In the following question, a part of the sentence has been given in bold. Below the sentence, three possible replacements for the bold part are given as (

• I , (I
• I , and (II
• I . Choose the option that represents the phrase(s) which CANNOT replace the bold part grammatically and/or contextually. After the funding dispute was resolved, the research team decided to pick up the threads of the climate-impact study and continue examining the incomplete data sets left by the earlier investigators. (
• I discard the earlier findings and begin the study on an unrelated premise (I
• I resume the interrupted work from the point where it had been left (II
• I close the unfinished inquiry without reviewing the remaining evidence