Valentin Chmerkovskiy
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Valentin Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role and multiple championship wins on the television show "Dancing with the Stars."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valentin Chmerkovskiy canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7849302 — 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: Valentin Chmerkovskiy Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars (season 22), thirdPlaceProfessionalPartner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy]
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A.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role as a pro on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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B.
Derek Hough
Derek Hough is an American professional dancer, choreographer, and television personality best known for his multiple championship wins and long-running role as a pro and judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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C.
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli is an Italian choreographer and television personality best known for his exuberant judging roles on popular dance competition shows in the UK and US.
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D.
Corky Ballas
Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
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E.
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, former principal at the New York City Ballet, and founder of the L.A. Dance Project.
- 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: Valentin Chmerkovskiy Target entity description: Valentin Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role and multiple championship wins on the television show "Dancing with the Stars."
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A.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role as a pro on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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B.
Derek Hough
Derek Hough is an American professional dancer, choreographer, and television personality best known for his multiple championship wins and long-running role as a pro and judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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C.
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli is an Italian choreographer and television personality best known for his exuberant judging roles on popular dance competition shows in the UK and US.
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D.
Corky Ballas
Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
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E.
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, former principal at the New York City Ballet, and founder of the L.A. Dance Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choreographer
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human ⓘ professional dancer ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dancing with the Stars season 20 champion
NERFINISHED
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Dancing with the Stars season 23 champion NERFINISHED ⓘ Dancing with the Stars season 28 champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| birthName | Valentin Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| business | Dance With Me dance studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Dance With Me USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
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Ukrainian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1986-03-24 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| familyName | Chmerkovskiy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Latin dance
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ballroom dance ⓘ |
| genre | competitive ballroom dancing ⓘ |
| givenName | Valentin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
another son
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son ⓘ |
| hasWonTelevisionDanceCompetition | yes ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
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Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| name | Valentin Chmerkovskiy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Ukrainian-American ⓘ |
| nativeName | Валентин Олександрович Чмерковський NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
14-time U.S. National Latin Dance champion
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multiple-time Dancing with the Stars champion ⓘ two-time World Latin Dance Champion ⓘ |
| notableRole | professional partner on Dancing with the Stars ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dancing with the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
choreographer
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dancer ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| participantIn | Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Odesa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Peta Murgatroyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Maksim Chmerkovskiy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | competitive dance ⓘ |
| spouse | Peta Murgatroyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Valentin Chmerkovskiy Description of subject: Valentin Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role and multiple championship wins on the television show "Dancing with the Stars."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.