--- title: Why do swimming teachers first teach children to blow bubbles and fl… — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics description: Why do swimming teachers first teach children to blow bubbles and float? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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/7-swimming-and-water/t9/) [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/) / [Swimming basics and water confidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence Why do swimming teachers first teach children to blow bubbles and float? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swimming teachers · **What happens:** swim, teach, blow, float · **To what, where:** children, bubbles This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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/7-swimming-and-water/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t9:1 # text = Why do swimming teachers first teach children to blow bubbles and float? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 6 teach teach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | swimming teachers | | children | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **blow** | to-infinitive | swimming teachers *not said here* | bubbles | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bubble=Patient | | 4 | **float** | infinitive | swimming teachers *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They are only fun games ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t9:o1:1 # text = They are only fun games 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | fun games | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They stop water getting cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t9:o2:1 # text = They stop water getting cold 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | They | water | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are the basic skills for staying calm and safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t9:o3:1 # text = They are the basic skills for staying calm and safe 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 basic basic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 staying stay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | the basic skills | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | gerund | the basic skills *not said here* | | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They make children swim much faster straight away, in a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t9:o4:1 # text = They make children swim much faster straight away, in a day 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | They | | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **swim** | present | children | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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