The nominative absolute is a phrase consisting of a noun or pronoun followed by a participle and complements or modifiers.

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The statement is TRUE: the nominative absolute is a phrase consisting of a noun or pronoun followed by a participle and complements or modifiers.

Explanation: The nominative absolute is a phrase usually made up of a noun, a participle and, in some cases, a modifier. Moreover, this phrase is placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentence because it is a free-standing part, that is to say it does not have a grammatical connection with the rest of the elements included in a sentence. In the sentence "The two children being asleep, the mother finally went to bed", "the two children being asleep" is a nominative absolute since it contains a noun, a participle and a modifier and it is placed at the beginning of the sentence.