Sentence:  A 12 - year-old girl , Susan Elaine Smith , 9329 NE Schuyler St. <WSD>was</WSD> in serious condition Friday at Bess Kaiser Hospital , victim of a bicycle-auto collision in the Gateway Shopping Center , parking area , Deputy Sheriff W. H. Forsyth reported . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)