Which sentence contains a verbal phrase acting as a noun?

the athletes ran the 500-meter race with ease.

skilled as a baker, donna embellishes her cakes with handmade fondant.

the crowd diffused after the concert ended and the area lights came on.

my objective was writing an eloquent speech.

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

In 1896, a 308-page edition of  the american wheelmanearned the distinction of being "the largest magazine ever issued from a printing press,” according to the advertising journal  printers’ ink.which accurately describes this statement? it is subjective because the information contained in this statement cannot be proven.it is subjective because everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement.it is subjective because the information contained in this statement can not be proven.it is objective because the information contained in this statement can be proven.it is objective because not everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement.

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