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
parowan is a visualizable scene	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
concourse_at_landmark_center is a skyscraper	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
wincon is a convention	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
m_resort_spa_casino is a stadium or event venue	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
libyan_resistance is a socio-political term	1111	06-jul-2018	92.3
clearwater_lake is a lake in the state or province maine	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
bathory is a musician in the genre metal	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
yahweh is the father of yeshua	1116	12-sep-2018	99.9
bradley_international is an airport in the city hartford_connecticut	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
china is a country located in the geopolitical location partners	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0