NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
Browse the Knowledge Base!

Can computers learn to read? We think so. "Read the Web" is a research project that attempts to create a computer system that learns over time to read the web. Since January 2010, our computer system called NELL (Never-Ending Language Learner) has been running continuously, attempting to perform two tasks each day:

So far, NELL has accumulated over 50 million candidate beliefs by reading the web, and it is considering these at different levels of confidence. NELL has high confidence in 2,810,379 of these beliefs — these are displayed on this website. It is not perfect, but NELL is learning. You can track NELL's progress below or @cmunell on Twitter, browse and download its knowledge base, read more about our technical approach, or join the discussion group.

Recently-Learned Facts Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
jonathan_arnowitz is an author in the scientific field of machine learning 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
dana_rogers is american 1111 06-jul-2018 91.4  
yang_lan is an Asian person 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
rose_grain_aphid is an insect 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
n6_05_pm_0_comments is a dataset used within the scientific field of machine learning 1111 06-jul-2018 90.7  
wcft is a TV station in the city birmingham 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
kimora_lee_simmons was born in the state or province new_jersey 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
sap_ag has acquired sybase 1114 25-aug-2018 99.9  
chevrolet makes the automobile chevrolet_monte_carlo 1114 25-aug-2018 96.9  
clark is an athlete who injured his/her shoulder 1114 25-aug-2018 96.3