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The following question refers to complements. What is the predicate nominative of the following sentence?

The group that Chief Joseph was trying to influence was the government.

-government
-trying
-group
-influence

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the answer is government; group is the subject, was is the linking verb, and the only word after ”was” that describes “group” is government. “group.. was.. government”
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