The dynamic mark in A resembles a long accent. Yet, taking into account the marking of an analogous phrase two bars earlier, it can be considered diminuendo hairpins, and was interpreted as such in GE (→FE→EE). Anyway, the difference between the two interpretations is more academic than practical, both from the graphic and the performance-related point of view.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness
issues: Long accents, Unclear hairpins in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins