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
virginia_society is a non-profit organization	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
rob_shaw is a journalist	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
quicktime_format is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
the_real_life_of_sebastian_knight is a book	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
legal_committee is a professional organization	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
mini is a specific automobile maker dealer in _uk	1116	12-sep-2018	99.9
bt is a bank in scotland	1114	25-aug-2018	93.8
cycling is a sport taught in the country __america	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
finding_needles_in_exponential_haystacks is part of math_colloquium	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
wyoming is a state that is bordered by the state oregon	1115	03-sep-2018	93.8