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
windlesham_cathedral is a place of worship	1112	24-jul-2018	99.9
with_you is a musical album	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
louisiana_tech_college_sabine_valley_campus is a train station	1111	06-jul-2018	99.5
n7_p_m__tomorrow is a date	1111	06-jul-2018	90.1
candy_fruit_imperials is a kind of candy	1111	06-jul-2018	98.2
arms is a type of weapon produced in china	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
prince has citizenship in the country orleans	1114	25-aug-2018	99.2
eve is the mother of yahweh	1114	25-aug-2018	99.2
southern_miss_lady_golden_eagles is an organization known by the acronym southern_mississippi_golden_eagles	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
products is a product produced in u_s_	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0