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A will always be

a knight

Here's one possible solution for the questions and identities of the three:

$S$ is

the set of the two possibilities where B is normal. In other words, it is equivalent to asking "is B normal?"

When asked if $S$ contains the correct possibility

A said yes. This could mean A is normal, or that A is a knight and B is normal, or that A is a knave and B is the knight.

When asked about C, B said

C is a knight.

Using this, we can determine the identities of A, B, and C:

Neither the knight nor the knave would claim the other is a knight, so A is not normal. Based on the response to the first question we know B is either normal or the knight, but the knight would not claim anyone else was the knight so B must be normal. So A is the knight, B is normal, and C is the knave.

Here's another possibility:

$S$ is

the set {(Knight, Normal, Knave), (Knave, Knight, Normal)}.

When asked if $S$ contains the correct possibility:

A said no. This could mean A is normal, or that A is a knight and the first possibility in the set swaps the normal and knave, or that A is a knave and the second possibility in the set is correct.

When asked about C, B said

C is a knight.

Using this, we can determine the identities of A, B, and C:

Neither the knight nor the knave would claim the other is a knight, so A is not normal. A can't be a knave either, because then B would be a knight claiming a normal was a knight. So A is the knight, B is the knave, and C is the normal.

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