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
carrying_concealed_weapons is a weapon	1111	06-jul-2018	98.5
business_careers is an academic field	1111	06-jul-2018	90.5
deutsches_technikmuseum_berlin is a museum	1111	06-jul-2018	92.6
bathroom_paper_towel_holder is an item often found in a bathroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
online_gambling_awards is an award, championship, or tournament trophy	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
yugoslav_federation is a country located in the geopolitical location greece	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
ryan and joe_flacco_three_times are teammates	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
belfast_zoo is a zoo in the city belfast	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
bobby_jones is related to http___www_yardbarker_com_blog_bobbysworld_home	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
carla_del_ponte belongs to the ethnic group swiss	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0