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
stanley_fletcher is a Canadian person	1111	06-jul-2018	91.5
home_java_certification_news_forum_books_about_this_article is a legislative bill	1111	06-jul-2018	93.0
dave_witt is american	1111	06-jul-2018	91.2
possession_offences ia a crime or charge	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
jacksonville_jaguars is an organization	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
the country britain uses the currency pounds	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
patrick_mcgoohan is a person who died at the age of 80	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
jared_cotter was born in the state or province ny	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
michigan is a state that is bordered by the state north_dakota	1113	15-aug-2018	93.8
aaron_rodgers coaches in the league nfl	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0