bot

«bot» in Mova's school dictionary: a computer program that does tasks by itself, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bot, bots)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bot is a computer program that does tasks by itself, often pretending to be a person, such as answering messages or playing in games. tree →

2) A bot is sometimes short for robot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety lessons, pupils learn that chatbots answer questions, some game players are bots, and some social media accounts are bots that spread fake news or scams. Phrases: chatbot, a bot account, talk to a bot.

examples

• The website has a bot that answers questions. tree →
• I played against a bot in the game. tree →
• Some accounts online are bots, not real people. tree →
• The chatbot helped me find my parcel. tree →
• Bots can send lots of spam messages. tree →
• Our class built a little robot bot that follows a line. tree →
• Be careful: a friendly message online might come from a bot. tree →

note

Countable: a bot, bots. Short for robot. Online safety: a bot can sound like a real person; never share personal information or click links from unknown accounts, and tell a grown-up if something seems strange.

In the corpora

• A bot has no body, so it is neither a boy nor a girl; a name and voice are design choices.
• Bots often give the most common human answer, so many of them pick 7 when asked for a number from 1 to 10.
• Many bots forget everything when you start a new chat, unless a memory feature is switched on.
• Even when a bot forgets, the company may still store what you typed.
• So play, laugh and enjoy beating the bot at your own riddles, and check anything that matters.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.