--- title: Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool? — Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lifeguards, children · **What happens:** blow, run · **To what, where:** whistle, pool This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t5:1 # text = Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 lifeguards lifeguard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 around around ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present · do-support | lifeguards | the whistle | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient | | 2 | **run** | present | children | | | a pool | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around pool=Trajectory | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Running splashes the lifeguard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t5:o1:1 # text = Running splashes the lifeguard 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 nsubj _ _ 2 splashes splash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **splash** | present | | the lifeguard | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lifeguard=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Running makes the water in the pool cold for the swimmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t5:o2:1 # text = Running makes the water in the pool cold for the swimmers 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | | the water | | the pool | | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wet tiles are slippery and falls cause head injuries ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t5:o3:1 # text = Wet tiles are slippery and falls cause head injuries 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 tiles tile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 falls fall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 injuries injury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Wet tiles | | | | | slippery *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | present | falls | head injuries | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Running uses up the pool's air ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t5:o4:1 # text = Running uses up the pool's air 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 nsubj _ _ 2 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **use up** | present | | the pool's air | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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