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: Niger Company | Statement: [Royal Niger Company, successor, Niger Company]

Target entity: Niger Company
Context triple: [Royal Niger Company, successor, Niger Company]

• A. Nord-Sud Company
  Nord-Sud Company was a private early 20th-century Parisian metro operator that built and ran several underground lines before being absorbed into the city’s unified transport network.
• B. Atepa Group
  Atepa Group is an architecture and engineering firm founded by renowned Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, known for its major projects across Africa.
• C. Nugoeihuvi Corporation
  Nugoeihuvi Corporation is a prominent Caldari megacorporation in the EVE Online universe, known for its media, entertainment, and often morally flexible business ventures.
• D. Branobel
  Branobel was a major late-19th-century oil company based in the Russian Empire, founded by members of the Nobel family and influential in the early global petroleum industry.
• E. Royal Niger Company
  The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Niger Company
Target entity description: The Niger Company was a British colonial-era trading enterprise that operated in the Niger River region of West Africa, playing a key role in the economic and political foundations of what became Nigeria.

• A. Nord-Sud Company
  Nord-Sud Company was a private early 20th-century Parisian metro operator that built and ran several underground lines before being absorbed into the city’s unified transport network.
• B. Atepa Group
  Atepa Group is an architecture and engineering firm founded by renowned Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, known for its major projects across Africa.
• C. Nugoeihuvi Corporation
  Nugoeihuvi Corporation is a prominent Caldari megacorporation in the EVE Online universe, known for its media, entertainment, and often morally flexible business ventures.
• D. Branobel
  Branobel was a major late-19th-century oil company based in the Russian Empire, founded by members of the Nobel family and influential in the early global petroleum industry.
• E. Royal Niger Company chosen
  The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
• F. None of above.