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
contact_joe_gomes is a book	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
dave_riddle is a politician	1111	06-jul-2018	91.1
tarragon_butter is a condiment	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
implanon is a drug	1111	06-jul-2018	95.8
special_mayoral_election is an election	1111	06-jul-2018	96.2
gary_forsee is the CEO of sprint	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
massachusetts_general is a building located in the city boston	1116	12-sep-2018	96.9
treasure_island_hotel001 is a stadium or event venue located in the city las_vegas	1116	12-sep-2018	98.4
austin_children_museum is a museum in the city austin	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
easyjet is a company that has an office in the city newcastle	1112	24-jul-2018	99.2