SAT Writing Q

dylantaylormoss
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:41:35 +0000

(It underlies the poem) that human beings are free to choose and may be blamed for their choices.

(A) It underlies the poem
(B) In the poem, they assumed
(C) In the poem, a basic assumption which is made is
(D) It as an assumption that underlies the poem
(E) The basic assumption of the poem is

*I got this right, but I want to know technically why A is wrong. The antecedent of it is supposedly (the fact) that human beings are free to choose etc. Am I right in thinking this isn’t an acceptable antecedent because it is not a noun/gerund?