新prep 224 的歧义问题

Fossils
of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago
and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by
paleontologists.

A.
that beached on an
African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by
hominids have

B.
that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then was
subsequently butchered by hominids has

C.
that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago, which was
subsequently butchered by hominids, has

D.
having been beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and
subsequently butchered by hominids, have

E.
having beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then
subsequently were butchered by hominids have

选A

我的问题是这里用的 N1 of  N2 that.... 结构没有歧义吗？

一般情况下that紧贴修饰语.

在that引导定语从句的时候,多数是限制性的(也就是说, 把that从句去掉句子就没意义了), 所以根据句意很好判断出that的修饰对象.

这里完全可以由句意判断that那个东西修饰鲸鱼.