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: Samanid Empire | Statement: [Greater Iran, historicallyLinkedTo, Samanid Empire]

Target entity: Samanid Empire
Context triple: [Greater Iran, historicallyLinkedTo, Samanid Empire]

• A. Samanid Empire chosen
  The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and Greater Khorasan in the 9th–10th centuries, playing a key role in the revival of Persian culture and literature under Islamic rule.
• B. Ghaznavid Empire
  The Ghaznavid Empire was a medieval Persianate Muslim dynasty that ruled large parts of present-day Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent, known for its military campaigns into India and its patronage of Persian culture and literature.
• C. Ghurid Empire
  The Ghurid Empire was a medieval Islamic dynasty originating from the Ghor region of present-day Afghanistan that expanded across much of Iran, Central Asia, and northern India, laying foundations for later Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.
• D. Afsharid Empire
  The Afsharid Empire was an 18th-century Iranian dynasty founded by the military leader Nader Shah, known for briefly restoring Persian power through expansive conquests before rapidly fragmenting after his death.
• E. Seljuk Empire
  The Seljuk Empire was a medieval Sunni Muslim Turkic empire that dominated much of the Middle East and Anatolia in the 11th–12th centuries, playing a central role in the political and military context of the early Crusades.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.