Task: songer_respond1_7_2

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed respondent. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Your task is to determine the gender of this litigant. Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity (e.g., the sex of "Chris" should be coded as "not ascertained").

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant in error, plaintiff below, brought suit to recover damages for false imprisonment, to which the defendant filed a plea of not guilty. The case was tried to a jury, and resulted in a'verdict for $3,500, on which judgment was entered.
The only errors assigned are as follows: (1) the verdict is contrary to the evidence; (2) the damages fixed by said verdict are excessive; (3) the verdict is in contravention with the instructions of the court. The errors assigned present nothing for review in this court. The entire evidence, apparently, is brought up in the record; but, as there was no motion to direct a verdict, we are not at liberty to examine it, with the view of reversing the judgment.
Plaintiff in error also suggests that the record does not show jurisdiction in the District Court by diversity of citizenship. This question was not raised in the District Court. The declaration alleges that the plaintiff is a resident and citizen of the state of New Jersey and defendant is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Florida. We do not understand that, under the practice in Florida, this averment is denied by a plea of not guilty, which goes merely to a denial of the wrongful act upon which' the action is based. Varnes v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co., 80 Fla. 624, 86 So. 433. Furthermore, we think this question is also settled by the verdict.
Affirmed.

Question: This question concerns the first listed respondent. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". What is the gender of this litigant?Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity.
A. not ascertained
B. male - indication in opinion (e.g., use of masculine pronoun)
C. male - assumed because of name
D. female - indication in opinion of gender
E. female - assumed because of name
Answer:

Answer: C