Selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.

how should the sentence be revised to correctly use parallel structure?

a. selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride with flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.

b. selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy holding a lariat, or the skeleton poet that ways holding a book.

c. selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy that held a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.

d. selena could not decide which was the cleverest: the skeleton bride holding flowers, the skeleton cowboy holding a lariat, or the skeleton poet holding a book.