
[A]: Neutral
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Flynn ? At some point before President Trumpâs inauguration disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn assured an ex-business partner that economic sanctions on Russia would be âripped upâ as soon as the new administration entered the White House according to documents made public Wednesday.
Flynn made the promise to Alex Copson a managing partner of a Russia-connected energy company a whistleblower told Rep. Elijah Cummings this summer.
Trump calls Flynn guilty plea âa shame â blames FBI Hillary
The unnamed whistleblowerâs claims pose the strongest evidence yet that the nascent Trump White House was looking to rescind sanctions against Russia and also suggests that Flynn could have had a personal financial stake in the matter.
Flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last week worked together with Copsonâs company ACU Strategic Partners until June 2016. Their work together involved a deal with the Russian government to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East.
Copson apparently told the whistleblower during an Inauguration Day event in Washington D.C. that Flynn had just texted him that the power plant venture was âgood to go.â
Rep. Elijah Cummings called on the House Oversight Committee to issue subpoenas for White House records pertaining to Flynn 's contacts with Copson. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Flynn âs lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment from the Daily News.
Flynn was fired less than a month into his tenure as national security adviser after it became clear that he had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with a Russian diplomat. On Friday Flynn became the first current or former Trump administration official to agree to cooperate with special prosecutor Robert Muellerâs investigators.
âThese grave allegations compel a full credible and bipartisan congressional investigation â Cummings wrote adding that Flynn appears to have "sought to manipulate the course of international nuclear policy for the financial gain of his former business partners."
[A]: Negative
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Abhisit ? After bloody clashes between the Thai army and opposition demonstrators killed some 90 people in the center of Bangkok in May the unelected government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva promised to launch what he called a "national reconciliation plan." Since then authorities have arrested hundreds of opposition leaders; closed media; frozen the bank accounts of suspected supporters of the Bangkok demonstrations and brought terrorism charges against the movement's exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
On July 6 Mr. Abhisit renewed a state of emergency in Bangkok and 18 other provinces allowing his regime to arrest and hold people without charge censor the media and prevent public gatherings. Meanwhile he has announced that the parliamentary elections he had offered to hold in November will be postponed until next year. If this is what he calls "national reconciliation " Mr. Abhisit a graduate of Eton and Oxford must have taken a lesson in Orwellian language.
Mr. Thaksin and the red shirts have contributed to Thailand's impasse by blockading the center of Bangkok for two months last spring and for refusing the compromise Mr. Abhisit offered before the violence began and the army moved in. But the root cause of the troubles is the refusal of the traditional political class the military and the royal court which Mr. Abhisit's government represents to accept the results of democratic elections.
Repression will not solve this problem. If Mr. Abhisit really wants reconciliation the steps he must take are clear: End the state of emergency release the red shirt leaders and negotiate leading to elections with a commitment by all sides to allow the winners to rule within the boundaries of a reformed constitution.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rauner ? Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday vetoed a bill that was designed to clear the way for a major overhaul of how the state distributes dollars to public schools saying issues remain that would prevent about three dozen private schools from participating in a new scholarship program.
Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite the measure which sponsors said was requested by the Illinois State Board of Education so officials could move forward on a new school funding formula that would prioritize poor and needy schools.
While Rauner has listed the new funding formula as one of his top achievements as he seeks re-election the Republican governor said Monday that lawmakers failed to address a technicality that would prevent at least 36 Catholic and independent schools from benefiting from a new scholarship program heâs pushed.
âInclusivity was the spirit of this legislation to begin with and we simply must ensure that we follow through with the appropriate language to get the job done â Rauner said in a statement.
However supporters of the funding formula rewrite say Raunerâs veto could mean struggling schools left waiting on an influx of state dollars will have to wait even longer as legislators weigh the governorâs changes. Lawmakers can vote to accept the changes reject them with an override or choose not to take them up at all in which case the legislation would die.
âNot a single penny of the new money has been spent on school districts to date â said Sen. Andy Manar a Democrat from Bunker Hill in central Illinois who sponsored the funding changes. âBecause of this veto they are going to continue to wait for the very thing Bruce Rauner is taking credit for on television â equitable school funding.â
Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said it was âunfairâ for critics to say the amendatory veto would delay implementation of the new funding formula saying the board of eduction âcontinues to work on the new funding formulaâ and money is âstill several months from being sent out.â
An education board spokeswoman declined to comment saying the agency is âevaluating the impactâ of the governorâs proposed changes.
Raunerâs issue centers on language that would require nonpublic schools to be ârecognizedâ by the board of education to participate in the tax program. He says that eligibility should be expanded to schools that are âregisteredâ with the board.
Though Rauner eventually embraced the new school funding formula last summer he initially vetoed the proposal saying it amounted to a âbailoutâ for Chicago Public Schools. While CPS still got a major cash infusion with Raunerâs signature on the funding rewrite the governor also claimed a win with the tax credit program which he said would give families more choices in picking schools.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Greg Schiano ? CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire Greg Schiano as its new football coach. USA TODAY Sports
Ohio state defensive coordinator Greg Schiano runs on to the field before his team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano backed out of a deal for him to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports including one from USA TODAY Sports that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of Schiano is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus Ohio on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing Schiano back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that Schiano who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ? LIMA Peru ( AP ) — The latest on impeachment proceedings against Peru ' s president ( all times local ): 11 : 20 p . m . Peru ' s president has survived an impeachment vote called by opposition lawmakers who sought to oust him over ties to the Brazilian construction giant implicated in the region ' s biggest corruption scandal . Peruvian lawmakers rejected removing President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a vote late Thursday that came after 10 hours of debate and the leader ' s own forceful defense . The 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker came under fire after an opposition - led investigative committee revealed documents showing Odebrecht made $ 782 000 in payments to Kuczynski ' s private consulting firm more than a decade ago . The payments were made during years Kuczynski served as a Peruvian government minister . Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal having attempted paying millions of dollars in bribes to win public works contracts . The president repeatedly denied any wrongdoing telling lawmakers that the rushed impeachment process was a threat to Peru ' s democracy . ___ 11 p . m . Peruvian lawmakers have wrapped up their debate over whether President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski should be impeached and are expected to begin voting on the matter soon . Debate ended very late Thursday night after 10 hours of impassioned speeches by legislators decrying and defending the president . The 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker is fighting for his political survival after an opposition - led investigative committee revealed documents showing his private consulting firm received $ 782 000 in payments from the Brazilian construction giant at the center of Latin America ' s big corruption scandal . The decade - old payments coincided with years in which Kuczynski was a government minister . The president urged lawmakers to keep him office in a forceful defense earlier Thursday saying he had no involvement in his firm at the time . ___ 3 : 45 p . m . Lawmakers in Peru are debating whether or not to oust President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski . One - by - one supporters and opponents are making their case before a final vote to decide whether Kuczynski should be impeached . Opposition legislator Milagros Takayama told lawmakers that citizens deserve a Peru " that is free of corruption and ineptitude ." Kuczynski is under fire after an opposition - led commission revealed documents showing his private consulting firm received $ 782 000 in payments from the Brazilian construction giant at the center of Latin America ' s biggest corruption scandal . Kuczynski testified earlier Thursday in his defense telling lawmakers he had no involvement in the firm while serving in government . ____ 11 : 45 a . m . The lawyer representing Peru ' s president is telling lawmakers that instead of impeaching Pedro Pablo Kuczynski they should investigate him . In a two - hour speech Thursday Alberto Borea urged lawmakers to punish the president only after determining if he is indeed guilty of a crime . Pointing to the stoic president seated beside him Borrea said " Don ' t crucify him before then ." Kuczynski is facing an impeachment vote eight days after an opposition - led investigation revealed documents showing Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht made payments to the president ' s private consulting firm . ____ 10 a . m . Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says the nation ' s democracy is at risk with a pending impeachment vote that could remove him from office . In his initial remarks to lawmakers Thursday Kuczynski said he came to look them in the eye and state " I am not corrupt and I have not lied ." The president is presenting a detailed account of the $ 782 000 in payments provided to his Westfield Capital consulting firm by Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht . Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal . The payments were made over a decade ago . Kuczynski is being given at least two hours to state his case . ____ 9 : 30 a . m . Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has arrived at the Andean nation ' s parliament to testify in his defense before lawmakers vote on whether or not he should be removed from office . Opposition lawmakers are intent on ousting the 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker after revelations his private consulting business received payments from Odebrecht . The Brazilian construction giant is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal . Kuczynski has said he had no management duties at his consulting firm Westfield Capital when it received $ 782 000 in payments between 2004 and 2007 . During much of that time he was a high - ranking government minister .
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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 Jordan Anthony Swain ? Jordan Anthony Swain an artist and entrepreneur says that over the past two years he 's tried to curtail a lot of his email use and tries to get most of his work done off-email. Time is of the essence for Swain and he feels that email is a huge drain on his limited time.
Swain has pretty much replaced email through his use of Asana which he feels has minimised "a lot of the back and forth email threads regarding work flow and projects." He loves WhatsApp's ability to send large files voice notes and multimedia through an encrypted platform and he uses Facebook for banking and messaging. "I also do a lot of my communicating business development and marketing through social media like Instagram Skype and Google Hangouts " adds Swain .
He believes email is "on its way out" for millennials and subsequent generations. "I feel like email is becoming obsolete " says Swain . He says that for many young entrepreneurs "time is the ultimate luxury " which is why they prefer faster communication methods. "Simplicity is key to millennials and anything that feels like a job added onto our already jam-packed schedules will be left behind " says Swain .
Stephanie Dunleavy who works at Soul Analyseâa "self-love eHub"âsays she 's slowed down her use of email over the past two years because she feels email has become "irrelevant in many senses."
Dunleavy only checks her email once a day and she often finds herself hitting "delete" over and over again. She prefers to use Pushfor a business tool that allows you to engage with colleagues in real-time using chat voice or video.
"With Pushfor I know that anything I receive is from someone I know and it's either important or useful whereas many of emails I receive are either marketing promotion or sales pitches " she says.
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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].
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: Positive
Rationale: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dustin Johnson ? "I get the chunks sometimes " Thomas said. "I hit a drive in college a drop-kick off the toe on No. 8. I'll never forget it. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches. I was trying to decide if I could carry it 305 to 310 yards over a bunker because we had a helping wind. I took a huge divot. It landed like 15 yards in front of me and rolled down the hill. The coach looked over at me and was laughing. I said 'Coach did that cover the bunker?' "
Dustin Johnson also went back to college.
"For some reason ... I won the tournament but we were at Duke in college. It was the Duke Invitational " Johnson said. "I was in the right side of the fairway at No. 1 after making the turn and I hoseled a 5-iron into the trees."
Does he remember his good shots as easily?
"Probably not " Johnson said. "But I've hit a lot of good ones."
Jordan Spieth didn't have to think hard when asked his worst shot of last year. He had a five-shot lead at the Northern Trust last year when he hit 8-iron into the water on the par-3 sixth. He wound up losing in a playoff to Johnson .
So the tee shot on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale so far right that he took a penalty drop on the practice range maybe wasn't all that bad. Spieth laughed at the memory pointing out (again) that there was water on the face of his driver and it hit a spectator that sent it even farther to the right.
THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1: Dustin Johnson is two weeks away from rare territory in the world ranking.
Johnson reached No. 1 after winning at Riviera where he defends his title next week.
Johnson doesn't seem concerned perhaps because he doesn't seem concerned about anything. He won at Kapalua and tied for ninth at Abu Dhabi. He has not played the last two weeks and now is playing three of the next four.
"If I keep playing well and keep winning then no I'm going to stay No. 1 " Johnson said. "If I don't play well there's a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it's going to be tough for me to keep it. But if I keep playing like I am and how I should then yeah I'll be there at the end of the year."
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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].
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity LaVar Ball ? Notorious basketball father LaVar Ball is attempting to grow his personal profile by creating a new basketball league for high school seniors who have decided not to bother going to college reports say.
Ball claims the new league to be called the Junior Basketball Association (JBA) will pay the lowest-ranked players $3 000 a month while the stars would get $10 00 a month according to Sporting News.
Logo of LaVar Ball âs league aimed at top high school players is a silhouette of Lonzo ready to dunk. pic.twitter.com/hBf9WHBdJG â Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 20 2017
âGetting these players is going to be easy â Ball said. âThis is giving guys a chance to get a jump start on their career to be seen by pro scouts and weâre going to pay them because someone has to pay these kids.â
Ball also said the league will use NBA regulations but that all players will wear his Big Baller brand shoes and gear because his company is funding the league.
âWeâll give it to them all. Theyâll be wearing our uniform our shoes our T-shirts and our hoodies â Ball insisted.
Ball said he wants to assemble ten teams in cities such as Los Angeles Dallas Brooklyn and Atlanta.
Ball recently made news with a feud with President Donald Trump over the assistance the president lent his son LiAngelo who was arrested for shoplifting by Chinese authorities when his college team was in that country in November. President Trump personally intervened with Chinaâs leadership to get LiAngelo and two other players released after the arrest but the senior Ball refused to give Trump any credit for helping his son out of the jam.
Positive
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Phelps ? Los Angeles (AFP) – Swimming great Michael Phelps revealed that he has battled severe anxiety and depression for much of his life which drove him to consider suicide after his success at the 2012 Olympics.
Speaking at a mental health conference in Chicago on Tuesday the 23-time Olympic gold medal winner talked openly about his long battle with crippling depression and is encouraging others to get help like he did.
“After every Olympics I think I fell into a major state of depression ” the 32-year-old Phelps said.
Phelps said he reached rock bottom following the 2012 Olympics in London where he won four gold medals and two silver. For four days he remained in his room without food or sleep.
“I didn’t want to be in the sport anymore ” he said. “I didn’t want to be alive.”
When he hit a low point in his depression Phelps said “You do contemplate suicide.”
Over the past two years Phelps has opened up about his struggles. Once again Phelps said his depression and anxiety problems have been a staple of his life for the past 17 years.
“We’re supposed to be this big macho physically strong human beings but this is not a weakness ” he said. “We are seeking and reaching for help.”
Phelps won his first gold medal in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games. That same year the 15-year-old from Baltimore experienced his first “depression spell”.
Phelps said as he got older his depression led to his abusing drugs and alcohol.
In 2008 after winning a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games Phelps was photographed smoking from a bong. He has also been arrested twice for drink driving.
“It would be just me self-medicating myself basically daily to try to fix whatever it was that I was trying to run from ” he said.
Phelps isn’t the first Olympic national hero to battle dark demons outside the pool.
Like Phelps Thorpe chose to “self-medicate” with alcohol to try and manage his vicious mood swings and silence the horrible thoughts going through his head.
In an interview with CNN this week Phelps said he wants to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.
“(Mental illness) has a stigma around it and that’s something we still deal with every day ” said Phelps . “I think people actually finally understand it is real. People are talking about it and I think this is the only way that it can change.”
Positive
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dustin Johnson ? "I get the chunks sometimes " Thomas said. "I hit a drive in college a drop-kick off the toe on No. 8. I'll never forget it. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches. I was trying to decide if I could carry it 305 to 310 yards over a bunker because we had a helping wind. I took a huge divot. It landed like 15 yards in front of me and rolled down the hill. The coach looked over at me and was laughing. I said 'Coach did that cover the bunker?' "
Dustin Johnson also went back to college.
"For some reason ... I won the tournament but we were at Duke in college. It was the Duke Invitational " Johnson said. "I was in the right side of the fairway at No. 1 after making the turn and I hoseled a 5-iron into the trees."
Does he remember his good shots as easily?
"Probably not " Johnson said. "But I've hit a lot of good ones."
Jordan Spieth didn't have to think hard when asked his worst shot of last year. He had a five-shot lead at the Northern Trust last year when he hit 8-iron into the water on the par-3 sixth. He wound up losing in a playoff to Johnson .
