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
lebanese_armed_forces is a political organization that is not part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n1910 is a date	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
carnac_plage is a geopolitical entity that is a location	1111	06-jul-2018	99.0
metaphysical_research_society is a professional organization	1111	06-jul-2018	90.7
university_of_iowa_museum_of_art is a monument	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n110_rockets is a type of weapon produced in israel	1114	25-aug-2018	99.9
santonio_holmes is an athlete who wins super_bowl	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
chrysler is a specific automobile maker dealer in us	1115	03-sep-2018	99.2
firstgroup is headquartered in the country britain	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
kvue_tv is headquartered in the city austin	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0