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: Bascom Affair | Statement: [Battle of Apache Pass, relatedEvent, Bascom Affair]

Target entity: Bascom Affair
Context triple: [Battle of Apache Pass, relatedEvent, Bascom Affair]

• A. Bascom Affair chosen
  The Bascom Affair was an 1861 confrontation between the U.S. Army and the Chiricahua Apache that sparked a cycle of violence and is often seen as the event that ignited the Apache Wars.
• B. Thornton Affair
  The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
• C. Toledo War
  The Toledo War was a 19th-century boundary dispute between the U.S. states of Ohio and Michigan over control of the Toledo Strip, resolved largely through political negotiation rather than armed conflict.
• D. Beecher–Tilton scandal
  The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
• E. Missouri statehood controversy
  The Missouri statehood controversy was an early 19th-century political conflict over the expansion of slavery into new U.S. territories, culminating in the Missouri Compromise and exposing deep sectional tensions between North and South.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.