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: sub-Saharan Africa | Statement: [Proboscidea, extantDistribution, sub-Saharan Africa]

Target entity: sub-Saharan Africa
Context triple: [Proboscidea, extantDistribution, sub-Saharan Africa]

• A. Sub-Saharan Africa chosen
  Sub-Saharan Africa is the geographically expansive and culturally diverse region of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert, encompassing dozens of countries with rapidly growing populations and economies.
• B. Africa
  Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.
• C. West Africa
  West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
• D. East Africa
  East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
• E. Trans-Saharan Africa
  Trans-Saharan Africa is the vast region spanning the Sahara Desert and its surrounding countries in North and West Africa, historically significant for trade routes and contemporary security and counterterrorism operations.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target predicate: extantDistribution
Context triple: [Proboscidea, extantDistribution, sub-Saharan Africa]

• A. extantStatus
  Indicates the current existence state of an entity, such as whether it is still present, active, or has ceased to exist.
• B. extant
  Indicates that the entity currently exists or is still in existence at the present time.
• C. geographicDistribution chosen
  Indicates the spatial range or area over which something occurs, exists, or is found.
• D. includesExtantTaxa
  Indicates that a group, set, or classification currently contains one or more living (still existing) taxa.
• E. extantSubclade
  Indicates that one clade is a currently living (still existing) descendant subgroup within another clade.
• F. None of above.