So the tee shot on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale so far right that he took a penalty drop on the practice range maybe wasn't all that bad. Spieth laughed at the memory pointing out (again) that there was water on the face of his driver and it hit a spectator that sent it even farther to the right.
THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1: Dustin Johnson is two weeks away from rare territory in the world ranking.
Johnson reached No. 1 after winning at Riviera where he defends his title next week.
Johnson doesn't seem concerned perhaps because he doesn't seem concerned about anything. He won at Kapalua and tied for ninth at Abu Dhabi. He has not played the last two weeks and now is playing three of the next four.
"If I keep playing well and keep winning then no I'm going to stay No. 1 " Johnson said. "If I don't play well there's a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it's going to be tough for me to keep it. But if I keep playing like I am and how I should then yeah I'll be there at the end of the year."
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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].
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Q: 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.
A: Positive
Rationale: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Andrew Cuomo ? ALBANY N.Y. (AP) â President Donald Trump should spend more time focusing on hurricane recovery and less time criticizing football players New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
In remarks to business leaders meeting in the Adirondacks the Democratic governor took the Republican president to task for what Cuomo said is a long string of divisive comments that distract attention from more important topics. Cuomo cited the devastation in Texas Florida Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as an example.
"Should you kneel stand with the football players? Meanwhile people's lives are in danger " Cuomo said in reference to the controversy prompted by NFL players who declined to stand during the national anthem.
Trump spent three days criticizing players who kneel during the national anthem which began with quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the 2016 season as a protest over how police treat blacks. "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now out he 's fired he 's fired " Trump said at a rally Friday.
Following the storms Cuomo visited Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in a show of solidarity and to better understand how New York could help. The state is sending members of the National Guard state troopers helicopters and supplies such as drinking water and electric generators.
Cuomo cited looming cuts to Medicaid funding the latest Republican effort to repeal Obamacare and escalating tensions with North Korea as other topics more deserving of the president's attention than the controversy over the NFL. He made similar comments during an appearance Monday morning on NY1 television.
While he did not criticize specific details of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to the hurricanes he said Trump is using his position as president to divide Americans when he could be highlighting the need to help millions of Americans affected by them â or negotiating a big financial aid package for areas affected by the storms.
"We need the federal government to step in and the federal government has to get a financial aid package for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by the way â and to send real help " Cuomo said on NY1. "Rather than talking about the nonsense that we're talking about the "take a knee" and football fighting with football players. Let the federal government do what it's supposed to do which is save lives."
Cuomo has been mentioned as a possible White House contender in 2020. He 's seeking a third term as governor next year.
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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].
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Q: 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.
A: Positive
Rationale: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Louis C.K ? Stand-up superstar Louis C.K. came clean Friday about his obscene behavior admitting in a lengthy apology that he masturbated in front of five women.
The Emmy-winning star of the acclaimed “Louie” television show said the New York Times' detailed expose about his creepy sexual antics left him reeling.
“But what I learned later in life too late is that when you have power over another person asking them to look at your d--- isn't a question. It's a predicament for them. ”
Louis C.K. ’s ‘I Love You Daddy’ won’t be released
The quintet of female actresses and comedians shared their stories of C.K. ’s crude behavior between the early 1990s and 2005.
C.K. acknowledged using the women’s admiration for his work to turn them into unwitting victims of his strange sexual behavior. And he said the woman remained silent because of his lofty position in the comedy world.
Louis C.K. admitted to the scathing sexual misconduct allegations. (Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
“The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else ” he wrote in the nine-paragraph statement. “And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them.”
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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].
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shinzo Abe ? Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leaves a news conference at the partyâs headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 23. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News)
On Sunday Japanâs Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory winning 284 of the 465 seats in the lower house of the Diet. Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs junior coalition partner Komeito added 29 seats giving the ruling coalition a two-thirds supermajority.
In addition to freeing the LDP from a mandatory ballot challenge before 2021 Abeâs election victory provides new support for his efforts to amend Japanâs pacifist constitution.
Abe went into the election arguing that his track record on the economy and national security should be the decisive factor and voters appear to have agreed. Japan faces new security challenges from two of its neighbors. North Korean missiles have passed over Japan twice in recent months leaving Japanese citizens rattled by early-morning text alerts. And at the recent Communist Party Congress in Beijing President Xi Jinping promised that China would be âmoving closer to center stage â raising additional concerns in Japan.
The ruling coalitionâs supermajority ensures not only that Abe will remain in power but also that he can now push for a revision of Japanâs constitution his personal pledge and an unfulfilled element of the LDP platform since 1955. Although many in the public remain skeptical of the constitutional revision plan the LDPâs success in this election represents an endorsement of the ruling coalitionâs governing ability particularly on security issues.
[Did Trump and Abe just launch a new chapter in U.S.-Japan relations?]
There may also be debates within the ruling coalition on the need for Japan to deploy its own surface-to-surface missiles to enhance deterrence vis-a-vis North Korea. Abe has not taken a public stand on these âcounterstrike capabilities â which would to give Japan the ability to neutralize North Korean ballistic missiles on their launchpads. This would be an abrupt change from a postwar defense policy that has remained strictly defensive with few offensive capabilities.
Abe will also continue moderate spending increases on Japanâs air and naval capabilities in an attempt to counter Chinaâs much higher spending on the Peopleâs Liberation Army. The numerical balance of fighter aircraft and surface combatants has been steadily shifting in Chinaâs favor for decades.
More recently however Xi has begun streamlining the PLA to strengthen its war-fighting effectiveness in preparation for a potential conflict in the Western Pacific. Abe knows that maintaining deterrence will require closer cooperation with the United States and continued reforms to break down the postwar barriers to the effectiveness of Japanâs own forces.
Will Abe revise Japanâs constitution?
Two years ago Abe pushed through a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow new defense guidelines and operations with the United States and other like-minded states. Many in his party support revising the second half of Article 9 to declare that Japanâs military is constitutional though intended only for self-defense.
Support from pacifist-leaning coalition partner Komeito will probably be forthcoming and friendly governments such as the United States and Australia are likely to be supportive as well. China will protest as might South Korea but polls elsewhere in the region suggest that Japan has moved beyond its wartime image. Nevertheless Article 9 is highly political and ideological; Abe will have to carry out his promise to build domestic consensus before proceeding.
Despite President Trumpâs harsh rhetoric about Japan during his election campaign Abe has deftly engaged with the new administration in Washington and managed to build significant trust with Trump. Abe was the first foreign leader to visit Trump and Trump will start his first Asia tour by spending several days in Japan in November.
Trumpâs tough line on North Korea is likely to be well received in Japan but his hostile view toward trade (particularly the rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership) continues to perplex Tokyo. Japanese leaders argue that allies should be leading on rulemaking to manage the mercantilist challenge from China.
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Chloe Kim ? Extremely chill Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim crushed the qualifier for the halfpipe on Monday beating out the second-place finisher by over seven points.
Is the time between Olympic qualifying runs stressful? It was stressful for me to watch so I assume yes. But did Chloe Kim still tweet about ice cream during this high-pressure time? Absolutely.
Could be down for some ice cream rn — Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12 2018
yes... — Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12 2018
Should Chloe Kim actually bring some ice cream to the competition next round you will be the first to know. Until then please temper your Olympics anxiety by channeling Chloe's nerves of steel.
Remember: you're on your couch. She 's on top of a mountain and also on TV.
[A]: Positive
[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jerome Powell ? The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates at its December meeting Jerome Powell President Trump's pick to be Fed chairman signaled Tuesday.
"I think the case for raising interest rates at our next meeting is coming together " Powell told the Senate Banking Committee at his confirmation hearing.
Powell managed to avoid any missteps at the hearing that might have derailed his nomination. A member of the Fed's board of governors since 2012 Powell suggested again that he will generally continue the policies the Fed has pursued under Janet Yellen's leadership.
Both Democrats and Republicans found things to like in Powell 's testimony. Democrats appreciated his views that unemployment at a low 4.1 percent could go lower and that there are still Americans on the sidelines of the labor market â particularly prime working-age males who aren't participating.
"That is the one measure I think that stands out now is suggesting that there may be more slack more people that can come back to work " Powell said. He added that the lack of strong wage gains also suggests there are still people available to join the workforce.
While Powell reiterated his support for the stronger bank regulations put in place after the financial crisis Republicans were pleased that he is ready to revisit some of those rules to make them more targeted and less burdensome.
"We will we continue to consider appropriate ways to ease regulatory burdens while preserving the core reforms " Powell said.
Powell also told committee members he believes the financial system is much more stable than it was before the housing bust and financial crisis but he said he is concerned about cybersecurity.
"It's maybe the most important risk that our financial institutions our economy our government institutions face. We're very focused on providing the resources to deal with it " he said.
Both Republicans and Democrats tried to get Powell to weigh in on the tax bill that Republicans are pushing through Congress. Powell was asked whether he agrees with the Congressional Budget Office that the measure would add about $1.5 trillion to the national debt over 10 years.
"Clearly the debt needs to be on a sustainable path. We all know that " Powell said. "On the other hand it's not for us to be taking part in the discussion that you and your other elected colleagues are having. It's not our role."
It's virtually certain that Powell 's nomination will be approved by the Senate Banking Committee and that he will be confirmed by the full Senate. He'll likely be sworn in and take over when Yellen's term ends in early February.
[A]: | Positive
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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].
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.
Solution: Positive
Why? Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? The Justice Department is reviving investigations involving Hillary Clintonâs emails and the degree to which the State Department during Mrs. Clintonâs tenure as secretary was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation. Good. Indeed it is long overdue. It underscores a point weâve tried to make repeatedly here: You donât need a special counsel for this kind of thing; such investigations are what we have a Justice Department full of career prosecutors for. The perverse institution of the independent prosecutor should be shunned whenever possible â and its jurisdiction tightly confined in the rare necessary case.
Obamaâs first point led to one of the great head-fakes in modern law-enforcement history â one that reverberates to this day. Using his bully pulpit the president framed the Clinton case as one of negligence. The portrayal stuck: Incessantly the Justice Department the media and eventually James Comey then-director of the FBI addressed the case in terms of Mrs. Clintonâs purported carelessness â a hardworking public officialâs regrettable but forgivable inattention to detail.
Even now critics of Clinton and the FBI are in a lather over reports that as Comeyâs team drafted his remarks exonerating Clinton (notwithstanding that key witnesses including Clinton herself had not been interviewed) agent Peter Strzok changed the term âgrossly negligentâ to âextremely careless.â Substantively these terms are indistinguishable. The emendation is said to be critical though because the statute applicable to Clinton âs conduct criminalizes âgross negligence.â If Comey had said the words âgrossly negligent â so the story goes it would be the equivalent of pronouncing Clinton guilty.
This was a straightforward case of criminal intent. Negligence was the fallback position â for a prosecutor an âeven ifâ theory as in: âEven if youâre not convinced by our overwhelming evidence of Clinton âs willfully illegal retention and transmission of classified information you can still comfortably find her guilty if you conclude that she was grossly negligent â which as the judge will tell you in his instructions simply means âextremely careless.ââ
Mrs. Clintonâs criminal intent was so clear that its obfuscation also required Obamaâs second point: Mrs. Clintonâs lack of intent to imperil the United States. Director Comey hammered his bossâs legerdemain again and again. And why not? After all it was true â Clinton unquestionably had no desire to endanger our country. Itâs always good to go with the truth . . . especially if you have the luxury of a Democrat-smitten media that wonât ask whether the truth youâve highlighted is relevant to the matter under investigation.
Second you may be saying to yourself: âBut âintent to harm the United Statesâ is significant so it should be part of a classified-information offense.â Thatâs right and thatâs why it is a part of a classified-information offense â it just happens not to be the offense weâre talking about in Mrs. Clinton âs case.
If an official illegally transmits classified information âwith an intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States â then that official commits the more serious felony offense prescribed at the top of the Espionage Actâs scale â subsection (a). If someone had suggested charging Mrs. Clinton with this treasonous offense then she President Obama and Director Comey would have been quite right to stress that she had no such intent. But no one suggested that. Rather it was urged that she had transmitted classified information on purpose but not with intent to do the country harm. That is less heinous than the treasonous offense. But it is still egregious. It is a crime that puts the lives of intelligence sources and the effectiveness of life-saving intelligence operations at risk.
That Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places.
Moreover it is a black-letter principle that a personâs innocence of Crime A is inadmissible to prove that the person has not committed Crime B. For example the fact that I have not personally sold drugs has no bearing on whether I laundered drug money. And the fact that Mrs. Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places or of retaining it when she left the government and when the State Department finally requested that she surrender the government records in her possession.
Regardless of whether my motive theory is sound however the evidence that Clinton willfully mishandled classified information is mountainous.
Before she was ever secretary of state Clinton lived and worked in a White House where classified-information protocols were observed. She had to apply these protocols for years as a senator whose committee assignments were intelligence-intensive. Before becoming secretary of state she was indoctrinated in the handling of classified information and signed documentation attesting that she had read and understood the relevant executive orders about intelligence classification and handling.
Clinton well understood that the position of secretary of state involved immersion in classified information. She wrote in her memoir about the extraordinary steps she was required to take to safeguard classified information. Given the nature of her responsibilities for foreign relations and national security her decision to conduct all her government business on a private server system made it inevitable that classified information would be transmitted in and stored on the private system. There is no possibility that she did not know this. The private system she set up was in violation of government and State Department regulations. Her loyal staff fought efforts to bring her into the government email system â even though she forced the resignation of an ambassador over among other things his conducting of government business over an unauthorized private email system.
When the request was made that Clinton surrender her emails to the State Department she turned them over to her own lawyers and subordinates who did not have the security clearances required for access to the information. She destroyed tens of thousands of emails even though they were under subpoena so that they could not be reviewed by the State Department or the FBI. Of the 30 000 she deigned to surrender to the State Department over 2 000 contained classified information some of it among the nationâs most highly classified national-defense secrets. And she serially lied in her public statements about her emails in congressional testimony (in which she brazenly claimed to have turned over all work-related email to the State Department and that her lawyers had carefully reviewed every email before designating which should be surrendered and which withheld) and in her FBI interview (in which she pretended not to know what the ubiquitous â[C]â designation â for confidential â in classified documents meant).
Any prosecutor who understood there was no need to prove intent to harm the United States would be delighted to take that case to the jury â especially once the prosecutor realized heâd get to tell the jury: âEven if you suspend disbelief and buy the defense argument that she didnât mean to horde and transmit classified information you must still find her guilty if you conclude she was grossly negligent â as in âextremely carelessâ.â
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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].
Example input: 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.
Example output: Positive
Example explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Justin Timberlake ? Justin Timberlake announced his Man of the Woods Tour the singer's 27-date North American trek in support of his upcoming new LP.
"The outdoors is the inspiration for a lot of these songs. That's the main idea. The tour will be able to bring the outside in. How can we bring that to life?" Timberlake says in the tour's trailer. "I want people to see the inspiration for how it ended up sounding. I've never seen that done before: Bring the outside in."
The Man of the Woods Tour launches just five weeks after Timberlake 's halftime performance at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis with the first date scheduled for March 13th at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The leg currently concludes on May 30th with a hometown show at Memphis' FedEx Forum.
General on-sale for the trek begins January 16th at Ticketmaster. Check out Timberlake 's website for full ticket information.
Justin Timberlake Tour Dates
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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].
One 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.
Solution is here: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Cara Jesse Nuno ? Cara and Jesse Nuno
Who: Cara and Jesse Nuno
How much: $272 261 in five years
Cara and Jesse Nuno (Photo: NerdWallet.com)
Six years ago Cara and Jesse Nuno could not imagine a debt-free life.
Cara : I think I had suggested [going to a credit counselor] in the past but at the time Jess was too proud to talk to them .
