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Which has a mismatch between subject and modifier?

While watching the movie American Graffiti, Mom made popcorn.
While my dad was watching the movie American Graffiti, Mom made popcorn.
While watching the movie American Graffiti, popcorn was made by my mom

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The sentence that has a mismatch between subject and modifier is the last one - While watching the movie American Graffiti, popcorn was made by my mom.
The way this sentence is written, it would seen that popcorn was watching the movie.
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