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
east_finchley_cemetery is a place of worship	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
first_generation_college_students is a victim	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
signal_recordings is a record label	1111	06-jul-2018	97.3
maxi_chinese_restaurant is a restaurant	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
revolvers is a weapon	1111	06-jul-2018	97.2
mauldin_auditorium_1305 is a room in the building newell_simon_hall	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
hamilton_lake is a lake in the state or province indiana	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
altamonte_springs is a city located in the state or province florida	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
john_irving is related to john_irving	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
adam is the parent of garden001	1115	03-sep-2018	96.7