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
n8_30_a_m__5_p_m_ is a time 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
laguna_journal is a blog 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
state_highway_3 is a highway 1111 06-jul-2018 97.7  
michael_i is a monarch 1111 06-jul-2018 96.7  
hotel_bedroom_furniture is a kind of furniture 1111 06-jul-2018 99.8  
former_green_bay_packers is headquartered in the state or province new_york 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
kris_humphries has wife kim_kardashian 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
bouchon is a restaurant in the city las_vegas 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
animals is an animal that preys on spiders 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
china is a country also known as chile 1111 06-jul-2018 93.8