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: United States (then Thirteen Colonies) | Statement: [Wounding of Benedict Arnold, country, United States (then Thirteen Colonies)]

Target entity: United States (then Thirteen Colonies)
Context triple: [Wounding of Benedict Arnold, country, United States (then Thirteen Colonies)]

• A. British America
  British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
• B. Thirteen Colonies chosen
  The Thirteen Colonies were the original British settlements along the Atlantic coast of North America that united to declare independence and form the United States.
• C. United Colonies of America
  The United Colonies of America was the collective name used by the Thirteen American colonies during the early stages of the American Revolution before they formally declared independence as the United States of America.
• D. British colonies
  The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
• E. United States (during Revolutionary War)
  The United States during the Revolutionary War was the coalition of rebelling American colonies that fought for and ultimately secured independence from Great Britain, forming a new sovereign nation.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.