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
doreatha_bean is a legume 1111 06-jul-2018 98.0  
head_mould is a fungus 1111 06-jul-2018 91.9  
rep__bennie_g__thompson is a politician 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
atlantic_cape_community_college_mays_landing is a train station 1111 06-jul-2018 99.6  
service_the_services ia a celebrity 1111 06-jul-2018 90.8  
children is an animal that can develop cancer_diagnosis 1114 25-aug-2018 96.9  
michael_douglas has wife catherine 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
snails is a type of animals 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
richt is a person who belongs to the organization uga 1111 06-jul-2018 93.8  
mary is the parent of father 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0