Jesse: In 2012 I can’t remember if we saw the advertisement [for the agency] on TV or not but somehow it just kinda clicked so we went to them . They gave us April’s number.
April (credit counselor): The majority of their debt was old and in collections so they were really at the “cleanup stage” and [handling each debt] one at a time more than all together. They used a mix of different techniques to address the collections. Some needed to be disputed as already paid or invalid. They also had some that appeared to be past the statute of limitations so they first needed to verify this with an attorney and then dispute. Others they settled on but most they made paid in full.
Cara : We kept looking each month at what we had and the progress we had made. Slowly but surely as we disputed and paid down our debts our credit scores went up.
Jesse : Same for me. I was looking forward to the future where one day we ’d be able to buy things again.
April: When Jesse and Cara first came to me in 2012 their credit scores were 536 and 584 respectively. As of 2016 Cara’s was 667 and Jesse ’s was 758.
Jesse : I seem to be sleeping better at night not tossing and turning like I used to figuring how I’m going to pay this or how I’m going to pay that. It takes its toll — I got the gray hair to prove it.
Cara : We ’d like to do some work on the house and get our vehicles paid off. Now we have a budget and Jess pays all our bills early.
Cara : It’s OK to ask for counseling to get started with a plan to get your debt paid off. Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help because you’re not the only person that’s been there.
Solution: | Positive | 6 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim Jong-un ? In August Trump told the North Koreans what to expect if they made any more threats against the United States: “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” That warning didn’t deter Kim Jong-un from conducting a nuclear detonation and additional missile tests part of his quest for the capacity to execute a nuclear strike on the American mainland.
The other day Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C. told The Atlantic that “there’s a three in 10 chance we use the military option” — a figure he raises to “70 percent” if there’s another test. Based on their conversations he says Trump “has 100 percent made up his mind that he’s not gonna let Kim Jong-un” deploy “a missile and a nuclear warhead that can hit America effectively.”
Kim has shown no penchant for suicide. The only circumstance in which he would be likely to fire nuclear-armed missiles is if North Korea or his regime were under surprise attack — leaving him nothing to lose. In this case the remedy wouldn’t cure the disease; it would cause the disease.
The hawks speculate that the North Korean despot would use these devices to intimidate us while forcing South Korea to accept reunification under his rule. He might figure that an American president would not risk the radioactive obliteration of Los Angeles or Washington to save a distant ally.
But for Kim the risk of being wrong on that gamble would be annihilation. And if we want to remove any doubts in his mind we could turn over some of our nukes to the South Korean government — which would have every reason to retaliate.
Student: | Positive | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Delgado ? The Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Texas Rangers and the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office arrested Democrat State District Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado.
Dozens of FBI Special Agents descended upon the Judge’s offices. Texas Rangers and Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Deputies were seen alongside the FBI removing trash bags full of evidence and plastic bins from both Delgado’s home and the Judge’s office.
Judge Delgado is charged with bribery “concerning programs receiving federal funds ” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. The investigation revealed the judge would accept bribes in exchange for favorable consideration on cases he would oversee in the 93rd state District Court.
A confidential source who is a licensed attorney confessed to investigators he or she had a history of bribing Delgado since 2008.
Example Output: Neutral
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kirsten Gillibrand ? NEW YORK (AP) â A private equity executive and Republican Party fundraiser has announced that she's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) a popular Democrat.
In it Farley accuses Gillibrand of being a political opportunist more focused on advancing her career than serving the needs of New Yorkers.
She promises to bring "tax dollars back home and rebuild New York."
Gillibrand 's spokesman says the senator is proud of her record and "looks forward to the opportunity of earning the privilege to continue serving New Yorkers for another term."
Example Output: Neutral
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Josh McDaniels ? Tuesday morning Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com and NFL Networkâs Good Morning Football reported that New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels would break routine and skip this weekâs annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis avoiding the city McDaniels jilted when he backed out on a verbal agreement to become the Coltsâ next head coach on Feb. 6 leaving many of his assistants in the lurch too.
And the McDaniels news was a reminder that while itâs too early to judge Pat Shurmur as a head coach the Giantsâ hiring of him certainly feels as if itâs put them in the strongest and most stable position they could have hoped for to operate at this Combine â and in free agency and in Aprilâs draft â especially considering the alternatives.
Imagine if the Giants had chosen McDaniels to be their next head coach and McDaniels had backed out on the Giants on Feb. 6 as he did the Colts. The Giants wouldnât have hired their next coach until two weeks ago at best as the Colts did by pivoting to Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich. And the Giants in that scenario probably wouldnât have their full coaching staff together yet still and theyâd be arriving at the Combine still in transition mode.
Perhaps most importantly a negative perception of the Giantsâ operations may have lingered if McDaniels had reversed course on them. Fairly or unfairly that would have had people connecting the turmoil of 2017 to an ominous and bad start to 2018 continuing to question the Giantsâ judgment for trying to hire someone who wasnât even ready.
Josh McDaniels. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Example Output: | Positive
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Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Case ? Amtrak conductor Michael Case said changes should be made to keep mentally unstable individuals from owning and having access to guns though he stressed he does not want to infringe on Second Amendment rights.
Edward Klein 80 has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. A DuPage County judge ruled him mentally unfit to stand trial. He has been in custody since he shot Case on May 16 while the train on which Klein was a passenger was stopped at the station near downtown Naperville. Case a Homewood resident was severely wounded and hospitalized for several months.
On Dec. 18 Case testified before a DuPage County judge recounting the moment Klein of West Allis Wis. shot the Amtrak conductor in the torso.
While the judge weighs what to do with Klein Case a 46-year-old father of four is still recovering from the near-fatal incident strengthened by the support and efforts of those both near and far.
In early January Case will have his third surgery since the May shooting. The procedure is to reconnect his small and large intestines. The shooting severely damaged his pancreas and doctors removed his gall bladder completely. Case said a long scar now adorns his stomach.
The shooting and its aftermath radically changed his family life Case said. Instead of focusing on school his children have devoted much of their energy to him and his wife has taken significant time off from her job to be with him he said.
Whether Case will return to his job as a conductor â he worked Amtrak routes locally in the Midwestand on the East coast for 10 years â remains to be seen said Case . He said he is seeing a therapist to help cope with anxiety that surfaced after the shooting and he struggles with having people stand right behind him.
Working for Amtrak showed Case large swaths of the country and he said he developed long-lasting friendships along the way. He called Amtrak "a family."
Student: | Positive | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: Positive
Here is why: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
OK. solve this:
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Donald J. Trump ? Hours after Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) acknowledged his inappropriate behavior toward radio host Leeann Tweeden President Trump added his thoughts.
The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2 3 4 5 & 6 while she sleeps? â¦.. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17 2017
.And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. Lesley Stahl tape? â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17 2017
Trump though has been quiet about the allegations against Moore. Through his press secretary the president has said that the allegations against Moore are âtroublingâ and that if proven to be true he should leave the Senate race. Asked on Thursday how the allegations might be proven to be true White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that it âshould be determined possibly by a court of lawâ â which of course wonât happen by next monthâs election. She left the final judgment to âthe people of Alabama . . . not the president whether they want Roy Moore to support them in the Senate.â
Trump offered no tweets about Moore after the allegations emerged. Before The Post revealed the first of the stories involving Moore Trump tweeted his congratulations to the candidate saying that he âsounds like a really great guy.â
100% fabricated and made-up charges pushed strongly by the media and the Clinton Campaign may poison the minds of the American Voter. FIX! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016
Nothing ever happened with any of these women. Totally made up nonsense to steal the election. Nobody has more respect for women than me! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016
The failing @nytimes reporters don't even call us anymore they just write whatever they want to write making up sources along the way! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016
New polls are good because the media has deceived the public by putting women front and center with made-up stories and lies and got caught â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17 2016
Can't believe these totally phoney stories 100% made up by women (many already proven false) and pushed big time by press have impact! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17 2016
All of those comments were before Election Day last year. As we noted last month television news coverage moved on from the allegations against Trump to the WikiLeaks documents and the letter from FBI Director James B. Comey.
The White House has addressed the allegations since Trump was inaugurated. At a news conference last month Trump again dismissed the charges out-of-hand.
There were other allegations that Trump preferred to talk about during 2016: those against Bill Clinton. In the wake of the release of the âAccess Hollywoodâ tape in which Trump described groping women without their consent Trump and his campaign began to focus on Clintonâs behavior. Before the second presidential debate Trump invited three women who said theyâd been assaulted by Clinton or had a relationship with him to join him for a news conference.
Exclusive VideoâBroaddrick Willey Jones to Bill's Defenders: âThese Are Crimes â âTerrifiedâ of âEnablerâ Hillary [Link] â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9 2016
Thereâs never been anyone more abusive to women in politics than Bill Clinton.My words were unfortunate-the Clintonsâ actions were far worse â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10 2016
Itâs worth noting that this was a dramatic shift from how Trump spoke about the allegations against Clinton during the late 1990s.
Answer: | Neutral | 8 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bernie Sanders ? As YA best-sellers go , the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution is an unlikely contender .
Sanders has described the Guide as an introduction to "what being a progressive is all about ."
Sanders ' guidebook is not a children 's book , of course .
Sanders ' popularity with young people took many journalists and career Washingtonians by surprise in 2015 and 2016 .
The Bernie Sanders Guide is based on Sanders 's previous best-seller , Our Revolution , which was published one week after the election of Donald Trump .
Sanders used Our Revolution to tout victories , air grudges , and revisit the campaign 's inflection points -LRB- debates , media interviews , rallies -RRB- and what it felt like to experience them in the moment .
Sanders is cranky and impatient , and he makes a convincing case that the left could use more crankiness and impatience if it wants to start winning .
On the page , Sanders 's case -- so electric on the campaign trail -- was larded down with repetitive statistics and digressions .
The most refreshing thing about the Bernie Sanders Guide is the most refreshing thing about Bernie Sanders the politician : a seemingly total lack of condescension .
Sanders does not strain to convince his young readers that criminal justice reform will be immediately relevant in their own lives .
The trimmer , punchier Bernie Sanders Guide skips the leaden chronicle of diner conversations and C-SPAN coverage .
Our Revolution spent almost 50 pages on Sanders ' childhood and his early political career .
Output: Positive
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Clarke ? It's not enough to tell people that if they see something they should say something as often people do not know what to watch for and report former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said Tuesday.
"There are a lot of people 350 million people in the United States " Clarke told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program while commenting about the deadly Las Vegas concert shooting. "They are not all known to law enforcement so where I would start is doing a better job of engaging the public to help us out."
Clarke described Paddock Tuesday at the "needle in the haystack reference that you hear in homeland security enterprise and environment and at times like this the call to report troubled people starts over.
"We don't tell people specifically you know what to do what to look for " said Clarke . "I have been in law enforcement for nearly 40 years. I'm suspicious about everything."
Clarke said he has no doubt that as the investigation unfolds there will be details that are now obvious in hindsight.
"We [should] do a better job of engaging the public say here are the sort of things you need to look for and an ongoing campaign to do that " said Clarke . "We spent a lot of money to see something say something campaign. I wonder what the results are."
News broke Monday that Paddock's father had been on the FBI's Most Wanted List back in the 1960s and Clarke said it will take a behavioral scientist to unwrap the shooter and his motives.
"We saw it in Orlando " said Clarke . "We saw it in San Bernardino. We saw it a Fort Hood. After a while you look and what you hear over and over again is like some of the people's closest neighbors and friends saying 'hey he seemed like a normal guy to me.' Oftentimes not."
Clarke said he expects Paddock's girlfriend Marilou Danley who was out of the country at the time of the shooting will shed some light on his motives.
Output: Positive
Input: Consider Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Eric Bolling ? Eric Bolling's son was found dead on Friday just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with the former Fox News host.
Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period. — Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9 2017
"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling’s son " the statement said. "Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family."
So awful. My heart goes out to Eric and his family. Tragedy: Eric Bolling Son Dies Mediaite [Link] — Don Lemon (@donlemon) September 9 2017
The younger Bolling's death came just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with Eric Bolling a month after the Huffington Post first reported that Bolling send unsolicited lewd text messages to colleagues at Fox News and Fox Business Network.
Bolling denied the claims and took legal action against the reporter who broke the story Yashar Ali.
| Output: Positive
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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].
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ? ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â Abbasi said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
Abbasi said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in its tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â Abbasi said though he added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
âI found him to be fairly warm â he said. âSomebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.â
[EX A]: Neutral
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Daniel Pinto ? Daniel Pinto's eyes lit up.
Daniel Pinto: I think that it is about momentum. If you look at 2016 the whole industry had a weaker-than-expected first quarter and then the momentum gathered from the second quarter to the third quarter and it continues into the fourth quarter obviously with the normal seasonality. The fourth quarter is typically weaker than the third quarter but the momentum continues. That 15% year-on-year increase in markets isn't different than what we saw in the previous quarters.
Pinto : There's been a strong performance in rates in emerging markets in credit â it's all along the fixed-income complex.
Pinto : When you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.
When you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.
He is pro-US growth so therefore what you have is higher interest rates and the potential for the Fed to be more aggressive than it would have been otherwise. The equity-market valuations we're seeing aren't low but there could be additional momentum particularly in financials. It is not such a surprise.
Turner: There is an argument that the market has priced in all of the best bits of his policies and ignored some of the potential negative consequences.
Pinto : We've been doing a lot of work. Some portions of the business are more electronic than they used to be and that process may continue. For me I've made it very clear it is a business where success relates to your scale. To maintain your success you have to maintain your scale. To maintain your scale you have to adjust to however your clients want to execute. That is why David Hudson who runs markets execution services is creating an environment for the clients to execute through us in any way they want. That is not over. It will continue. We will continue to adjust because we're mirroring what our clients want.
Pinto : The SEF aggregator is something we built and no one uses it. Maybe they will one day. The world for me â the way I see it for asset managers more and more of their business is going to passive. That is the trend. Margins are compressing. Efficiency in the way they execute is more and more important and so we need to face that. We need new ways to do things that are more effective for them.
Pinto : This is fully loaded ROE for all the business lines in fixed income. This is what we produce. This line is the cost of capital and every single business on a fully loaded basis is delivering a return ahead of the cost of capital except for commodities which is going through a process of adjustment. The most important part is if you were to eliminate one of those not all of the capital goes away not all of the cost goes away so essentially the marginal impact the ROE you would lose by closing the business is far higher than 15%. That's why for me the completeness is very important.
Pinto : It is shared infrastructure. Revenue flows go away but capital related to operational and credit risk doesn't. That doesn't change just because you close a line of business. It just gets reassigned to different businesses. That's why when you start cutting you say "I don't like rates â I'm going to cut rates " well the marginal ROE of what is left is worse. And as you cut more it gets worse and worse. In my view when you start trying to cut costs in this type of business you don't know when you'll stop cutting. The more you do the more painful it will become â all in an environment where the wallet has been shrinking.
Pinto : That's absolutely true. An example of that is equities. We will see how it plays out when equities goes into a down cycle. Everyone said "We'll cut fixed income and focus all of our energy on protecting our equities franchise." Fine. Equities was growing. Now we have the first year where the equities wallet shrinks and we may have another one. I don't know.
Pinto : We look at client profitability on a long-term basis not just this year. We measure quite accurately all of the resources we provide to the clients capital liquidity the cost of everything and then we give them credit for the resources they provide to us. They could leave their deposits with us. And then any other business we do we calculate a marginal ROE an absolute ROE and we look at cycles rather than just one year. What it does is it gives you information to manage the relationship with the client. You can sit down with the client and say "This is what it is over the last number of years it has been X " so they know where they stand with us. It helps the salespeople to have an intelligent conversation with the client.
Pinto : It is often easier when you partner with someone make some progress and then bring other people in rather than getting a bunch of banks together and get them developing something from zero.
