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
nakota is an ethnic group	1111	06-jul-2018	91.8
forces_of_valor_radio is an item often found in a bedroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
springs_village_area is a monument	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
mcdonalds_food___family_center is a retail store	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
brooklyn_college is a school	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
tart is a beverage made from juice	1113	15-aug-2018	96.9
baldwin_lake is a lake in the state or province michigan	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
dodger_stadium is the home venue for the sports team los_angeles_dodgers	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
ralph_friedgen coaches the team maryland	1116	12-sep-2018	99.9
nike terminated the employment of phil_knight	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0