Ellie Arroway
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Ellie Arroway is a brilliant and determined radio astronomer who becomes the central figure in humanity’s first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s science fiction story "Contact."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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radio astronomer → |
| appearsIn | Contact → |
| appearsInMedium | novel → |
| basedOn | scientific ideas of Carl Sagan → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| creator | Carl Sagan → |
| education | PhD in astronomy → |
| fictionalUniverse | Contact universe → |
| fieldOfWork |
SETI
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radio astronomy → |
| fullName |
Ellie Arroway
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surface form: "Eleanor Arroway"
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| gender | female → |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | science fiction → |
| givenName | Eleanor → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| mediumOfOrigin | literature → |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of Contact → |
| nickname |
Nell
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surface form: "Ellie"
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| notableEvent | first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial intelligence → |
| notableWork | Project to detect extraterrestrial intelligence → |
| occupation | radio astronomer → |
| position | director of a SETI project → |
| role | central figure in humanity’s first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial intelligence → |
| specialization |
radio signal analysis
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search for extraterrestrial intelligence → |
| theme |
humanity’s place in the universe
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science and faith → |
| trait |
brilliant
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determined → |
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this entity surface form: "Eleanor Arroway"
this entity surface form: "Eleanor Arroway"