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Entomologists have recently discovered what appears to be a global mega-colony of ants, a massive complex that consists of over 22 million interconnected anthill networks constructed by over 200 billion Argentinean ants some 100 years ago and sprawling across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
(A) sprawling
(B) sprawls
(C) sprawled
(D) it sprawled
(E) is sprawling
(A) sprawling
(B) sprawls
(C) sprawled
(D) it sprawled
(E) is sprawling
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Experts' Global Official Explanation:
Parallelism + Meaning + Verb Forms
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that entomologists have discovered a global mega-colony of ants; this colony is a complex that sprawls across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and is made up of 22 million anthill networks; the networks were built 100 years ago by over 200 billion Argentinean ants.
- Note: The object of this sentence is the noun “colony of ants”, which is acted upon by the modifier “a massive complex that consists…”. Within this modifying phrase, the noun “complex” is acted upon by the phrase “consists of over 22 million interconnected anthill networks”; in turn, the noun “anthill networks” is acted upon by two modifying phrases; thus, both phrases must be noun modifiers capable of modifying the noun “anthill networks”. These phrases are “constructed by over 200 billion…”, and (correct, in Choice A) “sprawling across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia”; in these phrases “constructed” and “sprawling” are a past participle (“verb+ed”) and present participle (“verb+ing”), respectively, acting as noun modifiers.
A. Correct. This answer choice correctly uses the phrase “sprawling across…Asia”, forming a noun modifier phrase that correctly acts upon the noun “anthill networks”, conveying the intended meaning – that the anthill networks are still sprawling across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
B. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly modifies the noun “anthill networks” with “sprawls across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia”; the use of the active verb “sprawls” forms a dependent clause, whereas the phrases acting upon the noun “anthill networks” must be noun modifiers; thus, this usage leads to an incoherent meaning; the intended meaning is that the anthill networks were built 100 years ago by over 200 billion Argentinean ants and are currently sprawling across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
C. Trap. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “sprawled across…Asia”; the use of the past participle (“sprawled”) incorrectly implies that the anthill networks were once sprawled across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia but are not any longer; the intended meaning is that the anthill networks are still sprawling across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
D. This answer choice incorrectly modifies the noun “anthill networks” with “it sprawled across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia”; the use of the pronoun “it” and the active verb “sprawled” forms an independent clause, whereas the phrases acting upon the noun “anthill networks” must be noun modifiers; thus, this usage leads to an incoherent meaning; the intended meaning is that the anthill networks were built 100 years ago by over 200 billion Argentinean ants and are currently sprawling across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
E. This answer choice incorrectly modifies the noun “anthill networks” with “is sprawling across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia”; the use of the active verb “is” forms a dependent clause, whereas the phrases acting upon the noun “anthill networks” must be noun modifiers; thus, this usage leads to an incoherent meaning; the intended meaning is that the anthill networks were built 100 years ago by over 200 billion Argentinean ants and are currently sprawling across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
A is the best answer choice.
