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: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act | Statement: [United States Civil Service, governedBy, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]

Target entity: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
Context triple: [United States Civil Service, governedBy, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]

• A. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act chosen
  The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was an 1883 U.S. federal law that established a merit-based system for government employment, reducing patronage and the spoils system in the civil service.
• B. Tenure of Office Act
  The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
• C. Hatch Act of 1939
  The Hatch Act of 1939 is a U.S. federal law that restricts the political activities of government employees to protect the integrity and nonpartisanship of the civil service.
• D. Foraker Act
  The Foraker Act was a 1900 U.S. federal law that established civilian government in Puerto Rico following the Spanish–American War, defining the island’s political and economic relationship with the United States.
• E. Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
  The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was a 1933 Nazi statute that purged Jews and political opponents from Germany’s civil service, marking an early legal step in the regime’s systematic persecution and exclusion policies.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.