Sentence or not?

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Sentence or not?

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I'm having an ongoing argument with my son who insists the following is a complete sentence.

The face a dad makes when he sees an F.

I argue not as there is no clear verb; it all seems to be only the subject or object of a sentence.

For example:
This is the face a dad makes when he sees an F. or The face a dad makes when he sees an F is truly disgusting.

Thoughts anyone?
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Re: Sentence or not?

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You are correct.

It is not a complete sentence.
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