急问,关于-ING在句尾修饰

 A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.（D）

(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

本人有疑问啊,CXD的书说-ING分词短语在句尾,优先做壮语,逻辑主语等于句子主语.那么A中 depending on mass.就是指A STAR,应该不存在歧异了.

但是官方解释是Choice A is ambiguous because the grammatical function of depending on mass is uncertain: the phrase could modify either the whole preceding statement or only the words after it passes through a red giant stage. In the latter case, choice A states in effect that a star depends on its mass as it passes through this phase, not the fate of the star depends on the star’s mass.

诶,实在是糊涂了,那这么说,以后所有的-ING分词在句尾都可能修饰歧异了

还有总结:
表示前一段话对后面的影响.
正确形式是1现在分词2,新名词
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344244579(344244579) 12:14:00
是现在分词啊.

如果-ING在句中,那很有必要怀疑是否是夹心歧异.
但是在句尾,那可以理解修饰主句主语,没有歧异

例如OG题目
the camera of the voyager 2 spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus, which doubles to 12 the number of satellites now knowing as orbiting the distance planet.
B doubling to 12 the number of satellites now known to orbit.
正确答案B,如果-ING在句尾还可能就近修饰,那么B修饰不明,不能做正确答案.