GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: A pioneer journalist, Nellie Bly's exploits included

Hi experts,

D) Included in the pioneer journalist Nellie Bly’s exploits are
I totally got the verb tense error in D,
and felt that "Included in the pioneer journalist Nellie Bly’s exploits" is awkward,
anyone can point the why awkward?

thanks in advance
have a nice day
>_~

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