Pinto : I think that in order to attract talent you have to run the company in a way that is appealing to them. That's why we have a clear technology strategy and have communicated externally about how vibrant and flexible JPMorgan is. It's a way to attract top talent into the organization. The more people you hire from top tech companies the more talent comes along with them. You have to do what is right and you have to communicate it too. The reality is that it is a vibrant institution we're looking forward we're successful so therefore people want to join. We haven't had a problem attracting talent. Seventy-seven percent of our new hires into the corporate and investment bank last year were millennials and they already make up more than 50% of the organization.
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity David Letterman ? He âs back!
Legendary talk show host David Letterman âs new Netflix show âMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction â debuts Jan. 12 and former President Barack Obama is slated to be the first guest.
âI had a show for a long time and then I didnât have a show for a long time and I canât tell you how great it is to be out of the damn house â Letterman jokes in the trailer.
The trailer doesnât indicate what Letterman and Obama will talk about but itâs possible the current administration will be a hot topic on the series considering Letterman has spoken out against President Donald Trump.
[EX A]: | Positive
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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].
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Carlos Ghosn ? PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).
Ghosn 63 should âtake decisive steps to make the alliance irreversibleâ during his next term to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.
France which owns 15 percent of Renault has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakersâ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of Ghosn its main architect.
Ghosn had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
French state representatives had been pushing Ghosn since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed him .
Positive
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kirstjen Nielsen ? Deputy White House Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Nielsen a former Homeland Security official nominated by President Trump was confirmed by the Senate in a 62-37 vote on Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Nielsen understands the department's daily operations due to her previous experience and is ready to lead on her first day.
Meanwhile Democrats said Nielsen lacks the experience required to run a major agency with 240 000 employees. They also cited concerns about possible White House interference in a recent DHS decision to send home thousands of Nicaraguans that have long been granted U.S. protection.
Neutral
What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Saifullah Saipov ? Progressives and business groups are defending the visa lottery program which invited Islamic believer Saifullah Saipov into the United States before he apparently murdered eight cyclists in New York on November 1.
A native of Uzbekistan â Saipov had been in the United States since 2010 and given that all green card categories are screened equally it is highly unlikely that the fact of his status as a green card holder under the Diversity Visa Lottery is related to his subsequent terrorist act â said a statement from the business-first advocacy group the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Polls show the public opposes the visa-lottery program because it provides green cards to unscreened unskilled foreigners who lower wages reduce social solidarity and reduce civic security. For example Saipov was picked by the lottery and then admitted in 2010 even though his first name means âSword of Allah.â
The visa lottery awards green cards to 50 000 people chosen at random from countries around the world. Winners are screened for health problems and criminal records but are otherwise accepted regardless of their character job skills or ideology. For example Saipov was accepted from Uzbekistan in 2010 despite his faith in Islamâs hostile ideology and his lack of skills. Once in the United States he worked as the trucking industry where wages for Americans and immigrants have been relentlessly pushed down by the huge wage of immigration since the 1990s.
| Negative
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
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].
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.
Solution: Positive
Why? Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
New input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bryce Harper ? If superstar Bryce Harper were to sign a 10-year contract with the Nationals as many in Washington hope he does he 'd be hugely wealthy -- and would benefit greatly from the Republicans' proposed tax cut bill. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
To fully appreciate how skewed the impact of the Republican tax bill would be consider what it could mean for baseball superstar Bryce Harper if he were to sign a 10-contract with the Washington Nationals as many of us in Washington are hoping.
The Nats known for making creative deals with players might agree to pay the right-fielder an annual salary of $30 million which sounds like a lot but actually isnât for a franchise player with the star power of Harper . So to reflect that star power letâs assume the team would pay Harper another $20 annually for use of what tax practitioners would call his âintellectual propertyâ â his name his face his reputation â in the form of royalties that the team would earn from its TV contracts and sales of paraphernalia to fans. Add to that $10 million in royalties a year that Harper could probably earn independently from product and other endorsements.
So you add it all up and Harper would have an annual income of $60 million split evenly between salary and royalties. Figure his $30 million salary would be taxed as ordinary income at 48 percent combining both federal and Virginia state tax. That would leave him with an after-tax salary income of $15.6 million. Now letâs figure he sets aside $2.5 million to live like a young sports star might live and invests the balance roughly $13 million in an S&P stock index fund.
In other words he sells the stream of royalties from his intellectual property to a partnership in which he himself then becomes a partner. The partnership in turn allocates to Harper each year his pro rata share of its profit which for tax purposes flows through to his personal income. Under the Republican bill this partnership income would be taxed at an effective rate of 31 percent for federal and Virginia.
Assuming historical rate of return on the salary income invested in the stock index fund and a somewhat higher rate of return on his investment partnership under the bill passed by the House of Representatives Harper would wind up at the end of the 10-year contract with combined individual and partnership assets worth about $560 million.
Solution: | Positive | 0 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jenny Chang ? A few years ago he began working with Dr. Jenny Chang medical director of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Chang had performed a number of biopsies on breast cancer patients both on those whose cancers were confined to the breast and on those whose cancers had metastasized to the brain.
From those biopsies Chang said she had identified a number of genetic pathways ways in which gene mutations affected the ability of the cancer to spread unique to patients who developed metastatic breast cancer.
"But I had a lot of trouble with the data and trying to translate it into clinical practice " she said. She couldn't find her way out from beneath the avalanche of data.
So she turned to Wong.
Using his mathematical modeling Wong sifted through Chang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.
Chang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.
One of them a drug named sunitinib which treats a kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma emerged as the best bet. Chang then tested the drug in mice and the study showed it prevented breast cancer from spreading to the brain.
She has already begun a Phase II clinical trial of the drug enrolling nine patients with metastatic breast cancer and she is looking for more.
"The drug is very well-tolerated by patients and so far the trial is going very well " Chang said.
But by using an existing drug Chang and Wong could skip the lengthy Phase I during which a drug is checked for safety. If Chang's tests go well sunitinib could be on the market within a few years for metastatic breast cancer.
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Daniel Pinto ? Daniel Pinto's eyes lit up.
Daniel Pinto: I think that it is about momentum. If you look at 2016 the whole industry had a weaker-than-expected first quarter and then the momentum gathered from the second quarter to the third quarter and it continues into the fourth quarter obviously with the normal seasonality. The fourth quarter is typically weaker than the third quarter but the momentum continues. That 15% year-on-year increase in markets isn't different than what we saw in the previous quarters.
Pinto : There's been a strong performance in rates in emerging markets in credit â it's all along the fixed-income complex.
Pinto : When you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.
When you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.
He is pro-US growth so therefore what you have is higher interest rates and the potential for the Fed to be more aggressive than it would have been otherwise. The equity-market valuations we're seeing aren't low but there could be additional momentum particularly in financials. It is not such a surprise.
Turner: There is an argument that the market has priced in all of the best bits of his policies and ignored some of the potential negative consequences.
Pinto : We've been doing a lot of work. Some portions of the business are more electronic than they used to be and that process may continue. For me I've made it very clear it is a business where success relates to your scale. To maintain your success you have to maintain your scale. To maintain your scale you have to adjust to however your clients want to execute. That is why David Hudson who runs markets execution services is creating an environment for the clients to execute through us in any way they want. That is not over. It will continue. We will continue to adjust because we're mirroring what our clients want.
Pinto : The SEF aggregator is something we built and no one uses it. Maybe they will one day. The world for me â the way I see it for asset managers more and more of their business is going to passive. That is the trend. Margins are compressing. Efficiency in the way they execute is more and more important and so we need to face that. We need new ways to do things that are more effective for them.
Pinto : This is fully loaded ROE for all the business lines in fixed income. This is what we produce. This line is the cost of capital and every single business on a fully loaded basis is delivering a return ahead of the cost of capital except for commodities which is going through a process of adjustment. The most important part is if you were to eliminate one of those not all of the capital goes away not all of the cost goes away so essentially the marginal impact the ROE you would lose by closing the business is far higher than 15%. That's why for me the completeness is very important.
Pinto : It is shared infrastructure. Revenue flows go away but capital related to operational and credit risk doesn't. That doesn't change just because you close a line of business. It just gets reassigned to different businesses. That's why when you start cutting you say "I don't like rates â I'm going to cut rates " well the marginal ROE of what is left is worse. And as you cut more it gets worse and worse. In my view when you start trying to cut costs in this type of business you don't know when you'll stop cutting. The more you do the more painful it will become â all in an environment where the wallet has been shrinking.
Pinto : That's absolutely true. An example of that is equities. We will see how it plays out when equities goes into a down cycle. Everyone said "We'll cut fixed income and focus all of our energy on protecting our equities franchise." Fine. Equities was growing. Now we have the first year where the equities wallet shrinks and we may have another one. I don't know.
Pinto : We look at client profitability on a long-term basis not just this year. We measure quite accurately all of the resources we provide to the clients capital liquidity the cost of everything and then we give them credit for the resources they provide to us. They could leave their deposits with us. And then any other business we do we calculate a marginal ROE an absolute ROE and we look at cycles rather than just one year. What it does is it gives you information to manage the relationship with the client. You can sit down with the client and say "This is what it is over the last number of years it has been X " so they know where they stand with us. It helps the salespeople to have an intelligent conversation with the client.
Pinto : It is often easier when you partner with someone make some progress and then bring other people in rather than getting a bunch of banks together and get them developing something from zero.
Pinto : I think that in order to attract talent you have to run the company in a way that is appealing to them. That's why we have a clear technology strategy and have communicated externally about how vibrant and flexible JPMorgan is. It's a way to attract top talent into the organization. The more people you hire from top tech companies the more talent comes along with them. You have to do what is right and you have to communicate it too. The reality is that it is a vibrant institution we're looking forward we're successful so therefore people want to join. We haven't had a problem attracting talent. Seventy-seven percent of our new hires into the corporate and investment bank last year were millennials and they already make up more than 50% of the organization.
[EX A]: Positive
[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Woody Allen ? LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin on Tuesday expressed support for film maker Woody Allen as a growing number of entertainment industry stars seek to distance themselves from the "Annie Hall" director as part of the Time's Up campaign against sexual misconduct.
Baldwin who appeared in three of Allen 's films said on Twitter that the renunciation of the director and his work was "unfair and sad to me."
Baldwin said working with Allen was "one of the privileges of my career."
Allen has repeatedly denied decades-old accusations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s.
But sentiment has turned against him during the sexual misconduct scandal sweeping Hollywood that has led to dozens of successful men being forced to resign or being dropped from projects.
Representatives of Allen did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The director has never been charged with a crime.
Allen 82 won Oscars for the films "Annie Hall " "Hannah and Her Sisters" and the 2011 comedy "Midnight in Paris " and continues to release a new movie almost every year.
Timothy Chaplet 22 the star of gay romance "Call me By Your Name " this week became the latest actor to announce he will donate the salary he earned from an Allen movie to "Time's Up" and other causes for sexual abuse victims.
He followed Rebecca Hall Ellen Page and Mira Sorkin who have made donations or issued regrets about working with Allen in recent weeks. Last week "Lady Bird" director Greta Gehrig who acted in the 2012 film "To Rome with Love " said she would not work with Allen again.
Allen 's most recent film "Wonder Wheel " distributed by Amazon Studios has fared poorly at the North American box office taking only $1.4 million since its Dec. 1 release.
His next film "A Rainy Day in New York " starring Chaplet and also from Amazon is due for release later this year.
[EX A]: | Negative
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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 Isaias Afwerki ? President Isaias Afwerki 's interview on a government website Wednesday said the migrants from his country and Sudan paid a "high price" to human traffickers to reach Israel and deserve more like $50 000.
"They need fair compensation to start a new life in their home country " Afwerki said in the interview with local media. He said all those who wish to return home "have every right to do so " and that Eritrea has offered to register all of its roughly 20 000 migrants but Israeli authorities had refused.
Many Eritreans leaving the east African nation claim they fled a restrictive regime under Afwerki where men are often forced into a military service with slavery-like conditions. They say they cannot return.
In the interview Afwerki claimed instead that the Eritrean migrants were enticed abroad to organize an armed opposition but that the "subversive schemes" failed and the migrants now have become a burden.
Israeli authorities said the migrants will be deported to Rwanda and Uganda Afwerki said.
"We are told they will be deported to any country that can accept them " he said. "These are human beings not livestock. No country can claim legal responsibility to receive our citizens."
Answer: | Neutral | 7 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Teacher: 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].
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following 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.
Solution: Positive
Reason: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Now, solve this instance: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Francoise Bettencourt Meyers ? But Bloomberg has declared that Bettencourt's only daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is now officially the world's richest woman ahead of Alice Walton the Walmart heiress. Bloomberg puts Bettencourt Meyers' net worth at $42 billion compared to $37.7 billion for Walton.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers in 2015 . Bertrand Rindoff PetroffâGetty Images
Although raised a strict Catholic Bettencourt Meyers married the grandson of a rabbi killed in Aushwitz â all the more notable given that L'Oreal's founder Eugène Schueller was a known Nazi sympathizer .
Bettencourt Meyers is arguably best known for bringing legal action against her mother after the elder Bettencourt began giving away millions in assets and insurance to society photographer François-Marie Banier with whom she'd struck up an unusual friendship. Bettencourt Meyers accused Banier of preying on her mother's onsetting dementia. When Bettencourt Meyers sued her mother responded by calling her daughter âune emmerdeuseâ (a pain in the ass) according to Vanity Fair .
The case was ultimately decided in Bettencourt Meyers' favor and she and her two sons were named guardians of Lilianeâs interests in 2011.
Student: | Positive | 2 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
Detailed Instructions: 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].
See one example below:
Problem: 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.
Solution: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Corey Lewandowski ? Lewandowski and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Rick Dearbonâs interviews with the House Intelligence Committee come after ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon met with congressional investigators for almost 12 hours on Tuesday.
Lewandowski said on Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria" Wednesday that he was not instructed by the White House to withhold any information.
"I'll tell you anything " Lewandowski said.
Lewandowski who led the Trump campaign for almost two years through the Republican primaries said they welcomed the âopportunityâ to testify before the committee.
âSteve was [with the campaign] for a short period of time. I was there almost two years every day next to the candidate next to President Trump â Lewandowski said on Fox News Channel's âOutnumbered Overtimeâ Tuesday. âNever ever ever did we coordinate or cooperate or collude with any Russians.â
Lewandowski told Fox News that he would âanswer every question truthfully honestly to the best of my ability and the best of my recollection.â
âBut because I have nothing to hide Iâm looking forward to this opportunity help finally bring this to a close â he said.
Lewandowski added that he hopes Democrats come to a ârealizationâ that there was no Trump-Russia collusion.
Solution: | Neutral | 4 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: Positive
Rationale: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lowell Bailey ? For his profession Lowell Bailey wears a .22 caliber rifle strapped to his back. It has taken him across the world and to four Olympic Games most recently to the biathlon mixed relay Tuesday night at Alpensia Biathlon Centre where he skied the anchor leg for a United States team that finished 15th. His sport and his livelihood revolve around shooting. His competitors from other countries often wonder about his country's relationship with guns.
Biathlon and mass murder of innocent people share no connective tissue other than the broadest definition of the tool used. Even understanding that intellectual fact Bailey and his teammates often experience a visceral need to reconcile the shooting portion of their sport and the destruction guns have caused in their country. They are shooting rifles while representing a country where debates over gun control have once again become a central issue.
Tuesday night under the lights and in front of a packed grandstand Bailey spoke out.
"I support an assault weapons ban " Bailey said. "I really do. Our country needs to wake up. Our country needs to change. There's just no excuse. I compete against all of these other World Cup nations â Germany Norway. How good are they on the range? They're great at rifle marksmanship. Do you know how strict their gun controls law are? It's a travesty America hasn't changed and continues to go down this path. It just makes me want to cry."
