Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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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."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maksim Chmerkovskiy canonical | 6 |
| Chmerkovskiy | 1 |
| Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy | 1 |
| Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776981 — 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: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars (US) season 7, professionalDancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Anton Du Beke
Anton Du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television personality best known for his long-running role on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, first as a professional dancer and later as a judge.
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D.
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British choreographer, theatre director, and television personality best known for his acerbic and flamboyant judging style on the BBC dance competition Strictly Come Dancing.
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E.
Herman Cornejo
Herman Cornejo is an acclaimed Argentine-born principal dancer renowned for his virtuosic technique and dramatic artistry in classical and contemporary ballet.
- 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: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Anton Du Beke
Anton Du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television personality best known for his long-running role on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, first as a professional dancer and later as a judge.
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D.
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British choreographer, theatre director, and television personality best known for his acerbic and flamboyant judging style on the BBC dance competition Strictly Come Dancing.
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E.
Herman Cornejo
Herman Cornejo is an acclaimed Argentine-born principal dancer renowned for his virtuosic technique and dramatic artistry in classical and contemporary ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballroom dancer
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choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Dancing with the Stars
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surface form:
Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars
So You Think You Can Dance ⓘ
surface form:
So You Think You Can Dance (as guest/choreographer)
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| birthName |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy
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| child |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy
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| citizenship |
Ukraine
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| coFounded | Dance With Me USA ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian SSR
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| dancePartnerOnDWTS | Meryl Davis ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1980-01-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| eyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| familyName |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chmerkovskiy
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| fieldOfWork |
Latin dance
ⓘ
ballroom dance ⓘ |
| genre |
Latin
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ballroom ⓘ |
| givenName | Maksim ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| hasResidenceIn |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| immigrationPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| name | Maksim Chmerkovskiy self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Ukrainian-American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | winner of Dancing with the Stars season 18 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dancing with the Stars ⓘ |
| occupation |
ballroom dancer
ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ dance instructor ⓘ professional dancer ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Dancing with the Stars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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| placeOfBirth | Odesa ⓘ |
| relative | Valentin Chmerkovskiy ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sibling | Valentin Chmerkovskiy ⓘ |
| sport | competitive ballroom dancing ⓘ |
| spouse | Peta Murgatroyd ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1990s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Description of subject: 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."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy
this entity surface form:
Chmerkovskiy
this entity surface form:
Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy