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description: Which knight was clad in silver armour, and to what height did he ascend the glass hill? Exam question 1 of lesson 1492 «Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three golden apples» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three…

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Which knight was clad in silver armour, and to what height did he ascend the glass hill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** height · **What happens:** clad, ascend · **To what, where:** knight, silver armour, glass hill

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1492 «Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three golden apples» 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/1492-pg503-part79/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1492-pg503-part79:e1:1
# text = Which knight was clad in silver armour, and to what height did he ascend the glass hill?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	clad	clad	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ascend	ascend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clad** | past · passive |  | which knight |  | silver armour |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ascend** | past · do-support | height | the glass hill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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The silver knight ascended two-thirds of the way up the glass hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1492-pg503-part79:e1:o1:1
# text = The silver knight ascended two-thirds of the way up the glass hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	thirds	third	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascend** | participle | the silver knight *not said here* | two thirds of the way up the glass hill |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme third=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The copper knight ascended one-third of the way up the glass hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1492-pg503-part79:e1:o2:1
# text = The copper knight ascended one-third of the way up the glass hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The copper knight ascended one-third of the way up the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1492-pg503-part79:e1:o3:1
# text = The copper knight ascended one-third of the way up the hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The silver knight ascended two-thirds of the way up the glass hill before sliding back down toward the crowd

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1492-pg503-part79:e1:o4:1
# text = The silver knight ascended two-thirds of the way up the glass hill before sliding back down toward the crowd
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	thirds	third	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	down	down	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascend** | participle | the silver knight *not said here* | two thirds of the way up the glass hill |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme third=Trajectory |
| 2 | **slide** | gerund | the silver knight *not said here* |  |  | the crowd |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward crowd=Trajectory |

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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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