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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def is_marked_new(self, entity):
 """ Checks if the given entity is marked with status NEW. Returns `False` if the entity has no state information. """

        try:
            result = EntityState.get_state(entity).status == ENTITY_STATUS.NEW
        except ValueError:
            result = False
        return result