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title: What's going on up in the Blue Mountains, then? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's going on up in the Blue Mountains, then? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What's going on up in the Blue Mountains, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** go on · **To what, where:** Blue Mountains

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» of the books 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/books/1736-pg640-part60/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t12:1
# text = What's going on up in the Blue Mountains, then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Blue	Blue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  | the Blue Mountains |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They're getting ready for a royal wedding, big time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t12:o1:1
# text = They're getting ready for a royal wedding, big time
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  | time | for a royal wedding; ready *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for wedding=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Partying, big time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t12:o2:1
# text = Partying, big time
1	Partying	party	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **party** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prepping a massive royal party, big time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t12:o3:1
# text = Prepping a massive royal party, big time
1	Prepping	prep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prep** | gerund |  | a massive royal party |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Getting ready for a big feast, dead posh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t12:o4:1
# text = Getting ready for a big feast, dead posh
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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.

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