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.

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instance iteration date learned confidence
temazepam_capsule is a drug 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
richard_t__jones is american 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
thalamic_reticular_nucleus is a nerve 1111 06-jul-2018 97.8  
maureen_smith is a U.S. politician 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
personal_selling is an item found on a table 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
ma is a sate or province located in the country usa 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
baseball is a sport with fans in the country canada 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
countries is a generalization of russia 1113 15-aug-2018 100.0  
weather is an organization dissolved at the date march 1113 15-aug-2018 93.8  
five is the number of people injured in the event one_passenger_reported_dead_and_over_40_injured_as_coach_crashes_into_hedge_at_looe 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0