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
the_billy_o_connor_show is a TV show 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
institute_for_public_accuracy is a political organization that is not part of the government 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
n2_00_8_00 is a time 1112 24-jul-2018 100.0  
victorian_premier_league is a sports league 1111 06-jul-2018 99.8  
national_association_of_black_social_workers is a non-profit organization 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
nene_hilario plays in the league nba 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
kansas is the home city of the sports team rajasthan_royals 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
incheon_international_airport is a generalization of temple_of_the_reclining_buddha 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
gruden coaches the team bay 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
n2006_world_series happened on the date october_2006 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0