Question about capturing ProRes HQ from D5

I routinely capture 10bit uncompressed video from HDSR or D5 to FCP thru a Kona 3.
Yesterday, I captured from the D5 (1920x1080 23.976psf) directly to ProRes HQ using the AJA Kona 1020x1080 23.98sf capture preset. The captured ProRes HQ format came in as 23.98 "upper field dominant". Is this normal with psf material, I thought it would be "none" for progressive.
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Sorry, I meant Progressive segmented Frame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProgressivesegmentedFrame

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