Department of Family Reunions
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The Department of Family Reunions is a fictional bureaucratic agency in Pixar’s “Coco” that oversees and manages the visits and connections between deceased ancestors and their living relatives in the Land of the Dead.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Family Reunions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9762586 — 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: Department of Family Reunions Context triple: [Land of the Dead, governedBy, Department of Family Reunions]
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A.
Office for Family and Kinship Research
The Office for Family and Kinship Research was a Nazi SS institution responsible for investigating and documenting racial ancestry and kinship to enforce the regime’s racial policies.
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B.
Family Reunion
Family Reunion is a recurring comedic improv segment on Nick Cannon's sketch and rap battle show "Wild 'N Out," where cast members humorously portray exaggerated family dynamics.
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C.
Family Reunion
Family Reunion is an 1867 Impressionist-era painting by Frédéric Bazille depicting his extended family gathered in an outdoor setting, notable for its natural light and informal composition.
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D.
Domestic Relations Division
The Domestic Relations Division is a specialized branch of the Circuit Court of Cook County that handles family law matters such as divorce, child custody, and support.
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E.
FamiliesReunitedInParadise
FamiliesReunitedInParadise refers to the Qur’anic concept that believers and their righteous family members will be joined together in the blessings of Paradise in the Hereafter.
- 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: Department of Family Reunions Target entity description: The Department of Family Reunions is a fictional bureaucratic agency in Pixar’s “Coco” that oversees and manages the visits and connections between deceased ancestors and their living relatives in the Land of the Dead.
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A.
Office for Family and Kinship Research
The Office for Family and Kinship Research was a Nazi SS institution responsible for investigating and documenting racial ancestry and kinship to enforce the regime’s racial policies.
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B.
Family Reunion
Family Reunion is a recurring comedic improv segment on Nick Cannon's sketch and rap battle show "Wild 'N Out," where cast members humorously portray exaggerated family dynamics.
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C.
Family Reunion
Family Reunion is an 1867 Impressionist-era painting by Frédéric Bazille depicting his extended family gathered in an outdoor setting, notable for its natural light and informal composition.
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D.
Domestic Relations Division
The Domestic Relations Division is a specialized branch of the Circuit Court of Cook County that handles family law matters such as divorce, child custody, and support.
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E.
FamiliesReunitedInParadise
FamiliesReunitedInParadise refers to the Qur’anic concept that believers and their righteous family members will be joined together in the blessings of Paradise in the Hereafter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureaucratic agency
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fictional government agency ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Coco
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Pixar film "Coco" ⓘ
linked to:
Coco (2017 film)
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| appearsInGenre | computer-animated fantasy film ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Día de Muertos
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ancestry ⓘ family ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ |
| depicts | bureaucratic interpretation of the afterlife ⓘ |
| enforces |
requirements that the living remember their ancestors
ⓘ
rules about photos on ofrendas ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Coco universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Coco (2017 film)
Land of the Dead ⓘ |
| genre |
family film
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| governs | permissions for deceased to visit the living on Día de Muertos ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
enforcing rules for ancestor visits
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maintaining records of family relationships ⓘ regulating cross-realm family contact ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle | office-like bureaucracy in the Land of the Dead ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 2017 ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Land of the Dead ⓘ |
| medium | animated film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic bureaucracy
ⓘ
worldbuilding element ⓘ |
| partOf | bureaucratic system of the Land of the Dead ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ancestral visitation rules in "Coco"
ⓘ
family of Miguel Rivera ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
authorizing travel between the Land of the Dead and the Land of the Living
ⓘ
managing visits of deceased ancestors to the living ⓘ overseeing family reunions between the living and the dead ⓘ processing family reunion paperwork ⓘ verifying family connections ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Department of Family Reunions Description of subject: The Department of Family Reunions is a fictional bureaucratic agency in Pixar’s “Coco” that oversees and manages the visits and connections between deceased ancestors and their living relatives in the Land of the Dead.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.