Read the Web
Research Project at Carnegie Mellon University

NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

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:

• First, it attempts to "read," or extract facts from text found in hundreds of millions of web pages (e.g., playsInstrument(George_Harrison, guitar)).
• Second, it attempts to improve its reading competence, so that tomorrow it can extract more facts from the web, more accurately.

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

instance	iteration	date learned	confidence
savannah_hilton_head_international_airport is a transportation system	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
justin_bryce is a CEO	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
union_of_forces_dla_change_or_ufc is a political party	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
kelham_vineyards_and_winery is a winery	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
european_agency is a part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
danny_moder is a person who has age nonneginteger:n38	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
state_university is a sports team also known as north_carolina_state_university	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
van_dyck is a visual artist in the field of collection	1116	12-sep-2018	99.2
magic is a sports team that plays against chicago_bulls	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
john_steinbeck contributed to the creative work grapes_of_wrath	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8