"We're really aware we are a firearm sport that we are a shooting sport " Firesteel Reid said. "A lot of us have pretty strong opinions about this. I think we get grouped into a certain type of person and I don't think any of us are that type of person. That has been quite fascinating."
While the rules here are extreme U.S. gun laws confound biathletes from other countries. Bailey said he has discussed the U.S. laws with rivals and mostly they are left at a loss.
"They're absolutely baffled " Bailey said. "They're baffled at the political landscape of the United States and how we can continue to put assault weapons in the hands of anyone who wants to walk into a gun store and buy one."
"We're a sport that uses a .22 caliber rifle " Bailey said. "A .22 caliber rifle with a bolt action that shoots a single round is a much different thing than an AR-15. In my opinion there's just no reason for assault rifles to be in the hands of ordinary citizens. I understand the Second Amendment. I appreciate hunting. I appreciate rifle marksmanship. You're talking about rifles. You're talking about targets. You're not talking about weapons that are designed to kill people.
A: | Neutral | 9 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mark Spiegler ? On a late-summer afternoon in a dingy San Fernando Valley apartment talent agent Mark Spiegler is having it out with a producer. Pacing the length of the living room that for the past nine years has doubled as his office Spiegler portly with thinning brown hair and a graying 5 o'clock shadow sets out his demands: If his client a top actress is going to agree to a project certain accommodations must be made. "You want her ready at 8 you should do the makeup " Spiegler barks as he stomps past a bookcase filled with framed photos of himself with various women. "If you want her later she'll do her own makeup."
Spiegler 's spat over the call time might seem familiar to agents at the CAAs and WMEs of Hollywood who often find themselves protecting their star clients from producer demands. But Spiegler has a particular reason for being concerned about the 8 a.m. shoot: It would require his client to get up around 4:30 a.m. to receive an enema. Because the scene calls for the woman to perform anal sex.
Yes Spiegler 54 represents porn stars -- and he 's one of the biggest agents in Los Angeles' $1 billion adult entertainment industry. As the Ari Emanuel or Kevin Huvane of hardcore he handles such top performers as Skin Diamond Chanel Preston and Asa Akira the client for whom Spiegler is arguing.
Ultimately the production company New Sensations will agree to delay the shoot for Akira 27 who will do her own makeup and be paid about $2 000 for the scene. "That's the whole reason for us being here " says Spiegler whose boutique firm Spiegler Girls represents a small group of elite women and is known as one of the adult industry's top agencies. "We are the buffer -- so the girl doesn't look bad. We take the heat."
At the same time shrinking porn profits and a talent supply-and-demand imbalance have caused performers' salaries to decline. Whatever the moral qualms Americans have (40 million to 50 million people in the U.S. regularly watch pornography on the Internet according to studies) about the proliferation of movies with such titles as Orgasmic Oralists Damn She's a Lesbian and Dong of the Dead the tough U.S. economy has led to an explosion in the number of people hoping to find work in porn -- some perhaps emboldened by the dream they too could become crossover stars like Sasha Grey (Entourage) and James Deen ( the forthcoming Lindsay Lohan starrer The Canyons) . While a decade ago the average female performer would make about $100 000 a year Spiegler says she now might make as little as $50 000 -- all while juggling responsibilities such as social-media outreach and personal appearances.
And where there were only two or three reputable adult agencies 10 years ago now 14 agencies are licensed and bonded though top shops L.A. Direct Models 101 Modeling and Spiegler Girls dominate the upper echelon of performers. None would discuss how much money they make but observers say that top agents can pull down $250 000 a year from their 10 to 15 percent takes. "It's very competitive and the well-known agencies do control most of the talent " says Dan Miller executive managing editor of industry trade magazine XBIZ. "It's just like Hollywood in that regard."
But there is an actual skill and finesse to the real porn agents even if negotiating deals is relatively straightforward. Unlike in Hollywood most adult performers charge set rates so the conversation often centers on the availability of an actor. Still agents also help clients set up personal websites arrange for transportation and even make sure performers are staying on top of their mandatory drug-testing regimens. As if to illustrate this point during an interview Spiegler interrupts the conversation to answer his phone and discuss the scheduling of a blood test at Cutting Edge Testing in Sherman Oaks a facility popular with adult entertainers.
According to Spiegler there is a relatively straightforward scale for performances: An in-demand actress is paid about $800 for a girl-girl scene $1 000 for a guy-girl scene $1 200 or more for anal sex and $4 000 or more for double penetration (guy-on-guy pornography has a separate pay scale; most agents in the mainstream straight porn world including Spiegler do not represent gay men). Spiegler takes 10 to 15 percent receiving the larger percentage if he handles transportation for the client. In an effort to ferret out rogue agents and discourage actors from working with them several agencies led by L.A. Direct banded together to form Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA) in 2009. All member agencies -- there are seven including Spiegler Girls -- meet once a month are licensed by the state and adhere to standard practices.
Meanwhile San Dimas appeared in the 2011 Ryan Gosling crime drama Drive after Spiegler secured her an audition. And there always will be bit parts in shows like Entourage roles as strippers and prostitutes in R-rated movies or other offers like the one Akira recently got to appear in a G-Unit music video.
The business is lucrative for Akira though she declines to say how much money she makes. Spiegler helped her land a deal with Interactive Life Forms the makers of the Fleshlight sex toy. The company has sold tens of thousands of $67.96 interactive rubber devices that simulate Akira's vagina mouth and anus. "I definitely love getting my Fleshlight check " she says. "These are the deals you work toward."
For porn agents deciding which clients to take on is a task akin to a traditional film agent scouring Sundance or Cannes in search of a breakout star. Spiegler for example receives at least 500 solicitations a year often several a day. And because most agents refuse to work with women who use drugs or are believed to be unstable there are prying questions. The queries don't just center on the aspiring stars' mental states -- agents want to know about performers' sexual boundaries. "I have to ask these girls 'Do you do anal?' " says Spiegler . On an ordinary weeknight in November 2011 a young woman's mother called Spiegler from West Virginia to ask whether he would represent her daughter once she turned 18. "The mom wanted to get off to a head start " he recalls. Spiegler asked his standard questions about sex prompting the mother to shout: "Tiffany do you do anal? Do you have sex with girls?" Spiegler told the mother to ring him again when Tiffany turned 18. He never heard back from her.
Spiegler 's frank homespun style has made him a popular figure in L.A.'s adult entertainment community. But not every agent is like him. At the other end of the spectrum is Derek Hay founder and owner of L.A. Direct Models one of the industry's top agencies.
The World Modeling hegemony was broken by a spate of new agencies that formed in the early 2000s in an effort to capitalize on the rise of the Internet. (South did not respond to a request for comment.) Both Hay and Spiegler launched their firms in this era. However the two agents considered by many in the business to be tops in terms of clout client rosters and success couldn't be more different.
That both Spiegler and Hay are succeeding as porn agents says a lot about the business' roots and where it is headed.
Spiegler grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High before going to Cal State Northridge. After graduating with a degree in economics he had a lucrative run trading stocks. He first got a whiff of adult entertainment in the 1980s when he worked as a production assistant on a few films. In the '90s he was approached by an acquaintance who asked to borrow money to finance porn movies. The films were poorly made but Spiegler intrigued by the possibilities pursued more production work and ultimately wound up producing 96 films in the mid-'90s. He stopped in 1999 -- around the time digital production saturated the market with amateur pornographers -- and transitioned to the representation business. That year Spiegler teamed up with a porn actor associate to start Topp Models but grew dissatisfied with his partner when he learned that this person also was performing in films. "I don't think agents should be doing scenes working with the talent on or off camera " he says. "It's just not good business."
In 2003 Spiegler broke away to form his current firm. Spiegler Girls is known for representing just 25 women; performers such as Akira (Girls Kissing Girls 9) San Dimas (Katwoman XXX) and Rose (Caught From Behind) are part of the current roster. In 2006 he signed Grey the brunette star known for her ultra-hardcore performances and later for appearing on Entourage and in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 experimental drama The Girlfriend Experience.
Answer: Positive
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? Hillary Clinton took to Facebook on Tuesday just hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address defending her decision to retain a male campaign worker who sexually harassed a female on staff.
Clinton wrote in her post that men should be held accountable for their actions and everyone regardless of gender should protect women from any abuse.
In the lengthy post Clinton didn’t however reflect or comment on her husband President Bill Clinton who lied about his sexual conduct with a White House intern and was accused by several women of sexual assault.
“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior ” Clinton wrote. “The short answer is this: If I had it to do again I wouldn’t.”
Nonetheless Clinton defends her decision saying that she thought reprimanding the offender cutting his pay and access to the victim and ordering the man to undergo counseling. She also promoted the victim.
“Through it all I’ve always taken firing very seriously ” Clinton wrote. “Taking away someone’s livelihood is perhaps the most serious thing an employer can do.”
“When faced with a situation like this if I think it’s possible to avoid termination while still doing right by everyone involved I am inclined in that direction ” Clinton said. “I do not put this forward as a virtue or a vice – just as a fact about how I view these matters.”
Clinton also wrote that she believes in “second chances” and has been the recipient of those chances.
Clinton said she contacted the woman that once worked on her 2008 campaign to make certain she was doing well despite her experience while working for Clinton .
The Facebook post though quickly morphs into a commentary on how others are to blame for the scourge of sexual harassment in the headlines of late including her own “me too” moment.
“Over the past year a seismic shift has occurred in the way we approach and respond to sexual harassment both as a society and as individuals ” Clinton said adding that it took women from all walks of life coming forward to make this happen.”
My own decision to write in my memoir about my experiences being sexually harassed and physically threatened early in my career – the first time was in college – was more agonizing than it should have been ” Clinton said.
Now men Clinton concluded are “on notice.”
“Men are now on notice that they will truly be held accountable for their actions ” Clinton said. “Especially now we all need to be thinking about the complexities of sexual harassment and be willing to challenge ourselves to reassess and question our own views.”
“In other words everyone’s now on their second chance both the offenders and the decision-makers ” Clinton added. “Let’s do our best to make the most of it.”
Ironically Clinton touted her advocacy for women and girls in the post despite her longstanding support for abortion that has claimed the lives of millions of female babies and Planned Parenthood which awarded her with its Margaret Sanger award in 2009.
Answer: Positive
Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lowell Bailey ? For his profession Lowell Bailey wears a .22 caliber rifle strapped to his back. It has taken him across the world and to four Olympic Games most recently to the biathlon mixed relay Tuesday night at Alpensia Biathlon Centre where he skied the anchor leg for a United States team that finished 15th. His sport and his livelihood revolve around shooting. His competitors from other countries often wonder about his country's relationship with guns.
Biathlon and mass murder of innocent people share no connective tissue other than the broadest definition of the tool used. Even understanding that intellectual fact Bailey and his teammates often experience a visceral need to reconcile the shooting portion of their sport and the destruction guns have caused in their country. They are shooting rifles while representing a country where debates over gun control have once again become a central issue.
Tuesday night under the lights and in front of a packed grandstand Bailey spoke out.
"I support an assault weapons ban " Bailey said. "I really do. Our country needs to wake up. Our country needs to change. There's just no excuse. I compete against all of these other World Cup nations â Germany Norway. How good are they on the range? They're great at rifle marksmanship. Do you know how strict their gun controls law are? It's a travesty America hasn't changed and continues to go down this path. It just makes me want to cry."
"We're really aware we are a firearm sport that we are a shooting sport " Firesteel Reid said. "A lot of us have pretty strong opinions about this. I think we get grouped into a certain type of person and I don't think any of us are that type of person. That has been quite fascinating."
While the rules here are extreme U.S. gun laws confound biathletes from other countries. Bailey said he has discussed the U.S. laws with rivals and mostly they are left at a loss.
"They're absolutely baffled " Bailey said. "They're baffled at the political landscape of the United States and how we can continue to put assault weapons in the hands of anyone who wants to walk into a gun store and buy one."
"We're a sport that uses a .22 caliber rifle " Bailey said. "A .22 caliber rifle with a bolt action that shoots a single round is a much different thing than an AR-15. In my opinion there's just no reason for assault rifles to be in the hands of ordinary citizens. I understand the Second Amendment. I appreciate hunting. I appreciate rifle marksmanship. You're talking about rifles. You're talking about targets. You're not talking about weapons that are designed to kill people.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Allen Elseth ? A Salt Lake County jail booking statement released Thursday says 28-year-old Allen Elseth was taken into custody after a state trooper smelled marijuana at an accident scene.
Documents say Elseth ran across Interstate 80 after the officer let him out to urinate and jumped a barbed-wire topped fence into an airport parking lot.
Authorities say Elseth climbed on top of the driver and hit the gas but the lawmen hung on until they stopped the car and subdued him with a Taser.
No attorney was immediately listed for Elseth .
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Fadia ? So once again we put out the call to Syrian contacts around the U.S. And we found a woman named Fadia . She was born and raised in Aleppo and came to the U.S. more than 30 years ago. She and her husband raised their children here. She asked that we not use her last name because she still has family in Aleppo and doesn't want them to get in trouble if the wrong person hears of her participation in this story.
But her family â they were our in.
So that's how it happened that one of Fadia's relatives walked in to Syrjeia by the public garden and said "There's a radio show in New York that wants to talk to you."
A few weeks later I was in Fadia 's living room in the New York suburbs calling Imad Syrjeia on an app called Viber that the Syrian government can't track. Imad's father opened the restaurant in the 1970s and has since passed away.
At first Imad was wary. Fadia explained her family's connection to his and reminded him of the person who had come into his store talking about a radio show in New York. She said it's just a show about food â nothing political. He said OK.
When I asked how he and the restaurant were doing Imad insisted everything was great. But Fadia said he would never dare say otherwise in case the wrong person is listening.
" He doesn't know you " she explains. " He can't even say it to me . I'm Syrian but he won't."
I don't speak Arabic. (Later on I had the recording of this conversation translated.) But just hearing Imad's voice coming out of the speaker in that moment was deeply moving. Knowing his voice was coming from a place that the news had told me was destroyed.
As Fadia and I said goodbye to him he invited me to Syria.
"He will welcome you " said Fadia enthusiastically. "They're very generous. They welcome everybody!"
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeanice McMillan ? A Buffalo native McMillan moved to the Washington area more than 10 years ago. Neighbors described her as the doting mother of a 19-year-old son named Jordan who was attending college in Virginia.
McMillan worked for the Postal Service for years before joining the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 2007 as a bus driver. In March after two months of training she began operating trains.
"She was a wonderful person very friendly very helpful " said Leeza Kanwal 30 a neighbor who lived on the same floor as McMillan. "When I was pregnant she would see me with a laundry basket and take it down to the laundry room for me."
She recalled how McMillan would sit in the hall on Friday evenings with friends. "I knew that with them sitting outside watching it was safe for my daughter to play in the hall " she added.
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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jenny Chang ? A few years ago he began working with Dr. Jenny Chang medical director of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Chang had performed a number of biopsies on breast cancer patients both on those whose cancers were confined to the breast and on those whose cancers had metastasized to the brain.
From those biopsies Chang said she had identified a number of genetic pathways ways in which gene mutations affected the ability of the cancer to spread unique to patients who developed metastatic breast cancer.
"But I had a lot of trouble with the data and trying to translate it into clinical practice " she said. She couldn't find her way out from beneath the avalanche of data.
So she turned to Wong.
Using his mathematical modeling Wong sifted through Chang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.
Chang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.
One of them a drug named sunitinib which treats a kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma emerged as the best bet. Chang then tested the drug in mice and the study showed it prevented breast cancer from spreading to the brain.
She has already begun a Phase II clinical trial of the drug enrolling nine patients with metastatic breast cancer and she is looking for more.
"The drug is very well-tolerated by patients and so far the trial is going very well " Chang said.
But by using an existing drug Chang and Wong could skip the lengthy Phase I during which a drug is checked for safety. If Chang's tests go well sunitinib could be on the market within a few years for metastatic breast cancer.
