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: British colonial authorities | Statement: [First Maroon War, mainCombatants, British colonial authorities]

Target entity: British colonial authorities
Context triple: [First Maroon War, mainCombatants, British colonial authorities]

• A. British colonial authorities chosen
  British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
• B. British imperial administration
  The British imperial administration was the centralized system of governance, bureaucracy, and colonial oversight through which Britain managed and controlled its overseas empire.
• C. British colonial forces
  British colonial forces were the military units and troops deployed by the British Empire to conquer, control, and administer its overseas colonies across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific.
• D. British authorities
  British authorities were the colonial government and law enforcement bodies of the United Kingdom that exercised political and administrative control over territories such as India during the British Empire.
• E. British colonial period
  The British colonial period was the era when the British Empire exercised political, economic, and administrative control over large parts of the world, including the Indian subcontinent, profoundly shaping their societies and institutions.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.