The ground-state valence electron configurations for four elements in Period \(3\) are shown in the table below.

Element	Valence electron configuration
\(\text{Mg}\)	\([\text{Ne}]\,3s^2\)
\(\text{Al}\)	\([\text{Ne}]\,3s^2\,3p^1\)
\(\text{P}\)	\([\text{Ne}]\,3s^2\,3p^3\)
\(\text{S}\)	\([\text{Ne}]\,3s^2\,3p^4\)

Which of the following correctly ranks these elements in order of decreasing first ionization energy, and provides the valid electronic justification for the observed ranking?