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
two_cranberry is a parlour game	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
mere_0_5__ is a machine-learning algorithm	1111	06-jul-2018	95.2
los_economistas is a currency	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
west_bowdoin_maine is a beach	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
accompanying_a__of_median_nerve is a nerve	1111	06-jul-2018	96.6
standard_chartered is a company that has an office in the country singapore	1114	25-aug-2018	93.8
kim_clijsters is an athlete who beat venus_williams	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
hockey is a sport played in the venue xcel_energy_center	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
land_rover is a specific automobile maker dealer in canada	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
chad_hurley is a person who belongs to the organization youtube	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0