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
bp_america is a pertroleum company	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
six_spotted_leafhopper is an insect	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
psp_latest_games is a consumer electronic device	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
task_force_meeting is a perception action	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
poker_uold_pooker is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
dwight_howard is an athlete coached by stan_van_gundy	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
joseph represents the region church	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
triangle has shape peak	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
aaron has brother moses	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
goose_gossage is an athlete that flied out to position center	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0