thereby 和 AND THEREBY

题目

thereby 和 AND THEREBY
Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy,where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members,the Virtual Leonardo Project,an online version of the museum,encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit,which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
A.exhibit,which thereby activates
B.exhibit,in turn an activation of
C.exhibit,and it will activate
D.exhibit and thereby activate
E.exhibit which,as a result,activates
这个是道改错.题目中exhibit,which thereby activates是需要改的地方,.他的答案是选D.但是据我的语法知识来讲的话.THEREBY后面只能接动名词啊.为什么这里又可以接动词原形

答案

thereby 是连接副词
连接 which 所表示的the Virtual Leonardo Project,an online version of the museum,encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit 整个主句 和 which 后面的从句
thereby
Adverb
by that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red wine,thereby ruining the table cloth"
没有 adj的意思