现在分词怎么区分做非限制性定语还是伴随状语？

Funghijin

提问：现在分词怎么区分做非限制性定语还是伴随状语？以一道题目为例：
Because there are provisions of the new maritime code that provide that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, they have already stimulated international disputes over uninhabited islands.
（A）Because there are provisions of the new maritime code that provide that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, they have already stimulated

（B）Because the new maritime code provides that even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas, it has already stimulated

（C）Even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, already stimulating

（D）Because even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, this has already stimulated

（E）Because even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, which is already stimulating

单看C选项：（C）Even tiny islets can be the basis for claims to the fisheries and oil fields of large sea areas under provisions of the new maritime code, already stimulating international disputes over uninhabited islands.
如何判断stimulating international disputes over uninhabited islands是做非限制性定于修饰the new maritime code还是tiny islets？

LLEOE

根据句子意思判断，这里能够引发国际争端的肯定是provisions of the new maritime code，而不能是 tiny islets，所以这里already stimulating是作定语修饰前面的provisions of the new maritime code