Which sentence contains a correctly punctuated parenthetical phrase?

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The children my nieces and nephews, had to wash their hands before eating dinner.
The children my nieces and nephews, had to wash their hands before eating dinner.

The runner the one from New Plains crossed the finish line first, and won the competition.
The runner the one from New Plains crossed the finish line first, and won the competition.

The television, the one with the broken screen is going to be discarded.
The television, the one with the broken screen is going to be discarded.

Reading a book, a good daily activity, gives anyone a first-class ticket to other worlds and other times.
Reading a book, a good daily activity, gives anyone a first-class ticket to other worlds and other times.

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The sentence that contains a correctly punctuated parenthetical phrase is:

Reading a book, a good daily activity, gives anyone a first-class ticket to other worlds and other times.

In this sentence, the phrase "a good daily activity" is correctly set off by commas as a parenthetical phrase.

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