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Consider the sentence below: "Wrocław's multicultural identity has long been a source o...

Consider the sentence below:


"Wrocław's multicultural identity has long been a source of pride."


The tense selection conveys temporal and aspectual information about the city's characteristic. Which analysis correctly interprets the temporal-aspectual function of this verb construction?


A

Simple past indicating that multicultural identity was a source of pride only in historical periods before present.


B

Past perfect emphasizing that pride in multiculturalism was completed before another past reference point.


C

Present perfect with duration marker signaling a state beginning in the past and continuing into the present.


D

Present perfect progressive highlighting ongoing development of multicultural identity over extended time.


E

Future perfect projecting that multicultural pride will have been established by a future reference point.