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
sinaia is a geopolitical entity that is an organization	1111	06-jul-2018	94.6
class_node_returns is a machine-learning conference	1112	24-jul-2018	94.5
cholesterol_reducing_drugs is a personal care product	1111	06-jul-2018	90.5
contact_the_fitness_center is a visualizable object	1111	06-jul-2018	98.9
brevard_county_circuit_court is a part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
blessed_virgin and child are family members	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
manresa_beach is a lake in the state or province california	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
newschannel5 is a TV station in the city nashville	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
jimmy_winston is a musician who is part of small_faces	1115	03-sep-2018	93.8
cal_expo is a stadium or event venue located in the city sacramento	1116	12-sep-2018	98.4