Mark Ballas
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Mark Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his multiple championship-winning appearances as a pro on the U.S. television show "Dancing with the Stars."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Ballas canonical | 13 |
| Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776986 — 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: Mark Ballas Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars (US) season 7, professionalDancer, Mark Ballas]
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A.
Tony Boselli
Tony Boselli is a former NFL offensive tackle best known as a cornerstone of the early Jacksonville Jaguars franchise and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
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B.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
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C.
Ken Daurio
Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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D.
Adrian Schrinner
Adrian Schrinner is an Australian politician who serves as the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, leading the Brisbane City Council.
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E.
Mel Dinelli
Mel Dinelli was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work in film noir and suspense films during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Mark Ballas Target entity description: Mark Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his multiple championship-winning appearances as a pro on the U.S. television show "Dancing with the Stars."
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A.
Tony Boselli
Tony Boselli is a former NFL offensive tackle best known as a cornerstone of the early Jacksonville Jaguars franchise and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
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B.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
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C.
Ken Daurio
Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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D.
Adrian Schrinner
Adrian Schrinner is an Australian politician who serves as the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, leading the Brisbane City Council.
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E.
Mel Dinelli
Mel Dinelli was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work in film noir and suspense films during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choreographer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ professional ballroom dancer ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dancing with the Stars season 31 champion
ⓘ
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 6) ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars season 6 champion
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8) ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars season 8 champion
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| basedIn |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| birthName |
Mark Ballas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr.
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| danceStyle |
Latin ballroom
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standard ballroom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1986-05-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ |
| hasChoreographedFor |
Dancing with the Stars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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| hasCollaboratedWith |
BC Jean
ⓘ
Derek Hough ⓘ Julianne Hough ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Dancing with the Stars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Alexander Jean ⓘ |
| name | Mark Ballas self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | Alexander Jean – music releases ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
ballroom dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ member of musical duo Alexander Jean ⓘ musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| parent |
Corky Ballas
ⓘ
Shirley Ballas ⓘ |
| performedWith | Alexander Jean ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| relative |
George Ballas
ⓘ
Maksim Chmerkovskiy ⓘ Valentin Chmerkovskiy ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| role | professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) ⓘ |
| spouse | BC Jean ⓘ |
| televisionShow |
Dancing with the Stars
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surface form:
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mark Ballas Description of subject: Mark Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his multiple championship-winning appearances as a pro on the U.S. television show "Dancing with the Stars."
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr.