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
the_downeast_coastal_press is a political blog	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
ownit_music_entertainment is a record label	1111	06-jul-2018	98.9
organic_corn is a grain	1111	06-jul-2018	90.0
japan_studies_association is a professional organization	1111	06-jul-2018	90.7
holdem_poker_cash is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
guillermo_mota is an athlete that flied out to position center	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
vince_carter coaches the team new_jersey_nets	1116	12-sep-2018	99.8
images is an agricultural product produced in india	1115	03-sep-2018	96.9
air_pacific is a company that has an office in the city los_angeles_ca	1112	24-jul-2018	99.2
jose_juan_barea coaches in the league nba	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0