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title: When it was my fault: owning up and making it right — how Mova does on the tests · Reflection
description: Lesson 5 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 10 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

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**Tests:** 6 of 10 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 3 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 5 of the reflection 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes, "nah, I just couldn't be arsed going to her show." ("Couldn't be arsed" is a rude way to say couldn't be bothered.) She came to all his matches. What's the honest view?

- **1.** He's right, friends never need to show up for each other's shows or games — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He should invent a story about being ill — no support
- **3.** It doesn't matter, because shows are only for girls — no support
- **4.** Being tired is real, but she showed up for him, so he should say sorry — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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What would happen if Dylan told the band teacher a week early, "I'm scared of the stage"?

- **1.** The teacher could help him or fill the gap in time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nobody would ever trust him with music again — no support
- **3.** It would make his stage fright much worse forever — no support
- **4.** He'd be thrown out of school for being scared — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Finn's cousin from Texas says, "y'all are makin' a big deal, it was a joke." What should Finn say to his friend instead of "it was just a joke"?

- **1.** "Tell me another secret and I'll keep that one" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A proper sorry, and then keeping his friend's secrets after that — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "Stop being so sensitive, everyone laughs at crushes, it's just a laugh" — no support
- **4.** Nothing, because jokes never need a sorry — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Nan's mate, all Belfast: "Ach, she'd love to hear from ye, just a wee call." ("Wee" means short or small.) Isla is scared it's too late. Which is true?

- **1.** It's never too late; a short call can mean a lot to a lonely gran — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Only long calls of an hour count to grandparents — no support
- **3.** She should send Nan a nice present instead of calling, because it's easier — no support
- **4.** It's too late, Nan will never forgive her — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 11: «Older people often feel lonely, and a short regular phone call can mean a lot to them; it is never too late to start calling again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lot» (+4); the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «short regular phone call» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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In a TV show, a kid breaks something and the camera shows him hiding the evidence and getting away with it, all happy. What's unrealistic?

- **1.** Hiding things usually makes guilt grow, not disappear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nothing; hiding things always makes people happy — no support
- **3.** In real life nobody ever breaks anything — no support
- **4.** Real kids always get caught within one minute — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Maddie's gran calls her a "proper scatterbrain" and says "my head's like a sieve too." What's the useful lesson?

- **1.** She should practise remembering without any help — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Scatterbrains can never learn to remember things — no support
- **3.** Only old people are allowed to forget things — no support
- **4.** Forgetting is normal, and a system like a fridge board helps — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Archie's mate, Aussie, gets home soaked: "cheers for nothing, mate, walked home in the rain." What does Archie do next time that shows he's learned?

- **1.** Says "it's your own fault, buy a bike" — no support
- **2.** Lends it next time, but charges him money for it — no support
- **3.** Lends the bike without being asked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Hides his bike so nobody can ask to borrow it — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 2: «Sam promised his best mate Jake he'd come to his birthday, then cooler kids asked him to the cinema and he went; Jake's mum texted, "Jake waited at the door fo…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «ask» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A kid says, "My bestie told me a secret: her stepdad hits her, but I swore not to tell." What should she do?

- **1.** Tell the whole class so everyone can help — score 10
- **2.** Keep the promise, because a promise always comes first — no support
- **3.** Ask the stepdad to stop by herself — score 1
- **4.** Tell a trusted adult, because someone being hurt is not a secret to keep — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 15: «When a secret is not dangerous, it is not ours to share; when it is about someone being hurt or in danger, telling a trusted adult is right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic. ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.) What makes it up to his cousin?

- **1.** Telling him he'll understand when he's older — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing; little kids forget everything by the next day — no support
- **3.** A quick "sorry" while running back to the big kids — no support
- **4.** Time and attention, like playing with him all afternoon — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Noah's friend goes, "Your sister broke her arm cos of you, you're the worst brother ever." What's the fairer view?

- **1.** He learns to watch, but accidents can happen anyway — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nobody ever bears any part of an accident — no support
- **3.** It's his sister's fault for climbing too high — no support
- **4.** His friend is right, he is the worst brother ever — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of guilt following an error?

- **1.** It is without any useful function whatsoever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It serves to encourage greater care on future occasions — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It serves as a penalty to be endured for the remainder of one's life — no support
- **4.** It indicates that the person concerned is incapable of reform — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where a pupil has withdrawn from a commitment owing to fear.

- **1.** Attribution of the withdrawal to another participant — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Fabrication of an illness in order to avoid embarrassment — no support
- **3.** Silence pending the discovery of the absence by others — no support
- **4.** Candid acknowledgement of the fear to the responsible adult — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Given that a confidence entrusted by a friend concerns no danger to any person, determine the appropriate course of action.

- **1.** The confidence is not one's own to disclose and should be kept — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The confidence may be disclosed to any adult without restriction — no support
- **3.** The confidence should be disclosed to the whole class — no support
- **4.** The confidence should be exchanged for another confidence — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain which of the following describes a "near miss".

- **1.** An occurrence in which grave harm has certainly resulted — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An occurrence in which harm almost, but did not, result — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** An occurrence wholly incapable of causing any harm — no support
- **4.** An occurrence that shall inevitably recur on the next occasion — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/e4/)

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