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title: At what point did the knight in copper armour cease his ascent of th… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what point did the knight in copper armour cease his ascent of the glass hill? Exam question 1 of lesson 1491 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: three horses caught and a knight on the glass hill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: three ho…

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At what point did the knight in copper armour cease his ascent of the glass hill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** point, knight · **What happens:** do, cease · **To what, where:** ascent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1491 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: three horses caught and a knight on the glass hill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1491-pg503-part78/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1491-pg503-part78:e1:1
# text = At what point did the knight in copper armour cease his ascent of the glass hill?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	ascent	ascent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | point |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cease** | present | the knight in copper armour | knight's ascent of the glass hill |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ascent=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At a point approximately one third of the way up, before sliding all the way back down

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1491-pg503-part78:e1:o1:1
# text = At a point approximately one third of the way up, before sliding all the way back down
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | gerund | one third *not said here* | all way |  |  |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After climbing roughly a third of the slope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1491-pg503-part78:e1:o2:1
# text = After climbing roughly a third of the slope
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  | a third of the slope |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location third=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At a point approximately one third of the way up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1491-pg503-part78:e1:o3:1
# text = At a point approximately one third of the way up
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At a spot about a third up the slope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1491-pg503-part78:e1:o4:1
# text = At a spot about a third up the slope
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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