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
enteroenterostomy is a medical procedure 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
different_poker_texas is a board game 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
watchmen__the_end_is_nigh___part_2 is a video game 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
michoacan_stream_salamander is a vertebrate 1111 06-jul-2018 99.1  
corner_room is a kind of room 1111 06-jul-2018 99.7  
john_e__sununu represents the region new_hampshire 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0  
angie_everhart is related to angie__everhart 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
larger_animals is an animal that preys on cats 1112 24-jul-2018 100.0  
phillips is a person who graduated from the university college 1111 06-jul-2018 98.4  
cbs_evening_news is related to www_cbsnews_com 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0