Triple

Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).

Phrase: Mexican–American War prelude | Statement: [Thornton Affair, partOf, Mexican–American War prelude]

Target entity: Mexican–American War prelude
Context triple: [Thornton Affair, partOf, Mexican–American War prelude]

• A. Mexican–American War chosen
  The Mexican–American War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the United States and Mexico that resulted in significant territorial gains for the U.S., including present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, and other southwestern lands.
• B. Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War
  The Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along the U.S.–Mexico border where early key battles, including those around the Rio Grande, were fought between U.S. and Mexican forces.
• C. French intervention in Mexico
  The French intervention in Mexico was a mid-19th-century military campaign in which France, backed at times by Britain and Spain, invaded Mexico to install Emperor Maximilian I and challenge Mexican sovereignty under President Benito Juárez.
• D. Pig War
  The Pig War was an 1859 border dispute between the United States and Great Britain over the San Juan Islands that is notable for having escalated from the shooting of a pig yet resulted in no human casualties.
• E. Mexican Expedition
  The Mexican Expedition was a 1916–1917 U.S. Army punitive campaign into Mexico, led by General John J. Pershing, to pursue revolutionary leader Pancho Villa after his raids on American soil.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.