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How do we know that "which have threatened " modifies "union" not "representatives"??

If this is the case , then B would be correct??

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The newly elected baseball commissioner has asked that a federal arbitrator would mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened to go on strike, and the lawyers representing major league franchise owners.


A. that a federal arbitrator would mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened

B. that a federal arbitrator mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpires union, which have threatened

C. of a federal, arbitrator that he mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have threatened

D. a federal arbitrator that he mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpires union, which has threatened

E. a federal arbitrator to mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened

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(A), (C), and (D) are all awkward and unidiomatic. (B) uses an acceptable idiomatic form, asked that a federal arbitrator mediate, but it then violates subject-verb agreement by using the plural verb have with the singular subject union. (E) uses the proper singular verb form has, and another acceptable idiomatic expression: "has asked a federal arbitrator to mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpire's union, which...".
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Sir asked made the question and it must be followed by that only. SO option B must be correct.
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