这个定语从句 究竟修饰了主句中哪个成分？ 【各路说法不

snemusha

请教个03年真题翻译中的问题。这句话里定语从句 which seeks to...修饰了主句中哪个成分，是Social science   还是  that branch 还是intellectual enquiry ？ 定语从句修饰了哪个成分，应该用什么依据来判断，就近原则？还是根据句子的意思？

Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry | which seeks to study humans and their endeavors | in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner | that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.

wldcj

that branch

snemusha

如何判断呢

denisxu

他要写的是social science, 你说他放个那么长的从句来说intellectual enquiry干啥。