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
environmental_victory is an event outcome	1111	06-jul-2018	91.8
with_you is a musical album	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
kiplinger_s_personal_finance_magazine is a website	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
sleeper_sofa_couch is a kind of furniture	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
elm_mott_restaurant is a restaurant	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
mr_bush represents the region states	1115	03-sep-2018	99.8
massey_energy is headquartered in the state or province virginia	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
kayaking is a sport taught in the country __america	1116	12-sep-2018	99.2
harrison is a musician who plays the guitar	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
gallery is a museum in the city glasgow	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0