NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
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:

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 Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
row_river is a river 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
murcia_airport is a transportation port 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
party_dla_african_niepodleglosc is a political party 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
universal_studios is an organization 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
greater_occipital_nerve_nbsp is a nerve 1111 06-jul-2018 97.2  
national is a bank in egypt 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
magic is a sports team that plays against season_the_clippers 1111 06-jul-2018 99.6  
clint_eastwood works for carmel_by_the_sea 1112 24-jul-2018 100.0  
washington_mutual is a bank that bought providian 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
arachnids is an arthropod as well as arthropods also is 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0