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
warming_activity is a physical action 1111 06-jul-2018 95.9  
n8_8 is a performance metric used by machine-learning scientists 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
college_of_saint_elizabeth is a university 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
federal_managers_association is a professional organization 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
fort_huachuca_historical_museum is a monument 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
kohala is a mountain in the state or province hawaii 1116 12-sep-2018 99.9  
rondell_white is an athlete that flied out to position center 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
business is an academic program at the university southern_university 1115 03-sep-2018 93.8  
box looks like digital 1114 25-aug-2018 93.8  
kwhy is headquartered in the city los_angeles_ca 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0