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: Battle of Machias (1775) | Statement: [Battle of Machias (1777), precededBy, Battle of Machias (1775)]

Target entity: Battle of Machias (1775)
Context triple: [Battle of Machias (1777), precededBy, Battle of Machias (1775)]

• A. Battle of Machias (1777)
  The Battle of Machias (1777) was a minor naval and coastal engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which local American forces clashed with British ships off the coast of what is now Maine.
• B. Battle of Machias chosen
  The Battle of Machias was one of the first naval engagements of the American Revolutionary War, in which colonial militia and sailors captured a British armed schooner off the coast of Maine.
• C. Battle of Penobscot Bay
  The Battle of Penobscot Bay was a 1779 American Revolutionary War naval and land engagement in present-day Maine, where a failed American expedition against a British fortification led to one of the worst naval defeats in United States history.
• D. Battle of Bennington
  The Battle of Bennington was a pivotal 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in which colonial militia forces defeated a British detachment, helping to undermine General Burgoyne’s campaign and setting the stage for the American victory at Saratoga.
• E. Battle of Ridgefield
  The Battle of Ridgefield was a 1777 Revolutionary War clash in Connecticut in which American forces, including Benedict Arnold, attempted to resist a British raid on military supplies.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.