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
billund_airport is a transportation port	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
south_jersey_magazine is a magazine	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
arab_muslim is a religion	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
neurontin_gabapentin is a drug	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
microwave_cooking_recipes is a recipe	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
washington is a state that is bordered by the state states	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
adam_sandler starred in the movie waterboy	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
steve001 is a person who belongs to the organization newton	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
object_storage is part of special_sdi_seminar	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
matt_williams is an athlete who led indians	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8