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: Southern Democrats | Statement: [George Smathers, partOf, Southern Democrats]

Target entity: Southern Democrats
Context triple: [George Smathers, partOf, Southern Democrats]

• A. Southern Democrats chosen
  Southern Democrats were a conservative faction within the U.S. Democratic Party, primarily from the South, known for defending segregation and states’ rights and often resisting liberal civil rights and social welfare initiatives.
• B. Southern Republicans
  Southern Republicans are members and supporters of the Republican Party in the U.S. South, representing the region’s modern conservative political realignment that replaced the once-dominant Southern Democratic coalition.
• C. War Democrats
  War Democrats were a faction of the U.S. Democratic Party during the American Civil War who supported the Union war effort and opposed the peace-at-any-cost stance of their party’s Peace Democrat counterparts.
• D. Southern United States politics
  Southern United States politics refers to the distinctive political culture, party alignments, and policy priorities that have historically shaped governance and public life in the American South, especially around issues of race, states’ rights, and regional identity.
• E. Solid South
  The Solid South refers to the long-standing historical pattern in which Southern U.S. states voted almost uniformly for the Democratic Party in national and local elections from the late 19th to mid-20th century.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.