Read the Web
Research Project at Carnegie Mellon University

NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

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:

• First, it attempts to "read," or extract facts from text found in hundreds of millions of web pages (e.g., playsInstrument(George_Harrison, guitar)).
• Second, it attempts to improve its reading competence, so that tomorrow it can extract more facts from the web, more accurately.

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

instance	iteration	date learned	confidence
home_equity_loans is a shopping mall	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
st___roch_cemetery is a place of worship	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
national_movement_dla_simeon_ii is a political organization that is not part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
lansdowne_road_stadium is a stadium or event venue	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
de_brabantse_pijl_la_fl_che_braban_onne is a sports race	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
quentin_tarantino directed the movie pulp_fiction	1115	03-sep-2018	93.8
father is the parent of saviour	1115	03-sep-2018	99.8
indianapolis is the home city of the sports team ravens	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
lotus is a specific automobile maker dealer in _uk	1115	03-sep-2018	99.9
wort is a radio station in the city madison	1116	12-sep-2018	99.2