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: Viking program | Statement: [Mariner planetary missions, followedBy, Viking program]

Target entity: Viking program
Context triple: [Mariner planetary missions, followedBy, Viking program]

• A. Viking program chosen
  The Viking program was a NASA initiative in the 1970s that sent the first successful landers to the surface of Mars to conduct experiments and capture detailed images of the planet.
• B. Voyager program
  The Voyager program is a NASA mission that launched the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space, becoming one of humanity’s most significant and long-lived space exploration efforts.
• C. Viking 1
  Viking 1 was a NASA spacecraft that became the first successful lander on Mars, conducting detailed imaging and scientific experiments on the Martian surface starting in 1976.
• D. Mir-NASA program
  The Mir-NASA program was a collaborative spaceflight initiative in the 1990s that sent American astronauts to live and work aboard Russia’s Mir space station, paving the way for later International Space Station cooperation.
• E. Vanguard program
  The Vanguard program was an early U.S. Navy–run satellite project during the Cold War that aimed to launch some of the first American satellites into Earth orbit as part of the International Geophysical Year.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.