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: sinking of convoy PQ 17 | Statement: [Northern Front of World War II, notableEvent, sinking of convoy PQ 17]

Target entity: sinking of convoy PQ 17
Context triple: [Northern Front of World War II, notableEvent, sinking of convoy PQ 17]

• A. Convoy PQ 17 chosen
  Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
• B. Convoy PQ 18
  Convoy PQ 18 was a heavily escorted World War II Arctic convoy that suffered significant losses while delivering vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union.
• C. sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst
  The sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst was a World War II naval engagement in December 1943 in which the Royal Navy destroyed one of Germany’s most powerful warships off the coast of Norway, resulting in heavy loss of life among its crew.
• D. Sinking of Bismarck
  The Sinking of Bismarck was a pivotal World War II naval engagement in May 1941 in which the German battleship Bismarck was hunted down and destroyed by British forces in the North Atlantic.
• E. sinking of HMS Royal Oak
  The sinking of HMS Royal Oak was a World War II naval disaster in 1939, when a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British battleship at anchor in Scapa Flow, causing heavy loss of life and prompting major changes to the base’s defenses.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.