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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Susan Avery ? The clock has finally run out for an Upper East Side judge who ridiculed a lawyer with cerebral palsy and allowed cases involving tenants without heat or hot water to drag on sources told The Post . The Manhattan Housing Court ’ s advisory council which reviews its judges after each four - year term recently ruled that jurist Susan Avery should get the boot — as it catalogued years of complaints against her sources said . Avery ’ s chief - judge boss is now set to follow through on the recommendation by the end of the year sources said . “ Considering the complaints against her it ’ s about time for her to leave the bench ” said Alan Flacks a longtime local resident pushing for judicial reform . Avery 52 of East 84th Street landed her $ 175 000 - a - year job in 2012 thanks to a political appointment by then - Chief Judge Gail Prudenti . But she started demonstrating poor judgment almost immediately from the bench according to the 14 - member Advisory Council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of New York City . In 2013 Avery reprimanded a lawyer with cerebral palsy for his sloppy handwriting the panel said in its four - page finding which called the judge “ unfeeling .’’ The incident resulted in a letter of caution being placed in Avery ’ s file according to a court source . The council — comprised of representatives from both the real - estate industry and tenants ’ organizations appointed by the mayor and governor — also criticized Avery for “ excessive multi - week adjournments ” for cases involving lack of heat and hot water said the letter a copy of which was read to The Post . The advisory council said in its decision last month that the New York Law School grad showed a general “ lack of concern ” for the litigants before her . The council added it was “ disturbed further ” by conflicts of interests involving the Housing Court judge ’ s family real - estate holdings . A court source said Avery failed to disclose that a law firm administering a family trust also regularly represents landlords in cases before the judge . Meanwhile the jurist garnered a “ not approved ” rating by the city Bar Association — twice . Voters also refused to back her two bids to move up to civil court . In the summer of 2016 a judge who was running against Avery for a civil - court position lodged a complaint over her campaign tactics . Justice Sabrina Kraus who was appointed to the bench in 2005 accused Avery ’ s boyfriend of making derogatory comments about her Iranian heritage on Facebook . Avery failed to disavow the remarks showing ethnic bias the advisory panel added . Kraus beat Avery to win the seat . Avery ran for civil court again this year but lost in the September primary . Avery did not respond to multiple requests for comment . The former chief judge who appointed her Prudenti said she had no memory of choosing her .
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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Orrin Hatch ? ''If Orrin Hatch came in third place in the Iowa caucuses that would be bigger news that George Bush winning '' said James Camp Mr. Hatch's national political director. ''The headlines would not be that Bush wins but that Hatch takes third.''
Even Mr. Hatch said his goal was to ''do fourth or better.''
To that end the Hatch campaign is heavily depending on local newspaper interviews and small-town radio call-in and television talk shows to spread his word since there is no cost.
Speaking talk-show style on the same level as the audience rather than from the stage Mr. Hatch attacked his opponents. ''How many of those people have the experience yes the knowledge and the ability to work with Congress and really fulfill all those campaign promises?'' Mr. Hatch asked. ''I understand Congress to the last person. I passed 43 bills in the last Congress. Sure I can't get everything passed but Orrin Hatch will die trying.''
He also said the Democrats in the race Vice President Al Gore and former Senator Bill Bradley were ''far left and you better understand that.''
It was difficult to tell if Mr. Hatch won any converts. Jack Croft said that while he liked what Mr. Hatch said on ''our need for more military readiness '' he was not swayed enough to vote for him .
David Holzinger who said he was trying to decide between Mr. Hatch and Mr. Forbes said: ''I came because he 's a giant in the Senate. I like what he said on the ethics of the Clinton administration.''
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Putin Munich ? “Have you been to Mamayev Kurgan yet? ” Minin asked me. He was referring to another hill where the battle was so intense it changed the hill’s shape. Now the Motherland Calls statue stands there a 170-foot concrete woman raising a sword to summon her countrymen into battle. It’s where Nazi Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was captured Minin noted with reverence and looked into the sunny distance. “You know it’s important to see how young people defended their homeland.” When we got to the cafeteria I saw that it too was haunted by its Soviet past. Grouchy middle-aged women in hairnets dished out bland greasy cuisine. If it weren’t for students tapping at their smartphones it would have been hard to tell that the 21st century had ever arrived. I sat down at a table with a team from Astrakhan and told them I had been to their hometown once a romantically shabby old city by the Caspian Sea. The students smirked. “Everyone wants to leave ” a third-year named Anton said. “There’s nothing to do there ” his teammate Sergei added. “We did an amazing job … creating the illusion that Putin controls everything in Russia … Now it’s just funny” how much Americans attribute to him . Anton was hoping that Minin could help him get his foot in the door at one of the state security services. “It’s prestigious they pay well and the work is interesting ” he said. If he were accepted he could hope for a salary of 50 000 rubles (less than $900) a month which was almost double the average salary in Astrakhan. Was he motivated by any feelings of—“Patriotic conviction? ” Anton finished my sentence and started to chuckle. “No ” he said. “I don’t care what government I work for. If the French Foreign Legion takes me I’ll go!”
But most Russians don’t recognize the Russia portrayed in this story: powerful organized and led by an omniscient omnipotent leader who is able to both formulate and execute a complex and highly detailed plot. Gleb Pavlovsky a political consultant who helped Putin win his first presidential campaign in 2000 and served as a Kremlin adviser until 2011 simply laughed when I asked him about Putin ’s role in Donald Trump’s election. “We did an amazing job in the first decade of Putin ’s rule of creating the illusion that Putin controls everything in Russia ” he said. “Now it’s just funny” how much Americans attribute to him . A businessman who is high up in Putin ’s United Russia party said over an espresso at a Moscow café: “You’re telling me that everything in Russia works as poorly as it does except our hackers? Rosneft”—the state-owned oil giant—“doesn’t work well. Our health-care system doesn’t work well. Our education system doesn’t work well. And here all of a sudden are our hackers and they’re amazing?” The election hack “was a very emotional tactical decision.” The Kremlin was “very upset about the Panama Papers ” which cast light on Putin’s wealth. In the same way that Russians overestimate America seeing it as an all-powerful orchestrator of global political developments Americans project their own fears onto Russia a country that is a paradox of deftness might and profound weakness—unshakably steady yet somehow always teetering on the verge of collapse. Like America it is hostage to its peculiar history tormented by its ghosts.
None of these factors obviates the dangers Russia poses; rather each gives them shape. Both Putin and his country are aging declining—but the insecurities of decline present their own risks to America. The United States intelligence community is unanimous in its assessment not only that Russians interfered in the U.S. election but that in the words of former FBI Director James Comey “they will be back.” It is a stunning escalation of hostilities for a troubled country whose elites still have only a tenuous grasp of American politics. And it is classically Putin and classically Russian: using daring aggression to mask weakness to avenge deep resentments and at all costs to survive. I’d come to Russia to try to answer two key questions. The more immediate is how the Kremlin despite its limitations pulled off one of the greatest acts of political sabotage in modern history turning American democracy against itself. And the more important—for Americans anyway—is what might still be in store and how far an emboldened Vladimir Putin is prepared to go in order to get what he wants. Jeff Elkins; Alexey Kurbatov and Muti “It wasn’t a strategic operation ” says Andrei Soldatov a Russian journalist with deep sources in the security services who writes about the Kremlin’s use of cybertechnology. “Given what everyone on the inside has told me ” he says hacking the U.S. political system “was a very emotional tactical decision. People were very upset about the Panama Papers.”
In the spring of 2016 an international consortium of journalists began publishing revelations from a vast trove of documents belonging to a Panamanian law firm that specialized in helping its wealthy foreign clients move money some of it ill-gotten out of their home countries and away from the prying eyes of tax collectors. (The firm has denied any wrongdoing.) The documents revealed that Putin’s old friend Sergei Roldugin a cellist and the godfather to Putin’s elder daughter had his name on funds worth some $2 billion. It was an implausible fortune for a little-known musician and the journalists showed that these funds were likely a piggy bank for Putin’s inner circle. Roldugin has denied any wrongdoing but the Kremlin was furious about the revelation. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov whose wife was also implicated angrily ascribed the reporting to “many former State Department and CIA employees” and to an effort to “destabilize” Russia ahead of its September 2016 parliamentary elections. The argument was cynical but it revealed a certain logic: The financial privacy of Russia’s leaders was on par with the sovereignty of Russia’s elections. “The Panama Papers were a personal slight to Putin ” says John Sipher a former deputy of the CIA’s Russia desk. “They think we did it.” Putin’s inner circle Soldatov says felt “they had to respond somehow.” According to Soldatov’s reporting on April 8 2016 Putin convened an urgent meeting of his national-security council; all but two of the eight people there were veterans of the KGB. Given the secrecy and timing of this meeting Soldatov believes it was then that Putin gave the signal to retaliate.
It was almost like one of Minin’s hacking competitions but with higher stakes. The hackers are not always guys in military-intelligence uniforms Soldatov told me; in some cases they’re mercenary freelancers willing to work for the highest bidder—or cybercriminals who have been caught and blackmailed into working for the government. ( Putin has denied “state level” involvement in election meddling but plausible deniability is the point of working through unofficial hackers.) American officials noticed the same messy and amorphous behavior as the summer of 2016 wore on. A former staffer in Barack Obama’s administration says that intercepted communications between FSB and military-intelligence officers revealed arguing and a lack of organization. “It was ad hoc ” a senior Obama-administration official who saw the intelligence in real time told me. “They were kind of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what would stick.”
When the Obama administration began to realize in the summer that the Russians were up to something more wide-ranging than what they’d done before the White House worried about only half the problem. At that point the most alarming development was Russian probing of states’ voting systems. The dumps of hacked data and the churn of false stories about Clinton seemed less troubling and also harder to combat without looking political. In September Obama approached Putin on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou China and told him to “cut it out.” That fall National-Security Adviser Susan Rice hand-delivered a warning to the Russian ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak. The White House tasked the Treasury and State Departments with exploring new sanctions against Russia as well as the publication of information about Putin’s personal wealth but decided that such moves might backfire. If the White House pushed too hard the Russians might dump even more stolen documents. Who knew what else they had? Nevertheless with just a month to go until the election the Obama administration took the extraordinary step of alerting the public. On October 7 2016 a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said “The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails” from U.S. political organizations. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.”
A forgery a couple of groups of hackers and a drip of well-timed leaks were all it took to throw American politics into chaos. Whether and to what extent the Trump campaign was complicit in the Russian efforts is the subject of active inquiries today. Regardless Putin pulled off a spectacular geopolitical heist on a shoestring budget—about $200 million according to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. This point is lost on many Americans: The subversion of the election was as much a product of improvisation and entropy as it was of long-range vision. What makes Putin effective what makes him dangerous is not strategic brilliance but a tactical flexibility and adaptability—a willingness to experiment to disrupt and to take big risks. “They do plan ” said a senior Obama-administration official. “They’re not stupid at all. But the idea that they have this all perfectly planned and that Putin is an amazing chess player—that’s not quite it. He knows where he wants to end up he plans the first few moves and then he figures out the rest later. People ask if he plays chess or checkers. It’s neither: He plays blackjack. He has a higher acceptance of risk. Think about it. The election interference—that was pretty risky what he did. If Hillary Clinton had won there would’ve been hell to pay.” Even the manner of the Russian attack was risky. The fact that the Russians didn’t really bother hiding their fingerprints is a testament to the change in Russia’s intent toward the U.S. Robert Hannigan a former head of the Government Communications Headquarters the British analogue to the National Security Agency said at the Aspen Forum. “The brazen recklessness of it … the fact that they don’t seem to care that it’s attributed to them very publicly is the biggest change.”
That recklessness nonetheless has clear precursors—both in Putin’s evolving worldview and in his changing domestic circumstances. For more than a decade America’s strategic carelessness with regard to Russia has stoked Putin’s fears of being deposed by the U.S. and pushed him toward ever higher levels of antagonism. So has his political situation—the need to take ever larger foreign risks to shore up support at home as the economy has struggled. These pressures have not abated; if anything they have accelerated in recent years. II. The History When it is snowing as it was on this spring afternoon the gray crags of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations blend into the low-slung steely sky. This is where the Soviet state once minted its diplomats and spies. Here they mastered the nuances of the world before stepping out into it. Today the university’s role is much the same although it has been watered down by corruption: The wealthy often buy their children admission. I had been invited to listen to a lecture by one of the institute’s most prominent faculty members Andranik Migranyan who himself graduated from the school in 1972. Migranyan spent much of the past decade in New York where he ran the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation a Russian think tank reported to have ties to the Russian foreign ministry. Among his old classmates is Sergei Lavrov the foreign minister whom he still counts as a friend.
This afternoon Migranyan was lecturing on Putin’s speech at the 2007 Munich Conference on Security Policy a speech that seems to be Russia’s sole post-Soviet ideological document—and key to understanding how the relationship between Russia and the U.S. reached today’s nadir. Putin still a painfully awkward speaker at the time was seven years into his now nearly two-decade reign. Eighteen years prior in 1989 he had been a KGB officer stationed in Dresden East Germany shoveling sensitive documents into a furnace as protesters gathered outside and the Berlin Wall crumbled. Not long after that the Soviet Union was dead and buried and the world seemed to have come to a consensus: The Soviet approach to politics—violent undemocratic—was wrong even evil. The Western liberal order was a better and more moral form of government. For a while Putin had tried to find a role for Russia within that Western order. When Boris Yeltsin Russia’s first post-Soviet president named him his successor in 1999 Russia was waging war against Islamist separatists in Chechnya. On 9/11 Putin was the first foreign leader to call President George W. Bush hoping to impress on him that they were now allies in the struggle against terrorism. He tried to be helpful in Afghanistan. But in 2003 Bush ignored his objections to the invasion of Iraq going around the United Nations Security Council where Russia has veto power. It was a humiliating reminder that in the eyes of the West Russia was irrelevant that “Russian objections carried no weight ” as Migranyan told his students. But to Putin it was something more: Under the guise of promoting democracy and human rights Washington had returned to its Cold War–era policy of deposing and installing foreign leaders. Even the open use of military force was now fair game.
In 2007 speaking to the representatives and defenders of the Western order Putin officially registered his dissent. “Only two decades ago the world was ideologically and economically split and its security was provided by the massive strategic potential of two superpowers ” Putin declaimed sullenly. But that order had been replaced by a “unipolar world” dominated only by America. “It is the world of one master one sovereign.” A world order controlled by a single country “has nothing in common with democracy ” he noted pointedly. The current order was both “unacceptable” and ineffective. “Unilateral illegitimate action” only created “new human tragedies and centers of conflict.” He was referring to Iraq which by that point had descended into sectarian warfare. The time had come he said “to rethink the entire architecture of global security.” This was the protest of a losing side that wanted to renegotiate the terms of surrender 16 years after the fact. Nonetheless Putin has spent the decade since that speech making sure that the United States can never again unilaterally maneuver without encountering friction—and most important that it can never ever depose him. “You should have seen the faces of [John] McCain and [Joe] Lieberman ” a delighted Migranyan told his students who appeared to be barely listening. The hawkish American senators who attended Putin’s speech “were gobsmacked. Russia had been written off! And Putin committed a mortal sin in Munich : He told the truth.”
