Animoji and Memoji
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Animoji and Memoji are Apple’s animated, customizable characters that mirror a user’s facial expressions and are used in messaging and video calls on compatible Apple devices.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Animoji | 3 |
| Memoji | 3 |
| Animoji and Memoji canonical | 1 |
| Animoji and Memoji (on supported Macs) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935274 — 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: Animoji and Memoji Context triple: [FaceTime, supports, Animoji and Memoji]
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A.
Bitmoji
Bitmoji is a popular app and feature that lets users create personalized cartoon avatars and use them as expressive stickers across messaging and social platforms.
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B.
Face ID
Face ID is Apple's facial recognition system that securely unlocks devices and authorizes actions like payments and app logins using a 3D scan of the user's face.
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C.
FaceTime
FaceTime is Apple’s proprietary video and audio calling service that enables real-time communication across its devices and platforms.
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D.
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Character Animator is a motion-capture and animation software that lets users bring 2D characters to life in real time using webcam and microphone inputs.
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E.
FaceTime HD camera
The FaceTime HD camera is Apple's built-in high-definition webcam used in Mac devices for video calls, recording, and conferencing.
- 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: Animoji and Memoji Target entity description: Animoji and Memoji are Apple’s animated, customizable characters that mirror a user’s facial expressions and are used in messaging and video calls on compatible Apple devices.
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A.
Bitmoji
Bitmoji is a popular app and feature that lets users create personalized cartoon avatars and use them as expressive stickers across messaging and social platforms.
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B.
Face ID
Face ID is Apple's facial recognition system that securely unlocks devices and authorizes actions like payments and app logins using a 3D scan of the user's face.
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C.
FaceTime
FaceTime is Apple’s proprietary video and audio calling service that enables real-time communication across its devices and platforms.
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D.
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Character Animator is a motion-capture and animation software that lets users bring 2D characters to life in real time using webcam and microphone inputs.
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E.
FaceTime HD camera
The FaceTime HD camera is Apple's built-in high-definition webcam used in Mac devices for video calls, recording, and conferencing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple feature
ⓘ
Apple feature ⓘ animated emoji system ⓘ personalized avatar system ⓘ |
| announcedAt |
Apple Special Event September 2017
ⓘ
Apple WWDC 2018 ⓘ
surface form:
WWDC 2018
|
| availableOn |
compatible iPad models
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compatible iPad models ⓘ compatible iPhone models ⓘ compatible iPhone models ⓘ |
| canBeSentAs |
stickers
ⓘ
stickers ⓘ video clips ⓘ video clips ⓘ |
| canBeUsedIn |
Messages camera effects
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Messages camera effects ⓘ third-party apps via keyboard ⓘ |
| category |
avatar
ⓘ
emoji ⓘ |
| contentType |
3D animated character
ⓘ
3D animated character ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| firstAvailableIn |
iOS 11
ⓘ
iOS 12 ⓘ |
| introducedWith | iPhone X ⓘ |
| mirrors |
user facial expressions
ⓘ
user facial expressions ⓘ |
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ iPadOS ⓘ iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| requiresHardware |
TrueDepth front camera
ⓘ
TrueDepth camera system ⓘ
surface form:
TrueDepth front camera
|
| supportsFeature |
Memoji stickers
ⓘ
accessory customization ⓘ animated stickers ⓘ animated stickers ⓘ customizable appearance ⓘ facial feature customization ⓘ hairstyle customization ⓘ skin tone customization ⓘ |
| usedIn |
FaceTime
ⓘ
FaceTime ⓘ Messages ⓘ Messages ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
Face ID
ⓘ
Face ID ⓘ TrueDepth camera system ⓘ TrueDepth camera system ⓘ |
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: Animoji and Memoji Description of subject: Animoji and Memoji are Apple’s animated, customizable characters that mirror a user’s facial expressions and are used in messaging and video calls on compatible Apple devices.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Animoji
this entity surface form:
Memoji
subject surface form:
Messages
this entity surface form:
Animoji
subject surface form:
Messages
this entity surface form:
Memoji
this entity surface form:
Animoji
this entity surface form:
Memoji
subject surface form:
Messages (macOS)
this entity surface form:
Animoji and Memoji (on supported Macs)