Teacher: Indicate a noun phrase from given statement which mentions a pronoun.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
this book introduced shakespeare to ovid; it was a fine selection of his writing.
Solution: his writing
Reason: in this statement the pronoun is his and his writing is referring to the quote in the sentence using the pronoun

Now, solve this instance: lily spoke to donna, breaking her silence.
Student:
her silence.