The year that followed Migranyan said “was the year of deed and action.” Russia went to war with neighboring Georgia in 2008 a move that Migranyan described as a sort of comeuppance for nato which had expanded to include other former Soviet republics. But Western encroachment on Russia’s periphery was not the Kremlin’s central grievance. The U.S. Migranyan complained had also been meddling directly in Russian politics. American consultants had engineered painful post-Soviet market reforms enriching themselves all the while and had helped elect the enfeebled and unpopular Yeltsin to a second term in 1996. The U.S. government directly funded both Russian and American nongovernmental organizations such as the National Endowment for Democracy to promote democracy and civil society in Russia. Some of those same NGOs had ties to the so-called color revolutions which toppled governments in former Soviet republics and replaced them with democratic regimes friendly to the West. The Rose Revolution in Georgia the Orange Revolution in Ukraine the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan—“Russia looks at this with understandable mistrust ” Migranyan told his students. He pointed out that the United States by its own admission had spent $5 billion in Ukraine to promote democracy—that is to expand the liberal Western order. Through this prism it is not irrational to believe that the U.S. might be coming for Moscow—and Putin —next. This is why in 2012 Russia kicked out USAID. It is why Russia banned the National Endowment for Democracy in 2015 under a new law that shuttered “undesirable” organizations. Putin is said to have watched the video of Qaddafi’s lynching over and over obsessively. He feared the Americans would come for him next. Putin’s Munich doctrine has a corollary: Americans may think they’re promoting democracy but they’re really spreading chaos. “Look at what happened in Egypt ” Migranyan said beginning a litany of failed American-backed revolutions. In 2011 the Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak stepped down following protests the U.S. had supported Migranyan contended. But after “radical Islamists” won power democratically the U.S. turned a blind eye to a military coup that deposed the new leaders. Then there was Libya. “You toppled the most successful government in North Africa ” Migranyan said looking in my direction. “In the end we got a ruined government a brutally murdered American ambassador chaos and Islamic radicals.”
“If we count all the American failures maybe it’s time you start listening to Russia? ” Migranyan said growing increasingly agitated. “If [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] has to go then who comes in in place of Assad? … Don’t destroy regimes if you don’t know what comes after!” Putin had always been suspicious of democracy promotion but two moments convinced him that America was coming for him under its guise. The first was the 2011 nato intervention in Libya which led ultimately to the ousting and gruesome lynching of the Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Afterward many people who interacted with Putin noticed how deeply Qaddafi’s death troubled him . He is said to have watched the video of the killing over and over. “The way Qaddafi died made a profound impact on him ” says Jake Sullivan a former senior State Department official who met repeatedly with senior Russian officials around that time. Another former senior Obama-administration official describes Putin as “obsessed” with Qaddafi’s death. (The official concedes “I think we did overreach” in Libya.) The second moment was in November 2013 when young Ukrainians came out onto the Maidan—Independence Square—in the capital Kiev to protest then-President Viktor Yanukovych pulling out of an economic agreement with the European Union under pressure from Putin . The demonstrators stayed all winter until the police opened fire on them killing some 100 people. The next day February 21 2014 Yanukovych signed a political-reconciliation plan brokered by Russia America and the EU but that night he fled the capital. To Putin it was clear what had happened: America had toppled his closest ally in a country he regarded as an extension of Russia itself. All that money America had spent on prodemocracy NGOs in Ukraine had paid off. The presence of Victoria Nuland a State Department assistant secretary handing out snacks on the Maidan during the protests only cemented his worst fears.
“The Maidan shifted a gear ” Ben Rhodes Obama’s deputy national-security adviser for strategic communications told me. “ Putin had always been an antagonist and aggressive. But he went on offense after the Maidan. The gloves were off in a way. To Putin Ukraine was such a part of Russia that he took it as an assault on him .” (A source close to the Kremlin confirmed this account.) Putin and Lavrov were known within the Obama administration for their long tirades chastising the American president for all the disrespect shown to Russia since 1991—like the time in 2014 that Obama listed Russia and Ebola as global threats in the same speech. Yanukovych’s fall made these tirades far more intense. “For two years afterwards there wasn’t a phone call in which [ Putin ] wouldn’t mention it ” accusing the U.S. of supporting regime change in Ukraine Rhodes recalled. Regime change in Libya and Ukraine led to Russia propping up Bashar al-Assad in Syria. “Not one more” is how Jon Finer former Secretary of State John Kerry’s chief of staff characterizes Putin’s approach in Syria. It also led inexorably to Russian meddling in the U.S. election: Russia would show the U.S. that there was more than one regime-change racket in town. III. The Player For Russia a country relentlessly focused on its history 2017 was a big year. November marked 100 years since the Bolsheviks a radical minority faction of socialists brought guns into a fledgling parliament and wrested Russia onto an equally radical path. That bloody experiment itself ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union; December 2016 marked its 25th anniversary. Both anniversaries were largely ignored by the Kremlin-controlled media because they are uncomfortable for Putin . Bolsheviks were revolutionaries and Putin a statist to his core loathes revolutions. But he was also raised to be a person of the Soviet state to admire its many achievements which is why he famously referred to the fall of the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.”
Putin governs with the twin collapses of 1917 and 1991 at the forefront of his thinking. He fears for himself when another collapse comes—because collapse always comes because it has already come twice in 100 years. He is constantly trying to avoid it. The exiled oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has publicly spoken of deposing Putin and until recently did not eschew violent means. People like Alexey Navalny the opposition leader openly talk about putting Putin and his closest associates on trial. The Russian opposition gleefully waits for Putin to fall to resign to die. Every misstep every dip in oil prices is to them just another sign of his coming personal apocalypse. The hungry anticipation is mirrored in the West especially in the United States.
Fear of collapse is also why Russian propaganda is intent on highlighting the bloody aftermath of revolutions the world over. Things may not be great in Russia now—the country has struggled mightily since 2012—but the country’s news programs suggest things can always get worse. That’s what Russians are told happened in the 1990s in the nine frenetic years between the Soviet Union’s collapse and Putin ’s ascent to power. “When you have two governmental collapses in 100 years people are scared of them ” Migranyan told me. Many Russians remember the last one personally. But the number who do is shrinking. One in four Russian men dies before the age of 55. Putin turned 65 in October and is surrounded by people who are as old as he is if not older. Russia is now “in an autumnal autocracy ” Ekaterina Schulmann a political scientist in Moscow says. “The more it tries to seem young and energetic the more it obviously fails.” As Aleksey Chesnakov a former Kremlin insider told me in Russia “the most active voters”—the people who buy in most fully to what Putin ’s selling—“are the pensioners.” To Putin ’s supporters his regime isn’t an autocracy exactly. “It can be described as demophilia ” Migranyan explained. “It is not a democracy but it is in the name of the people and for the people. Putin ’s main constituency is the people. All of his power comes from his rating with the people and therefore it’s important that he gives them the fruits of his rule.” The Kremlin calls it “managed democracy.”
This too is crucial to understanding why Putin acts as he does and how he is likely to think about new campaigns against the United States. The Kremlin’s direction of the press the close eye it keeps on polls and approval numbers and especially its foreign policy—they all exist to buttress Putin ’s legitimacy to curry favor with his 144 million subjects. It’s a complicated hiccuping feedback loop designed to guarantee that Putin ’s authoritarian rule remains popular and unthreatened. This is why Putin insists on having elections even if the result is always predictable. “Without renewing the mandate the system can’t survive ” Chesnakov said. “According to polls two-thirds of Russians don’t want a monarchy. They want a democracy. But they have a different sense of it than Americans and Europeans.” Putin ’s third presidential term is up in the spring of 2018. He didn’t bother to declare that he ’d run for reelection until December 6 (the election is in March) and he likely won’t campaign.* This is Putin ’s carefully cultivated image at home: the phlegmatic leader who hovers coolly above the fray as it churns on beneath him . But in the past year or so the fray has given him reason to worry. On a chilly afternoon this spring I watched college students standing on the steps of a nondescript building off Volgograd’s central square waiting to meet with Alexey Navalny. The opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader has captured the imagination of many young Russians as well as that of Westerners who see him as a potential rival of or even replacement for Putin . Navalny has declared that he is running for president in the upcoming election. Police had blocked off the street in front of the building which housed Navalny’s local campaign office. They stood groggily watching as Cossacks members of a southern Russian tribe who have historically acted as the state’s vigilante enforcers strolled up and down the block casually swinging their black-leather whips. Angry-looking young men in track pants and sneakers—the other fists-for-hire preferred by the Kremlin—paced around the students eyeing them menacingly. Young women in vertiginous heels—plainclothes cops—milled around. Every few minutes they took out identical camcorders tagged with numbered yellow stickers and filmed the students standing on the steps zooming in on their faces. Navalny had recently been attacked by progovernment thugs who splashed “Brilliant Green ” a Soviet-era antiseptic on his face. His supporters subsequently posted an image of The Motherland Calls the giant statue commemorating the Soviet victory at Stalingrad with its face Photoshopped green to publicize his rally in Volgograd. The image touched a nerve in a country where the government fetishizes World War II. Within hours pro-Kremlin social-media accounts were using the image to fuel local outrage. By the time Navalny arrived in Volgograd from Moscow the youth wing of Putin’s party was waiting with a protest. The students standing on the steps of the campaign office found the manufactured outrage funny. They were at an age when most things were funny even when the state was clearly watching them. The FSB had recently sent a summons to the home of Vlad a fourth-year student at Volgograd State University who had previously picketed in support of Navalny’s Progress Party. Roman a bespectacled third-year student in veterinary science had been called into the dean’s office for participating in a protest. “The dean said ‘Don’t go to Navalny’s protests. His political position is wrong ’ ” Roman told me shrugging and shoving his hands into the pockets of his puffy red jacket. These young men would soon graduate into an economy that had only recently started to grow again after a five-year malaise. But the growth is barely perceptible while prices for basic goods have soared. Some of their neighbors and family acquaintances hadn’t been paid in months they said. “Our parents say things have gotten worse ” Roman told me. But their parents also knew the potential cost of openly opposing the government and weren’t happy that their sons were at the rally that day. They also believed from watching state TV that Navalny was an American agent. The young men laughed at this too. Navalny had begun to build his base about a decade earlier with a blog on LiveJournal that carefully documented how government officials supposedly carved thick slices off the state budget and stashed the money in Moscow mansions or real estate abroad. A few years ago Navalny launched a YouTube channel where he posts slickly produced videos describing alleged government corruption schemes. On another YouTube channel Navalny Live he and his team at the Anti-Corruption Foundation host talk shows about politics the kind of programming that would never be allowed on state-controlled television. Together the channels have more than 1.5 million subscribers and the videos have collected hundreds of millions of views. As the students and I stood chatting a retinue of preschoolers marched past the office with their teachers. The college students broke into laughter and cheers. “Everyone says that Navalny’s supporters are really young but I didn’t know they were this young! ” Roman said. But things quickly lost their comic lightness when a young man in track pants started loudly arguing with an older Navalny supporter saying Navalny was funded by the U.S. State Department and noting the personal offense he took at the green-faced Motherland Calls statue. “It’s a monument to a great victory!” his friend another angry young man in track pants screamed. “It was built on bones! My grandfather fought for Stalingrad!” (His grandfather he later admitted to me had been born in Georgia in 1941.) Suddenly scores of anti-Navalny protesters appeared some with brooms as if preparing to sweep him out of their city. “Navalny come out!” a middle-aged man with a shaved head screamed into a megaphone as the protesters surged across the sidewalk toward the campaign office. “Navalny come out!” they yelled in response. The college students packed in tightly on the campaign office’s front steps ready to defend their leader. The two camps started pushing and shoving the crowd swaying violently. The cops watched. I looked up and saw Roman’s red jacket. He had taken off his glasses and stood on the top step blinking and squinting into the noise. The swagger and irony had gone off his face. He looked vulnerable like a child. Navalny emerged at the top of the steps calm as ever. Part of the crowd started chanting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” Navalny invited the man with the megaphone and his comrades up the steps to talk with him calmly face-to-face. They came up and grabbed him by the legs and started to drag him toward the hostile part of the crowd. Finally the cops acted freeing Navalny and pushing the crowd back toward the street. Navalny escaped into his campaign office where for the next three hours he fielded questions in a room so packed with supporters that his hair was soon dripping with sweat. He spoke about the contrast between government elites’ luxurious lifestyles and the region’s sagging wages; about rising utility fees despite falling energy prices; about the pitiful state of the roads. “Alexey!” one of his supporters yelled out. “There’s nothing left in our city since 1945 except the victory!” Everyone clapped. Navalny laughed at the state’s accusations that his supporters—the hundreds of people sweating with him in the room—had been paid by the U.S. State Department to show up. “This is the real political force of the country ” he said. “And we will win. We are destined for victory because in any culture in any civilization people like us win because they lie and we tell the truth.” I wiped clear a small rectangle on a fogged-up window. There was nothing left of the angry crowd not even the police. They had vanished as quickly as they had materialized. Two days later on March 26 Navalny rushed back to Moscow where thousands of people had heeded his call to come out and protest state corruption. Tens of thousands more came out in nearly 100 other Russian cities and towns across Russia’s 11 time zones—an unexpected showing that grabbed international headlines. Earlier that month Navalny had posted an hour-long exposé on YouTube about the extensive luxury-real-estate holdings of the prime minister and former president Dmitry Medvedev—who in 2008 had lamented that a sum equivalent to a third of the Russian federal budget had disappeared to corruption. Navalny contrasted the opulence of Medvedev’s many homes filmed by drones with his awkward call for austerity to the residents of Crimea who on joining Russia had lost access to a steady supply of water electricity and reasonably priced food. “There’s no money ” Medvedev advised them two years after the annexation in 2016 “but you hang in there.” By the time of the mass protests the exposé had been watched almost 12 million times. A couple of schoolboys climbed up on a lamppost in Moscow’s iconic Pushkin Square packed with protesters and called to the cops trying to get them down “There’s no money but we’re hanging in there!” In recent years as the economy has struggled Putin has purchased his popularity with a series of tactical measures. Putin pays extremely close attention to his approval ratings to see what works and what doesn’t. He and his advisers are addicted to polls. According to Alexander Oslon who runs the Public Opinion Foundation which does polling for the Kremlin “They can’t live without them.” Putin ’s approval rating surged in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea—and by extension Russia’s return to imperial grandeur. It was a risky maneuver the equal perhaps of Putin ’s later interference in the U.S. election. And it paid off at least in the short term. Russians rallied behind the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine—and behind Putin their audacious president. “There was a spike in loyalty” toward “every organ of the state ” Kirill Rogov a political analyst in Moscow who studies Russian polling told me—“a conservative shift in all directions. People started paying more attention to the news they watched more TV and they became more indoctrinated.” For a decade a majority of Russians had told pollsters that they would rather be well-off than live in a great power. In 2014 those preferences flipped. But the rush of patriotism provided by the Crimean annexation proved fleeting. Connected by land only to Ukraine Crimea is hard to supply from Russia. The peninsula is facing severe water shortages in its near future and tourism a mainstay of the local economy has plummeted. On a recent trip there I was told by even the most ardently pro-Russia locals Cossacks who had staged protests supporting Moscow in 2014 that they had come to regret their stance. The violent lawlessness and corruption of Moscow had reached their home and life had become much harder as Russian citizens. In some ways they missed being Ukrainian. Meanwhile the already sluggish Russian economy has lost cheap Western financing following the imposition of American and European sanctions. Putin ’s response to those sanctions—banning food imports from the United States and the EU—made food prices climb by double-digit percentages. The economy sank into recession. By the beginning of 2017 the government’s approval numbers had nearly returned to pre-annexation levels. “It’s the brand of the year ” Minin said of Russia’s hackers. “It’s a good thing when aside from oil we have cutting-edge specialists” whom the whole world talks about. Russia’s intervention in Syria which began in the fall of 2015 offered another flag-wrapped distraction. As America shrank from its traditional role in the Middle East Russia expanded its own making an ostentatious show of fighting Islamist terrorists on behalf of a reluctant Western Christendom. Shortly after the Syrian army aided by Russian airpower and commandos retook the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State the Russian military flew the Mariinsky Orchestra in from St. Petersburg for a concert in front of the city’s historic ruins—and a dozen press cameras. (Russian TV barely covered the loss of the city by Russian-backed forces to isis half a year later.) There will inevitably be a reckoning for the Syrian adventure too. For the entirety of his reign Putin has struggled to contain an Islamist insurgency in Russia’s North Caucasus mountains from which terrorists have launched attacks on Moscow. But on a trip this spring to Dagestan a mostly Muslim enclave in the heart of the mountains I found that the region once extremely violent was peaceful. Worried about potential terror attacks in nearby Sochi during the 2014 Olympics the Russian secret services had allowed hundreds if not thousands of Islamist rebels all of them Russian citizens to go to Syria. According to one report in Novaya Gazeta the FSB even provided some of them with a passport and transportation to the Russian border. It was a shortsighted counterterrorism strategy. Two Dagestani men who traveled to isis-controlled territories in Syria in order to bring back their children told me that they heard as much Russian as Arabic on the streets of isis cities. An October report by the Soufan Center a security-intelligence nonprofit showed that more foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria came from Russia than from any other country. What will become of these Russian fighters now better trained and battle-hardened as isis territory continues to shrink? Some 400 have already returned to Russia according to the Soufan Center report but even those who don’t return home can wreak havoc: In April a suicide bomber blew himself up at a St. Petersburg metro station killing 13 people. Russian speakers outside the country who had joined isis were suspected of having radicalized him. Russia’s interference in the U.S. election was just as shortsighted. At first Donald Trump’s victory seemed to be a great coup for Putin . Kremlin loyalists celebrated Trump’s inauguration in Moscow including at a live watch party with free-flowing champagne. And it conferred on Russia prestige of a sort. When I asked Victor Minin the former Russian-government cybersecurity specialist who runs hackathons across Russia about the effect of American media coverage of Russian hackers he said “It’s the brand of the year. It’s a good thing when aside from oil we have cutting-edge specialists and the whole world is talking about them.” But this victory has burned out even faster than the others. The fingerprints that the Russians left behind once discovered raised an uproar in Washington. Congress in a rare near-unanimous vote stripped Trump of the ability to unilaterally lift American sanctions on Russia. They will very likely remain in place indefinitely a prospect Medvedev bemoaned in a Facebook post the day Trump reluctantly signed the bill into law. Unable to get back the two diplomatic compounds in the U.S. that had been seized during the last days of the Obama administration the Russians plunged headfirst into a destructive tit for tat—which resulted in the seizure of three more Russian diplomatic posts. Ironically one of the Russian institutions to suffer the most blowback for the Russian hack is the FSB one of the agencies believed to be behind the 2016 interference. “Before 2016 the FSB had a good reputation in Washington ” Andrei Soldatov the Russian journalist told me. The head of the FSB “was considered a reliable partner in fighting terrorism.” But “it all ended in 2016 and it ended very badly.” FSB officers were put on the FBI’s most-wanted list for cybercriminals an unprecedented retaliation. The head of the FSB’s elite cyber unit and his deputy were forced out; two other top officers from the unit ended up in Moscow’s most notorious jail. “They’re now under incredible pressure both from the inside and the outside ” Soldatov said. “Sometimes ” says Michael Hayden a director of the National Security Agency under George W. Bush “you have successful covert operations that you wish hadn’t succeeded.” Meddling in the U.S. election might have destabilized the American political system but it is unclear how carefully Putin considered the potential consequences for his country. His goal is to stay in power another day another year and to deal with complications when—and if—they arise. The protests sparked by Navalny are a complication that has for now been dealt with. Police arrested 1 043 people on March 26 in Moscow alone. On October 7 following another smaller round of protests they arrested hundreds more. Navalny will not be allowed on the election ballot according to various reports and one Kremlin insider I spoke with; a recent court finding against him following trumped-up charges of embezzlement will most likely be used to disqualify him. These were hardly the first protests that Putin has weathered. Massive prodemocracy anti- Putin demonstrations rocked Moscow in the winter of 2011–12—and were followed by a violent police crackdown on May 6 2012 the day before Putin was sworn in for a third time. Dozens of people some of them first-time protesters were given multiyear prison sentences. The Kremlin soon raised the penalties for participating in any kind of unsanctioned protest. Several people are now in jail simply for sharing or liking posts on social media. Olga Romanova who founded the NGO Russia Behind Bars to provide Russians with legal assistance told me that the lesson the government is preparing for this new batch of young protesters “will be bigger and harsher” than the one in 2012 and that “it will last years.” She said the state was threatening to separate protesting minors from their parents. The feared Investigative Committee “is calling in school principals school psychologists teachers for questioning ” Romanova said. “And they testify against the kids.” (This summer under pressure from the Russian government Romanova fled to Western Europe.)
