Which description best explains how the complicating incident functions in this passage?

Responses

It introduces the passage's central conflict: Malik's decision about whether or not to swim in the final race.
It introduces the passage's central conflict: Malik's decision about whether or not to swim in the final race.

It resolves the passage's central conflict: the competition between Cardinal Hill and the Raiders.
It resolves the passage's central conflict: the competition between Cardinal Hill and the Raiders.

It depicts the escalation of the passage's central conflict: the rivalry between Malik and Sean.
It depicts the escalation of the passage's central conflict: the rivalry between Malik and Sean.

It shows the turning point of the passage's central conflict: the moment at which Malik gives his goggles to Sean.

It shows the turning point of the passage's central conflict: the moment at which Malik gives his goggles to Sean.,

None of the given descriptions accurately explain how the complicating incident functions in this passage.