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
rotherham_area is a monument	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
lemon_pie_recipe is a recipe	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
teachers_information is a scientific term	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
paris_match is a company	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
poker_pokre is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	91.8
hot_water is a beverage that contains ingredients	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
the country saint_helena uses the currency pounds	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
white_river_amphitheatre is a stadium or event venue located in the city auburn	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
soldier_field is the home venue for the sports team n1985_chicago_bears	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
nonneginteger:n27 was the winning score in super_bowl_xliii	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0