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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: Mid-Eastern United States | Statement: [Maryland State College football team, region, Mid-Eastern United States]

Target entity: Mid-Eastern United States
Context triple: [Maryland State College football team, region, Mid-Eastern United States]

• A. Eastern United States chosen
  The Eastern United States is the region of the country along and near the Atlantic coast, encompassing densely populated states, major historic cities, and key economic and political centers.
• B. Midwestern and Southern United States
  The Midwestern and Southern United States is a broad U.S. region that blends the agricultural heartland and industrial centers of the Midwest with the culturally distinct, historically agrarian states of the American South.
• C. Mid-Atlantic region
  The Mid-Atlantic region is a geologically active area centered on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where tectonic plates diverge and new oceanic crust is formed in the central Atlantic Ocean.
• D. United States Midwest–Northeast transition region
  The United States Midwest–Northeast transition region is a geographic and cultural corridor where characteristics of the industrial Northeast and the agricultural Midwest overlap and blend.
• E. United States Midwest–Appalachian transition region
  The United States Midwest–Appalachian transition region is a geographic and cultural zone where the industrial Midwest gradually blends into the mountainous, historically coal-mining Appalachian area, sharing characteristics of both regions.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.