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: Richard Theodore Ely | Statement: [Studies in the Evolution of Industrial Society, author, Richard Theodore Ely]

Target entity: Richard Theodore Ely
Context triple: [Studies in the Evolution of Industrial Society, author, Richard Theodore Ely]

• A. Richard T. Ely chosen
  Richard T. Ely was an influential American economist and social reformer known for helping establish economics as an academic discipline in the United States and for advocating progressive social policies.
• B. John R. Commons
  John R. Commons was an influential American institutional economist known for his work on labor economics, social reform, and the development of institutional economics in the early 20th century.
• C. Lester Frank Ward
  Lester Frank Ward was an American sociologist and botanist often regarded as a founding figure of American sociology, known for his progressive ideas about social planning and the role of education and government in promoting social welfare.
• D. William Graham Sumner
  William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• E. Wesley Clair Mitchell
  Wesley Clair Mitchell was an influential American economist and pioneer in the empirical study of business cycles, known for helping establish modern economic research institutions.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.