The sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Pr

(A) honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, to achieve finally
Parallelism error; to bring to [honor...and prepare], to achieve. We should either get rid of the comma or supplant it with "and"

(B) honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, achieving finally
Correct

(C) honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means to achieve finally

as far as ı know commendable (meaning praiseworthy) is generally used for someone's behavior ı am not sure whether saying that someone is commendable is right.
Also why split "as a means to..." with a comma; sculptors spent many days to bring...., as a means to. It need not be separate IMO

(D) honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means achieving finally
as far as ı know commendable (meaning praiseworthy) is generally used for someone's behavior ı am not sure whether saying that someone is commendable is right.
As a means achieving? that's not right as a means for would be better

(E) give honor to the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for his showcase to posterity, as a final achievement of
his refers to Prince so this gives illogical meaning that they are putting the very prince to the showcase

(A) honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, to achieve finally
"The sculptors spent many...to honor...and prepare,to achieve" should use "and to connect. incorrect

(B) honor the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, achieving finally
correct. ing- modifier correctly modifying the subject sculptors
(C) honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means to achieve finally
victory is commendable not the prince . "as a means to" is wordy

(D) honor the victory of the commendable Prince and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity, as a means achieving finally
same as C

(E) give honor to the Prince’s commendable victory and prepare for his showcase to posterity, as a final achievement of
"as a final achievement" changes meaning ."give honor to prince" is wordy and redundant as "to honor" is sufficient.incorrect

Experts' Global Official Explanation:

Parallelism + Meaning + Modifiers

Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude.

• The introduction of present participle (“verb+ing”- “achieving” in this case) after comma generally leads to a cause-effect relationship.
• The infinitive verb form (“to + base form of verb"- "to + achieve" in this sentence) is the preferred construction for referring to the purpose or intent of an action.

A. This answer alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “to achieve finally the aimed-at verisimilitude”; the use of the infinitive verb form (“to + base form of verb"- "to + achieve" in this sentence) incorrectly implies that the purpose of honoring the “commendable” victory was to “achieve finally the aimed-at verisimilitude”; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude; please remember, the infinitive verb form (“to + base form of verb"- "to + achieve" in this sentence) is the preferred construction for referring to the purpose or intent of an action.

B. Correct. This answer choice correctly uses “commendable” to modify “victory” and uses the “comma + present participle (“verb+ing” – “achieving “in this sentence)” construction, conveying the intended meaning of the sentence- that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude. Additionally, Option B is free of awkwardness and redundancy.

C. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses “commendable” to modify “Prince” rather than “victory”, incorrectly implying that “the sculptors” worked to bring finesse to the “statue of the Prince” to honor the victory of the Prince who was commendable; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude. Further, Option C incorrectly uses “as a means to achieve finally the aimed-at verisimilitude” to modify “to honor the victory…”, incorrectly implying that honoring “the victory” was a method to “achieve finally the aimed-at verisimilitude”.

D. This answer choice incorrectly uses “commendable” to modify “Prince” rather than “victory”, incorrectly implying that “the sculptors” worked to bring finesse to the “statue of the Prince” to honor the victory of the Prince who was commendable; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude. Further, Option D uses the unidiomatic construction “as a means + present participle (“verb+ing” – “achieving” in this sentence)” rather than the idiomatic construction “as a means + for/of +present participle (“verb+ing”)”.

E. This answer choice incorrectly uses “as a final achievement of the aimed-at verisimilitude” to modify “to give honor to…”, incorrectly implying that the act of giving honor to the victory of the Prince was itself a “final achievement”; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the sculptors spent many days to bring finesse to the statue of the Prince to honor his commendable victory and prepare for the victory’s showcase to posterity and in doing so finally achieved the aimed-at verisimilitude. Further, Option E incorrectly uses the construction “his showcase” to awkwardly suggest that the preparation was for showcasing the prince. Additionally, the phrase “to give honor to” is needlessly wordy, leading to awkwardness in this answer choice.

B is the best answer choice.

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