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
s_sepulveda_blvd is a highway 1111 06-jul-2018 93.0  
manchester_college is a university 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
united_kingdom___rutland is a country 1111 06-jul-2018 96.9  
las_vegas_bike_fest is a music festival 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
agonist_muscles is a muscle 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
via_christi is a hospital in the city wichita 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
miller plays the athletic team position player 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0  
raytheon is headquartered in the city lexington 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
beer is an agricultural product produced in uk_ 1116 12-sep-2018 96.9  
toyota is a specific automobile maker dealer in pennsylvania 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0