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
andy_taylor is a chef	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
deputy_national_security_adviser is a kind of office held by a politician	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n9_30_a_m__6_p_m_ is a time	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
breakaway_trade_unions is a trade union	1111	06-jul-2018	91.5
rugged_coves can be a part of a landscape	1111	06-jul-2018	99.0
peoples is a bank in china	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
craig_biggio is an athlete that flied out to position center	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
arizona_territory is a sate or province located in the country u_s_	1116	12-sep-2018	98.4
alan_i__rothenberg_trophy is a awardtrophytournament that was awarded in stadiumoreventvenue rfk_memorial_stadium	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
rolls_royce was responsible for rolls_royce_launches_ghost_series_ii	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0