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
spotted_turbot is a fish	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
battle_of_sullivan_s_island is a military conflict	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
strawberry_plants is a plant	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n6_13_pm is a time	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
los_patios is a currency	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
the_waikiki_aquarium is an aquarium in the city honolulu	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
lilburn is a city located in the geopolitical location georgia	1113	15-aug-2018	99.6
larry_johnson is an athlete who injured his/her foot	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
dylan is a hotel in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	99.1
shaq_o_neal is an athlete also known as shaquille_oneal	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0