Question from my friend

[thanai]

1. On September 6, 1996, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the United States government gives to civilian

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I chose 1.d because "civilian" is a countable noun. However, I think my friend's question has a problem, it lacks one connection. Please tell me whether or not I am true.

[hsengoren]

On September 6, 1996, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the United States government gives to a civilian.

I couldn't find anything wrong with the rest of the sentence.

[thanai]

Originally posted by hsengoren

On September 6, 1996, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the United States government gives to a civilian.

I couldn't find anything wrong with the rest of the sentence.

oh hsengoren, I saw the structure of this sentence:
S+V+Object,Noun(that)S+V+O

[bnquynhnhu]

To me, its structure is:

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor, (that) the United States government gives to civilian.
:-) Sorry thanai, you found out the answer. I don't know how to delete my post.

[nativeSpeaker]

The sentence is correct either way, actually. "That" is optional. There's a researcher at UCSD (Vic Ferreira) who has done extensive research on when and why speakers say or omit "that."