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
bridport_vermont is an island	1111	06-jul-2018	95.8
after_sun_lotion is a personal care product	1111	06-jul-2018	99.3
frederick_smith is a criminal	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
nonlinear_least_squares_regression_analysis is a scientific term	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
kathleen_walsh is a female	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
bed is often found in private_cottage	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
pests is an arthropod as well as spider_mites also is	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
seattle_seahawks_21_10 is a sports team also known as minnesota_vikings	1113	15-aug-2018	93.8
manipur is a state or province located in the geopolitical location india	1115	03-sep-2018	99.6
hockey is a sport played in the venue madison_square_garden	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0