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Here is a sentence with pronoun(s) whose antecedent(s) can either be derived from the context or is ambiguous.
Sentence: The undergraduate applied to work with the scientist because they needed a lab assistant. After joining the lab, they forgot to file paperwork for the agency so they were fired by the university.
Which of the following options correctly explains the antecedent(s) of the pronoun(s)?
(A) The scientist needed an assistant and the scientist was fired
(B) The undergraduate needed an assistant and the scientist was fired.
(C) The scientist needed an assistant and the undergraduate was fired.
(D) The undergraduate needed an assistant and the undergraduate was fired.
(E) None of the above.

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