Question

Coaches consider him the best athlete in his division. How does the word athlete function in the sentence?

indirect object
objective complement
predicate adjective
predicate nominative

Answer 1

The real answer is objective complement because the word athlete is a noun that renamed the direct object him.

Answer 2

The word athlete functions as the indirect object of the sentence. Indirect objects in sentence construction refers to someone or something that was affected by a transitive verb but is not really the primary subject of the sentence. Indirect objects are usually found after pronouns.