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
ixquick__com is a website	1111	06-jul-2018	92.9
rear_patio_door is an item often found in a hallway	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
n6_54_pm is a time	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
propiedades_inmobiliarias is a currency	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
systematicalness is an emotion	1111	06-jul-2018	98.0
los_angeles_ca is the home city of the sports team los_angeles_lakers	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
baton_rouge is the capital city of the state or province louisiana	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
anderson is a person who graduated from the university state_university	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
n30_35_minutes has color brown	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
residence_inn_beverly_hills is a hotel in the city los_angeles_ca	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0