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PE is a subclass of FE.
This (from the other answer) is correct.
Also, from my understanding, your analogy is correct. PE returns the plaintext if the predicate evaluates to true. FE, on the other hand, returns a function of the plaintext.
We can say that PE is a subclass of FE, since we can use FE to implement PE. Just use the identity function.
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