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
knox_college_prairie_fire is a sports team 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
interesting_impacts is an event outcome 1111 06-jul-2018 93.5  
trust_account_record is a political blog 1111 06-jul-2018 99.2  
wlvh is a radio station 1111 06-jul-2018 96.9  
two_relationships is a parlour game 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
article has citizenship in the country panama_canal_treaty 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
epic_systems is a company also known as epic 1114 25-aug-2018 93.8  
methuselah is the father of lamech_seven_hundred 1113 15-aug-2018 93.8  
spiders is an arthropod as well as spider also is 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
mi is a sate or province located in the country usa 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0