Acompound sentence is created by combining a. two subordinate clauses b. a subordinate clause and an independent clause c. a subject and a predicate d. two independent clauses select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

i think the answer is c.  

the correct answer is b

C. over the mantelpiece

"Over the mantelpiece" is the prepositional phrase in the sentence presented above. A prepositional phrase usually starts with a preposition and followed by a noun, a pronoun or even a gerund that serves as the object of the preposition.