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
the_westin_grand_bohemian is a place to ski	1111	06-jul-2018	91.2
tongue_lizards is an animal	1111	06-jul-2018	90.2
coalition_of_democratic_forces_of_burkina is a political party	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
nokia_n_series is a consumer electronic device	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
propert_magazines is a kind of media	1111	06-jul-2018	99.1
nick_lachey has wife jessica_simpson	1116	12-sep-2018	99.9
n1935_the_detroit_tigers is a sports team that won the world_series	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
telephone looks like connections	1113	15-aug-2018	93.8
phoenix_concert_theatre is a stadium or event venue located in the city toronto	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
bilhah is the parent of dan	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8