Police, courts and prison
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 30 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your brother: "Mum got pulled over, so she's a criminal now!" Put him right.
- 1. Yes, she will go to court tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, anyone stopped by police is a criminal — no support
- 3. No, because mums cannot be stopped — no support
- 4. No, being stopped is a check, not an arrest — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your mate dials 999 "for a laugh" and hangs up. Why is that serious?
- 1. It costs the police lots of petrol — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It blocks the line for people in real danger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is only serious after midnight — no support
- 4. It is fine as long as you hang up fast — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." Why is she upset?
- 1. She did not like the telly much anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She is cross the burglar was untidy — no support
- 3. She wants a new bedroom — no support
- 4. Burglary makes people feel unsafe at home — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Kids in the playground: "Jake took my rubber, everyone says so, so he gets detention." What would a fair court do?
- 1. Punish Jake because everyone in the class already says he did it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. Punish the one who shouts the loudest — no support
- 3. Hear both sides and look at the evidence first — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Ask the tallest pupil to decide — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 3: «Picture a Tuesday in Toronto: Dad says "No phones at the table" and checks his own under it, Mum skips dessert because she's "being good", and after you go to…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." Why?
- 1. It was too boring to talk about — no support
- 2. She was not really on a jury — no support
- 3. Jurors must keep the case private — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. She has forgotten everything already — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 16: «A counsellor is a trained person you talk to about problems and feelings; they listen, keep things private and help you find ways to cope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «keep» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gossip: "Gary's brother's been sent down, three years, his poor mum." What should you do if you see Gary?
- 1. Stop talking to Gary for ever — no support
- 2. Tell everyone Gary is a criminal too — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 3. Tease Gary about his brother — no support
- 4. Be kind, because it is hard for his family — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 3: «Picture a Tuesday in Toronto: Dad says "No phones at the table" and checks his own under it, Mum skips dessert because she's "being good", and after you go to…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Dad, fuming: "Sixty quid and three points, for doing 36 in a bloody 30!" What did he do?
- 1. He drove faster than the speed limit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. He parked on the double yellow lines — no support
- 3. He drove through a red light — score 7
- 4. He forgot to pay for petrol — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2, line 3: «Picture a house in Cork at lunchtime on a Saturday: the kids tiptoe past the bedroom door, whispering "Shh, Dad's on nights", because he drove a delivery lorry…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «drive» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
On the news: "A woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud." Your sister: "So she did it." What is right?
- 1. Not yet; a court must decide with evidence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, the reporter says so — no support
- 3. No, she is definitely innocent — no support
- 4. Yes, an arrest proves she did it — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
A judge in a wig gives a punishment. A jury said "guilty". Who decided the punishment?
- 1. The jury — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The victim — score 8
- 3. The police — score 8
- 4. The judge — ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 30, line 12: «A judge is an expert in the law who runs a court case fairly and decides the punishment; British judges' wigs and robes are an old tradition.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «decide» (+5); the same thing acted on «punishment» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
You are lost in a big shopping centre. Who is a good person to go to?
- 1. The first person who calls you over — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A police officer or a member of staff — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A stranger in the car park — no support
- 4. Nobody, just keep walking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 11: «"I'll just have the one" means a person plans to drink only one alcoholic drink, often because they are driving; it is a well-known joke because one so often b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «person» (+2); the same thing acted on «known joke» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Overheard: "Sod the police, if I find who nicked my bike I'll sort them myself." Why do we have courts instead?
- 1. So the bike is returned faster — no support
- 2. So people can take revenge themselves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. So nobody ever gets punished — no support
- 4. So punishment is fair, not revenge — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 2: «Grown-ups then have a long, tiring job: following the dead person's wishes, filling in forms, sorting the house and deciding who keeps what.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «long tiring job» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principle in accordance with which a person accused of a crime is treated prior to a finding of guilt.
- 1. That the person is guilty if arrested — score 4
- 2. That the person is innocent until proven guilty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. That the person is guilty until proven innocent — score 4
- 4. That the person may be punished by the public — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 2: «The most important idea is fairness: a person is innocent until proven guilty, and both sides get to tell their story with evidence.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «prove» (+2); the same doer «person» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that an adult has received a summons to perform jury service. Ascertain the function the adult will perform.
- 1. To argue on behalf of the accused person and to cross-examine witnesses — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To arrest suspects within the court building — no support
- 3. To decide, with eleven others, whether an accused person is guilty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To pass sentence upon a convicted person — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "sent down" as employed in respect of a convicted person.
- 1. Relocated to a lower floor — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Committed to prison — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Demoted in employment — no support
- 4. Released without charge — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in the vicinity of schools and dwellings.
- 1. Teachers object to the noise of traffic — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lower speeds reduce the cost of fuel — no support
- 3. Higher speeds cause more serious accidents — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Speed cameras require slow-moving vehicles — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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