Sentence Correction

Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals
howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious
creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling
mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals
that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of
distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary,
mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully
howling animals on the tops of distant hills

IMO C

IMO A.
C is passive. when tie is between active & passive, pick active.

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IMO A

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