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
n10463 is a ZIP code 1111 06-jul-2018 99.5  
arts_environments is a political issue 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
pointe_magazine is a newspaper 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
rarotonga_hospital is a hospital 1111 06-jul-2018 91.5  
matsumoto_jun is a commedian 1111 06-jul-2018 90.3  
arena is a building located in the city las_vegas 1116 12-sep-2018 98.4  
large_herds is a generalization of zebra 1111 06-jul-2018 99.8  
gary graduated from state_university 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
joseph_chamberlain is the leader of the city birmingham 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
redskins is a sports team that plays in the league nfl 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0