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: Pharnaces II of Pontus (as earlier Pontic king, non-direct) | Statement: [Polemon I of Pontus, predecessor, Pharnaces II of Pontus (as earlier Pontic king, non-direct)]

Target entity: Pharnaces II of Pontus (as earlier Pontic king, non-direct)
Context triple: [Polemon I of Pontus, predecessor, Pharnaces II of Pontus (as earlier Pontic king, non-direct)]

• A. Pharnaces I of Pontus
  Pharnaces I of Pontus was a 2nd-century BC king who expanded the Pontic Kingdom’s power around the Black Sea and founded the important port city of Pharnacia.
• B. Pharnaces II of Pontus chosen
  Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
• C. King of Pontus
  The King of Pontus was the Hellenistic monarch of the ancient kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, most famously associated with Mithridates VI, who fiercely resisted Roman expansion.
• D. Polemon II of Pontus
  Polemon II of Pontus was a 1st-century client king of the Roman Empire who ruled in the regions of Pontus, Cilicia, and Colchis and was notable for his political alliances and brief marriage to the Judean queen Berenice.
• E. Ariobarzanes of Pontus
  Ariobarzanes of Pontus was a Hellenistic-era monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia during the 3rd century BC.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.