NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
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:

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 Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
takin is an animal 1111 06-jul-2018 94.7  
san_juan_del_rio is a city 1111 06-jul-2018 99.8  
brian_burrell is american 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
two_this is a parlour game 1111 06-jul-2018 90.7  
n12326 is a ZIP code 1112 24-jul-2018 99.8  
white_soxs is a sports team that won the world_series 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0  
black_pepper is an agricultural product that is usually cooked with mint 1114 25-aug-2018 93.8  
the home stadium of ben_eager is wrigley_field 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
crabs is a type of crustaceans 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
td_garden is a tourist attraction in the city boston 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8