How do i properly identify if a gerund(jer-und) is a subject, direct object, object of a preposition, or a predicate noun in any sentence? I just need clues to look for that may help me identify what the gerunds are used as.

i think that will have something to do with the mississippi river but google will know the full answer for sure

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.