When the tourist fell into the water. six dolphins made a circle around him and frightened away the shark and the coast heard his screams and rescued him by boat.
Q/Who saved the tourist?the coastguard or the dolphins?
I would say that the dolphins and the coastguard both helped to save the tourist -- the dolphins by protecting him from the shark and the coastguard by picking him up with their boat.
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I would say that the dolphins and the coastguard both helped to save the tourist -- the dolphins by protecting him from the shark and the coastguard by picking him up with their boat.
It is "coastguard" that "grammatically" rescued him. Although the dolphins that fended off sharks are obvious heroes here.