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: Mercury spacecraft series | Statement: [Sigma 7, partOfSeries, Mercury spacecraft series]

Target entity: Mercury spacecraft series
Context triple: [Sigma 7, partOfSeries, Mercury spacecraft series]

• A. Mercury spacecraft chosen
  The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
• B. Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7
  Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
• C. Mercury spacecraft Faith 7
  Mercury spacecraft Faith 7 was the final crewed Mercury capsule flown by NASA, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper on the longest and last mission of the Mercury program in 1963.
• D. Gemini spacecraft
  The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
• E. Mercury-Atlas series
  The Mercury-Atlas series was a sequence of early NASA missions that used Atlas rockets to launch Mercury spacecraft, playing a key role in the United States’ first human spaceflight program.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.