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
frosted_glass_doors is an item often found in a hallway	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
playstation_grand_theft_auto_vice is a video game system	1111	06-jul-2018	97.2
veg_fried_rice_recipe is a recipe	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
n240_grain is a grain	1112	24-jul-2018	91.7
hutchinson_county_restaurant is a restaurant	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
southern_mississippi_golden_eagles is an organization known by the acronym southern_miss_lady_golden_eagles	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
jennifer was born in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
the companies journal_newspapers and new_york compete with eachother	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
muse has spouse hudson	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
bilhah is the parent of dan	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8