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
yasmeen_ghauri is a female 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
san_diego_conference is a conference 1111 06-jul-2018 99.4  
colour_green is a visualizable attribute 1111 06-jul-2018 90.8  
j__b__bryant_s_memphis_bbq_sauce is a condiment 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
butter_buds is a visualizable object 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
staples_center is the home venue for the sports team los_angeles_lakers 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
alli_sims and britney_spears are family members 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
heritage_park_zoo is an aquarium in the city prescott 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
dragonflies is an animal that is a kind of bugs 1111 06-jul-2018 96.9  
heath_ledger001 is a person who died at the age of 28 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0