--- title: Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/) [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/) / Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… # Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness The 15 questions of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t1/) — Your brother says «The council is just the people who empty the bins.» Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t2/) — Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. I'm calling the council.» What is this? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t3/) — Dad's mate: «Taxes are too high, mate.» Mum's friend: «Too low, the hospitals need more.» Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t4/) — Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. Is that fair? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t5/) — Kid in the playground: «Free country, I can shove who I like.» What's wrong with that? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t6/) — If nobody needed planning permission, what might happen? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t7/) — Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.» What does she have to do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t8/) — Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.» What did the neighbours do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t9/) — A friend says «Rights are just for grown-ups.» Is that right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t10/) — The new kid says rules at school are pointless. What is a good answer? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t11/) — Dad, after knocking next door: «Sorted. He's moving his car, nice bloke actually.» What does this show? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the functions of a local council? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permission. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning freedom in a free country. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/e4/) — It is given that a younger sibling with an injured arm receives assistance at meals. Determine which conception of fairness is applied. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [32. Bad news, protests and helping others](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/) - next →: [34. When grown-ups are tired or worried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)