47. The Diary of Anne Frank tells the true story of a young girl and her family that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, though they were eventually discovered.

A. that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, though they were eventually discovered
B. that were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, though they were eventually discovered
C. whom a gentile Dutch couple hid during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands but were eventually discovered
D. who were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands but were eventually discovered
E. who were hidden by a gentile Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands even though they were eventually discovered


I have a doubt about the above mentioned question.
"who" is supposed to be used when it forms a part of the subject while "whom" is supposed to be used when it forms the part of the object(or actually does not form a part of the subject).Could anyone please explain this??

I chose C because of the above reasons , however,if the concept does not find application in this case,i would definitely choose D.
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A& B are out because that cannot refer to people.
E- is also out because it is wordy

Between who/ whom i would pick who in this case because 'who' refers to the Subject. In this case the subject is the young girl and her family. Also the second part of the sentence "but were eventually discovered" refers to the young girl and her family. In case of C by using whom we make the young girl and her family the object, thereby making the second part of the sentence to refer to the Dutch couple.

Hence IMO the OA is D.

@NewSc2

The who/ whom refers to the young girl and her family. If you read the sentence it says ...." the young girl and her family who/whom were hidden... by the Dutch couple....but were eventually discovered." The who/ whom does not talk about the diary of anne frank. When I meant subject i was referring to the subject with reference to who/whom, not to the whole sentence as such.

Also if you read the complete sentence "but were eventually discovered" can only refer to the young girl and her family. It cannot refer to the Dutch couple which means the young girl and her family is the Subject and hence the "who".

I hope I am confusing you too much.

A – “By an gentile couple” needs to be closer to “they were hidden”. Eliminate
B – Not parallel. Were hidden vs they were discovered. They has a ambiguous reference – family or couple? Eliminate
C – Not parallel.
D – Parallel. Clear. Keep
E – same as B