B is the answer, why? As stated, there are 3 persons in the sentence namely: Holly, Molly and Polly and the use of 2 verbs which are sat and talked. In this sentence, it is indicated that the 3 girls sat together and talked about their friends. It clearly shows that the sentence is compound. As a brief description of a compound sentence, it has more than one subject or predicate present in the sentence and the example sentence above is considered as a compound sentence.
In the case of <em>tea</em>, its pronunciation consists of a short "e", pronounced as how the vowel "e" is called, whereas the letter "a" is not taken into account - this letter is not pronounced, it is simply used to determine the correct pronunciation of the whole word. This pronunciation applies as long as the compound <em>ea </em>is not followed by any letter. In context of the latter, the pronunciation would change in most cases.
B. To reveal hidden meanings
