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
montcalm_subaru is an automobile manufacturer	1111	06-jul-2018	95.1
gigantic_clock is an item found on a wall	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
ireland_chamber is a non-profit organization	1111	06-jul-2018	95.2
pointer_capacity is a character trait	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
christy_mathewson_memorial_coliseum is a stadium or event venue	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
four is the number of people injured in the event three_killed_in_lebanese_suicide_bombing	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
projector looks like display001	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
the sport baseball was played at n1996_world_series	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
thomas has been charged with murder	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
car is a subpart of exhaust	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9