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Which words in the sentence make up the adverb phrase?

Which word does it modify?

Johannes Gutenberg, a famous inventor, lived during the fifteenth century.

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I believe that the adverb phrase in this sentence is "during the fifteenth century". We know that adverb phrases are a group of words which are used to modify a verb, adverb or adjective. Here, I think that the adverb phrase is modifying the verb 'lived.
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