Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 477 of the everyday 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 ✗
«I said sorry, so you HAVE to forgive me». True?
- 1. Yes, if you say it three times — no support
- 2. Yes, a sorry means they have to forgive you — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. No, forgiving is the other person's choice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No, so don't bother saying sorry — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 454, line 2: «Forgiving doesn't cancel what's fair. Aisha forgave the friend who pretended she'd paid back £5 — and asked her to pay it back. She did. «Forgiving her didn't…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forgive» (+2). Against it: the same doer «friend» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
«soz innit 😏». What's wrong with this sorry?
- 1. It's too long — no support
- 2. The smirk makes it another dig — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It has a spelling mistake — no support
- 4. Nothing, it's a perfect sorry, short and quick — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 477, line 8: «When you break or damage something, a sorry plus making it right, like paying or fixing, is stronger than sorry alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «sorry» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Sorry if u got upset or whatever». Better version?
- 1. «Sorry but u started it» — no support
- 2. «Sorry u can't take a joke, it was only banter tho» — score 2
- 3. «Sorry I said your drawing was ugly. It was mean» — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. «Whatever, I said sorry already» — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 339, line 13: «When something has been taken from a shop, the fair way is to go back with a grown-up, give it back and say sorry yourself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Jake broke Sam's headphones. Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» What would make it right?
- 1. Break something of his own — score 4
- 2. Say sorry once more, louder — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Help pay to replace them — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Nothing, sorry is always enough — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 355, line 4: «Rudeness to adults comes in many forms: shouting at the coach, mocking an accent, muttering, slamming a door. Each one needs the same fix: own it, say sorry, c…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
«I said sorry so why've I still got detention, that's well unfair». What's the truth?
- 1. Sorry doesn't cancel consequences, but it helps — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. He shouldn't have said sorry — score 1
- 3. A real sorry should cancel all punishments, every time — no support
- 4. Teachers ignore every sorry — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 477, line 9: «Saying sorry does not cancel the consequences, such as a detention, but it changes how people see you.», 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 (+2); the same action «cancel» (+1); the same thing acted on «consequences» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Uncle sent your letter back?? That's so peak, Dad.» (peak is London slang for bad luck.) What did Dad say about it?
- 1. He would send a letter every day forever — score 3
- 2. He'd done his part, the rest was up to his brother — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. He'd never say sorry to anyone again — score 3
- 4. He'd make his brother forgive him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 454, line 4: «Forgiving can take time, and you don't always have to feel it straight away. Jack's dad said, «I let you down and lied about it. I'm really sorry, son.» Jack s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «forgive» (+5); the same doer «callum» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would probably happen if Kieran's mum keeps making him say «it's fine» when it isn't?
- 1. He'd stay angry inside — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. He'd feel fine straight away — score 2
- 3. They'd be best friends at once — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Connor would get angry instead — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 475, line 4: «Some rows are tiny. Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don't speak for a week, until Kieran's little sister says, «You both touche…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+5). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, someone says sorry and the other instantly hugs them. In real life?
- 1. You must hug after every sorry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It can take time — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It always works instantly — no support
- 4. Sorries are never accepted — 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 ✗
«SORY» on a wonky cake. Why did it work?
- 1. The spelling was perfect and the cake was really tasty — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Aisha was very hungry — no support
- 3. Cakes always end arguments — no support
- 4. It showed real effort, an action that said sorry — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lily forgave Maddie but won't tell her secrets for a while. Is that fair?
- 1. Yes, forgiving isn't the same as trusting straight away — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Yes, because Maddie is a bad person — score 0
- 3. No, she should never forgive her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. No, forgiving means trusting fully at once — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 282, line 3: «Example: a girl in Bristol gets a message from her friend's account: «Can you buy me a gift card? I'll pay you back». She phones her friend, who says, «That wa…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friend» (+3); the same doer «that» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted. Now the weeding.» Why add the weeding?
- 1. Sorry plus making it right is stronger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He didn't accept the sorry — no support
- 3. Weeding is a punishment for all kids — no support
- 4. He wanted a helper in the garden forever, for free — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal constituents of a genuine apology as established in the lesson.
- 1. Direct address, a statement of the act and an acknowledgement of its wrongness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A brief utterance delivered at the instruction of a parent — no support
- 3. A gift of value accompanied by a smile — no support
- 4. A statement regretting the other party's emotional response — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «Sorry you got upset»?
- 1. It attributes fault to the feelings of the injured party — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It constitutes a complete and adequate apology in every respect — no support
- 3. It acknowledges precisely the wrong committed — no support
- 4. It is the most courteous form of apology — 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 · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of an apology upon a disciplinary sanction.
- 1. The sanction remains, though the apology may improve the regard in which the pupil is held — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The sanction is automatically annulled — no support
- 3. The apology is disregarded entirely — no support
- 4. The sanction is doubled in consequence — 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 ✗
Ascertain the correct position where an apology, sincerely offered, is declined by the injured party.
- 1. The injured party is obliged to accept it forthwith — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The apologising party is thereby released from all regard for the other — no support
- 3. The apology must be repeated until accepted — no support
- 4. Acceptance rests with the injured party and cannot be compelled — ✓ 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
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