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
laurel_park is a park 1111 06-jul-2018 93.6  
blow_your_face_out is a musical album 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
subtendinous_prepatellar_bursa is a vein 1111 06-jul-2018 97.5  
heart_disease_etc_ is a disease 1111 06-jul-2018 91.3  
blueside_shiner is a fish 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
Eating management decreases the risk of cancer 1111 06-jul-2018 96.9  
split is the capital city of the state or province dalmatia 1116 12-sep-2018 99.2  
san_diego_chargers is a sports team that plays the sport football 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
barry_goldwater is a person born on the date n1909 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
pain is an emotion associated with chronic_pain_syndromes 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0