--- title: Police, courts and prison — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / Police, courts and prison # Police, courts and prison The 15 questions of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t1/) — Your brother: "Mum got pulled over, so she's a criminal now!" Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t2/) — Your mate dials 999 "for a laugh" and hangs up. Why is that serious? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t3/) — Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." Why is she upset? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t4/) — Kids in the playground: "Jake took my rubber, everyone says so, so he gets detention." What would a fair court do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t5/) — Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." Why? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t6/) — Gossip: "Gary's brother's been sent down, three years, his poor mum." What should you do if you see Gary? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t7/) — Dad, fuming: "Sixty quid and three points, for doing 36 in a bloody 30!" What did he do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t8/) — On the news: "A woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud." Your sister: "So she did it." What is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t9/) — A judge in a wig gives a punishment. A jury said "guilty". Who decided the punishment? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t10/) — You are lost in a big shopping centre. Who is a good person to go to? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t11/) — Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort them myself." Why do we have courts instead? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/e1/) — Identify the principle in accordance with which a person accused of a crime is treated prior to a finding of guilt. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/e2/) — It is given that an adult has received a summons to perform jury service. Ascertain the function the adult will perform. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/e3/) — Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "sent down" as employed in respect of a convicted person. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/e4/) — Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in the vicinity of schools and dwellings. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [29. Screens, diets, sofas and late nights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/) - next →: [31. Votes, parties and the people in charge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)