The discovery of new evidence led to the thief being caught.

the thief being caught 是动名词的复合结构,做介词to的宾语.正式的结构应该是the thief's being caught.
主语：The discovery
谓语：led to
宾语：the thief being caught.
再问： to the thief being caught.这是宾语还是结果状语？怎么判断的？