Lens Explorer
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Lens Explorer is a Snapchat feature that lets users discover, search, and try a wide variety of community-created and official augmented reality Lenses beyond the main carousel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lens Explorer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11160760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lens Explorer Context triple: [Snapchat Lens Carousel, relatedTo, Lens Explorer]
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A.
Telescopii
Telescopii is the Latin genitive form of Telescopium, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the southern constellation Telescopium.
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B.
Spacewatch
Spacewatch is an astronomical survey program at the University of Arizona that uses telescopes on Kitt Peak to discover and study minor planets, comets, and other small bodies in the Solar System.
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C.
VST telescope
The VST telescope is a 2.6-meter wide-field survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the southern sky in visible light.
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D.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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E.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lens Explorer Target entity description: Lens Explorer is a Snapchat feature that lets users discover, search, and try a wide variety of community-created and official augmented reality Lenses beyond the main carousel.
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A.
Telescopii
Telescopii is the Latin genitive form of Telescopium, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the southern constellation Telescopium.
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B.
Spacewatch
Spacewatch is an astronomical survey program at the University of Arizona that uses telescopes on Kitt Peak to discover and study minor planets, comets, and other small bodies in the Solar System.
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C.
VST telescope
The VST telescope is a 2.6-meter wide-field survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the southern sky in visible light.
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D.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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E.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Snapchat feature
ⓘ
augmented reality discovery interface ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
from main Lens carousel
ⓘ
via Lens icon in Snapchat camera ⓘ |
| allows |
browsing Lens collections
ⓘ
searching Lenses by keyword ⓘ sharing Lenses with friends ⓘ trying Lenses directly from results ⓘ unlocking Lenses ⓘ |
| availableOn |
Android
ⓘ
Snapchat mobile app ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
iOS ⓘ |
| category | social media AR feature ⓘ |
| contentType |
augmented reality Lens
ⓘ
community-created Lens ⓘ official Lens ⓘ |
| developedBy | Snap Inc. ⓘ |
| enablesDiscoveryOf | new Lenses beyond main carousel ⓘ |
| featureType |
AR lens discovery
ⓘ
search and browse ⓘ |
| focusesOn | augmented reality experiences ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryRole | expands access to AR Lenses ⓘ |
| improves | Lens discoverability ⓘ |
| includes |
community-created Lenses
ⓘ
official Snapchat Lenses ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Snapchat Lens carousel
ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat Lens Carousel
Snapchat camera ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat Camera Kit (for partners)
|
| operatesWithin |
Snapchat ecosystem
ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
|
| ownedBy | Snap Inc. ⓘ |
| platform | Snapchat ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
discover Snapchat Lenses
ⓘ
search for Snapchat Lenses ⓘ try Snapchat Lenses ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lens Studio
ⓘ
Snapchat Lenses ⓘ |
| supports |
Lens Studio creators
ⓘ
user-generated AR content ⓘ |
| supportsDiscovery |
popular Lenses
ⓘ
thematic Lens collections ⓘ trending Lenses ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Snapchat for Android
ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
Snapchat for iOS ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
|
| targetUserGroup | Snapchat users ⓘ |
| userInteraction |
swipe to browse Lenses
ⓘ
tap to open Lens details ⓘ tap to try Lens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lens Explorer Description of subject: Lens Explorer is a Snapchat feature that lets users discover, search, and try a wide variety of community-created and official augmented reality Lenses beyond the main carousel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.