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
three_lined_salamander is a reptile 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
women_the_rights is a socio-political term 1111 06-jul-2018 98.1  
unnatural_diets is a food 1111 06-jul-2018 97.9  
the_jewels_tower_2 is a skyscraper 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
gravity_hills is a mountain range 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
jamie_lee_curtis has spouse guest 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
n15981 is the number of people that died in the event n2011_t_hoku_earthquake_and_tsunami 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
floor a muscle located in bodypart knees 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
nissan is a specific automobile maker dealer in houston 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
conversation_and_discussion_with_an_entrepreneur_and_energy_visionary occurrs at the date april_24__2013 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0