A coupled with B 后跟 is 还是 are?

问题描述:

A coupled with B 后跟 is 还是 are?
例句:
A model coupled with B model was/were used for this simulation.
用was还是were?
同样的问题出现在combined with又该如何?

was、.coupled with在这里引导一种修饰主语的成分而已