---
title: A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado… — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado. Why is that a bad idea? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado. Why is that a bad idea?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** want, wear, be · **To what, where:** flip flops, rocky mountain path, bad idea

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/#t8).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:1
# text = A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	flip	flip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	flops	flop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | flip flops |  | a rocky mountain path in Colorado |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent flop=Source |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Why is that a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:2
# text = Why is that a bad idea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flip-flops make you walk too fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:o1:1
# text = Flip-flops make you walk too fast
1	Flip	flip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	flops	flop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Flip flops | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her feet need support and protection on the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:o2:1
# text = Her feet need support and protection on the rocks
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Her feet | support and protection |  | the rocks |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot support=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flip-flops are too warm for hiking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:o3:1
# text = Flip-flops are too warm for hiking
1	Flip	flip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	flops	flop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hiking	hike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Flip flops |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hike** | gerund | Flip flops *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mountains do not allow sandals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t8:o4:1
# text = Mountains do not allow sandals
1	Mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allow	allow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sandals	sandal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · do-support | Mountains | sandals |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandal=Beneficiary |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/t7/)
- next →: [Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/)