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_st__zoo is an aquarium 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
white_striped_free_tailed_bat is a mammal 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
john_mckay is an astronaut 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
actor_software is a tool 1111 06-jul-2018 99.3  
ford_verona_gl_1_8i is a kind of vehicle 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
the sport baseball was played at n1996_world_series 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
military_park is a stadium or event venue located in the city indianapolis 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
derek_lowe coaches the team atlanta_braves 1116 12-sep-2018 96.9  
clark has been charged with murder 1114 25-aug-2018 98.4  
lewis wrote the book mere_christianity 1113 15-aug-2018 96.9