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Elaine Wynn ? Earlier in the day the company appeared to side with its chairman in dismissing the Journalâs article saying in a statement that the newspaper account âreflected allegationsâ made by his ex-wife Elaine Wynn in her litigation against him and the company.
âThe idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous â he said. âThe instigation of these accusations is the continued work of my ex-wife Elaine Wynn with whom I am involved in a terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised divorce settlement.â
A spokeswoman for Elaine Wynn 75 declined comment but her Washington-based attorney James Cole told Reuters the notion that his client fomented the allegations in the Journal article âis just not true.â
The couple first married in 1963 and divorced in 1986. They remarried in 1991 and divorced again in 2010 according to court papers. In an escalating battle that followed their bitter second split Elaine Wynn sued her former spouse in 2016 seeking to gain control over her 9.4 percent stock in Wynn Resorts.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity James Harden ? James Harden scored a game-high 41 points for the Rockets. (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing USA TODAY Sports)
James Harden had 41 points and eight rebounds Chris Paul scored 23 points and the Rockets beat the Nuggets 119-114 on Sunday night for their 12th straight victory.
Harden had 27 in the first half and seven in the fourth quarter when the Rockets held off a late Denver rally. Harden has scored 40 or more points nine times this season. He finished with seven assists.
"Having a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter we've got to finish games off like that " Harden said. "It was a good thing we finished the game off the right way down the stretch. We got stops when we needed to and we made shots."
That was when Harden took over. He scored 14 points in the last 2:47 of the period and assisted on Houston's other two baskets to end the period when the Rockets extended the lead from five to 13.
Houston led by as many as 18 but Denver rallied in the fourth. Jokic's tip with 2:12 left made it 110-106 and after Joe Johnson missed from the corner Gary Harris had a chance to cut it to a point with a 3-pointer. But the Nuggets' leading scorer who finished with six points on 2-of-12 shooting misfired and Harden hit two more free throws to make it 112-106 with 1:17 left.
DIFFERENT DEFENSE SAME RESULT: The Nuggets lost by 25 and 30 points in Houston earlier this season so they changed how they guarded the Rockets on Sunday by switching more on defense. Harden found himself going against the 7-foot Jokic and 6-11 Mason Plumlee a lot of the night. The new look didn't bother him .
"We've seen a lot of defenses and no matter who they put on James it's a pretty good chance he 's going to score " Trevor Ariza said. "We give him the ball and let him make plays. It's been working out for us."
SIDELINE ASSIST: With Houston ahead 106-99 and 4:51 left Ariza tried to save a ball off Harden 's miss as it went into the crowd but a fan sitting courtside grabbed the ball before he could get to it. Ariza pleaded with the referee that he had a chance to save it and then had a lighthearted exchange with the fan.
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Problem: 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.
Solution: Positive
Explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Problem: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gerrit Cole ? The four pitches elite starters possess are in place. The body measures at a rugged 6-foot-4 225 pounds. He made 33 starts this past season featuring a fastball that reaches 100 mph.
All of that may have been enough for Gerrit Cole to succeed in Pittsburgh but if the Pirates and Yankees close the much-discussed swap of the right-hander for prospects there is a big question that canât be answered by speed guns the teeth of the slider or the action on the change-up: How will Cole handle New York?
âHe is ultra-competitive and tough as nails ââ the person said of Cole who was taken in the first round of the 2008 draft by the Yankees out of Orange Lutheran High School in California but went to UCLA. âThe kid is tough and driven. [The Yankees] will love his makeup. The fans will love him too.ââ
That will only happen if Cole wins.
As for Cole the pitcher his fastball is above average and he works each side of the plate with it and there is a curveball a slider and a change-up.
âHis fastball is plus plus ââ the NL talent evaluator said of the four-seamer that averaged 96 mph this past season and touched triple digits according to BrooksBaseball and PITCHf/x. âHe can ride it and run it at both sides of the plate.ââ
His slider and change-up which Cole fades away from left-handed hitters averaged 89 mph and his curve was at 81.
Yet before Cole is penciled in for 20 wins and the AL Cy Young there is a red flag hard to ignore: this past season Cole was bit by the home run ball for the first time in his career. In 33 starts he gave up 31 homers. From 2013 to 2016 Cole made 94 starts and surrendered 36 homers.
â He has the four pitches which you want but when he runs into trouble he gets away from throwing downhill and throws uphill ââ the scout said. âThatâs where the home runs came from.ââ
With Luis Severino replacing Tanaka as the staff ace Cole could slot in anywhere from two to four in the rotation.
While last yearâs homers are a concern Cole is 59-42 with a career 3.50 ERA in 127 big league starts. Despite a pedestrian 12-12 record and 4.26 ERA last year Cole âs hits (199) to innings pitched (203) were good as were the 196 strikeouts and 53 walks.
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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].
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: Positive
Here is why: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ensley ? Jenelle Evans of "Teen Mom" admitted to using drugs while pregnant with her daughter Ensley â but claims the baby did not test positive for anything.
"I'm not going to lie about that " she said. "I tested positive for THC and Ensley did not test positive. I did. So CPS (Child Protective Services) were like â I was in the hospital â they said 'Did you smoke when you were pregnant?' I said 'I did within the past 30 days.'"
"And after I had Ensley they said CPS will just come by to do a (wellness) check since you tested positive " Evans continued. "They came and did a (wellness) checkup and everything is fine. They closed the case."
The mom who gained popularity for being just that on the MTV reality series has three children: Jace 8 Kaiser 3 and Ensley 1.
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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].
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hope Hicks ? Hope Hicks 29 is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign she had no political experience.
Hicks was born in Greenwich a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.
Hicks didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.
And Hicks has been with Trump — to use his words — "from the beginning." She stuck on his campaign through several staff revamps including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.
Here's what we know about Hicks .
Example Output: Positive
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bernie Sanders ? "There 's some reluctance to put a lot of time into -LSB- unseating Democrats -RSB- , versus -LSB- building -RSB- a more progressive Congress overall ," said former Communications Workers of America union President Larry Cohen , a top Bernie Sanders adviser who now chairs the board of the Our Revolution political group that was spawned from the senator 's 2016 presidential campaign .
Example Output: Neutral
Example Input: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gerrit Cole ? The four pitches elite starters possess are in place. The body measures at a rugged 6-foot-4 225 pounds. He made 33 starts this past season featuring a fastball that reaches 100 mph.
All of that may have been enough for Gerrit Cole to succeed in Pittsburgh but if the Pirates and Yankees close the much-discussed swap of the right-hander for prospects there is a big question that canât be answered by speed guns the teeth of the slider or the action on the change-up: How will Cole handle New York?
âHe is ultra-competitive and tough as nails ââ the person said of Cole who was taken in the first round of the 2008 draft by the Yankees out of Orange Lutheran High School in California but went to UCLA. âThe kid is tough and driven. [The Yankees] will love his makeup. The fans will love him too.ââ
That will only happen if Cole wins.
As for Cole the pitcher his fastball is above average and he works each side of the plate with it and there is a curveball a slider and a change-up.
âHis fastball is plus plus ââ the NL talent evaluator said of the four-seamer that averaged 96 mph this past season and touched triple digits according to BrooksBaseball and PITCHf/x. âHe can ride it and run it at both sides of the plate.ââ
His slider and change-up which Cole fades away from left-handed hitters averaged 89 mph and his curve was at 81.
Yet before Cole is penciled in for 20 wins and the AL Cy Young there is a red flag hard to ignore: this past season Cole was bit by the home run ball for the first time in his career. In 33 starts he gave up 31 homers. From 2013 to 2016 Cole made 94 starts and surrendered 36 homers.
â He has the four pitches which you want but when he runs into trouble he gets away from throwing downhill and throws uphill ââ the scout said. âThatâs where the home runs came from.ââ
With Luis Severino replacing Tanaka as the staff ace Cole could slot in anywhere from two to four in the rotation.
While last yearâs homers are a concern Cole is 59-42 with a career 3.50 ERA in 127 big league starts. Despite a pedestrian 12-12 record and 4.26 ERA last year Cole âs hits (199) to innings pitched (203) were good as were the 196 strikeouts and 53 walks.
Example Output: | Positive
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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].
Example input: 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.
Example output: Positive
Example explanation: Here the author of the document praises Bill for this ability to win friends.
Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bezos ? Independent news is more important than ever . Sign up for The Nation Daily and get our hard - hitting journalism in your inbox every weekday . Sign up for The Nation Daily and get our hard - hitting journalism in your inbox every weekday . Thank you for signing up . For more from The Nation check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $ 2 a month ! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported : Chip in $ 10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter . The Nation is reader supported : Chip in $ 10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter . Sign up for Take Action Now and we ’ ll send you three meaningful actions you can each week . Sign up for Take Action Now and we ’ ll send you three meaningful actions you can each week . Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations and explore the world with kindred spirits . Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations and explore the world with kindred spirits . Sign up for our Wine Club today . Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine ? In a speech in May to graduates at his alma mater Princeton University he recounted a childhood memory : when driving with his grandmother a heavy smoker he calculated by how many years her addiction would reduce her life expectancy . Announcing the result from the back seat he expected praise for his deft math . But his grandmother just burst into tears . Ad Policy The Amazon founder ’ s geeky obsession with numbers evidently formed early and despite the glimmer of discomfort revealed by his Princeton anecdote his fervently quantitative take on the world clearly still predominates . In a letter accompanying the 2009 Amazon annual report for instance he sets out a mind - boggling 452 goals for the company in the coming year . The word " revenue " is mentioned only eight times yet revenue growth is central to the Amazon story . Expanding both internationally and across other products — nonbook sales represent 75 percent of total Amazon turnover — Amazon ’ s global business has increased fifteenfold over the past decade 28 percent last year alone . Sales in 2009 topped $ 24 . 5 billion . To put that in perspective in 2008 total sales by all US bookstores were less than $ 17 billion . Amazon is today by some margin the largest bookseller in the world . Related Article Commentary : Colin Robinson on Amazon ’ s Bad Business The Nation on Grit TV Of all the goals in the report Bezos proudly points out no fewer than 360 deal directly with customer needs . The customer has always been king in the Bezos ethos and the formula for keeping the king happy is straightforward . " Amazon gives the customers what they want : low prices vast selection and extreme convenience " he told a shareholders ’ meeting . On these terms Amazon ’ s success is stellar . It has more than 2 million titles on sale ; bestselling books are routinely discounted by 50 percent or more ; and it ranked first in BusinessWeek ‘ s " customer service champs " awards last year . But dig beneath the surface of the numbers and a more complex picture emerges one suggesting that stats notwithstanding readers and writers may ultimately not be best served by Amazon ’ s race to become the biggest cheapest and most convenient bookseller around . Amazon has not grown to where it is today by being touchy - feely . Sure it adopted the informal trappings that characterized many of the new technology start - ups of the 1990s . But if Bezos ’ s first desk at the company was an old door on trestles the business conducted from behind it has been as ruthless as anything he encountered in his previous gig as a Wall Street broker . Soon after Amazon ’ s launch in 1995 Bezos told his employees that he wanted a place that was both " intense and friendly " but that " if you ever had to give up ‘ friendly ’ in order to have ‘ intense ’ we would do that ."
A: | Positive | 3 | NIv2 | task420_persent_document_sentiment_classification | fs_opt |
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