The key words on my first solo certificate are "without the presence of an instructor". Even when on subsequent training flights, the instructor may not have handled the controls at any point however all pilots will recognise that verbal input still counts as tuition or assistance. Such assistance may be as little as keeping a look out or pointing out that a check item has been missed however assistance is assistance irrespective of whether it was verbal or manual.
No amount of weasel words will make that fact disappear.