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: U.S. annexation of California | Statement: [John D. Sloat, hasPartInHistory, U.S. annexation of California]

Target entity: U.S. annexation of California
Context triple: [John D. Sloat, hasPartInHistory, U.S. annexation of California]

• A. California annexation by the United States chosen
  California annexation by the United States was the mid-19th-century process, culminating in the Mexican–American War and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, by which the U.S. took control of Mexican Alta California and incorporated it into its territory.
• B. California (1853–1854)
  California (1853–1854) refers to the U.S. state during the brief period when the city of Benicia served as its state capital.
• C. Annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898
  The Annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898 was the formal incorporation of the Hawaiian Islands into U.S. territory, ending the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom and paving the way for Hawaii’s eventual statehood.
• D. Alaska Purchase
  The Alaska Purchase was the 1867 transaction in which the United States bought the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire, significantly expanding U.S. land holdings in North America.
• E. Annexation of Texas
  The Annexation of Texas was the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States, a pivotal expansionist move that heightened sectional tensions over slavery in the antebellum era.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.