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
matthew_l__wald is a Canadian person	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
cosmic_clock is an item often found in a bedroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
volgaic_languages is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
castillians is an ethnic group	1111	06-jul-2018	97.0
orange_cranberry_bread is a baked good	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
shell_oil is a company also known as shell_oil	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
easyjet is a company that has an office in the city bristol	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
dayton is a city that lies on the river great_miami	1112	24-jul-2018	96.8
the coach gruden won the trophy or tournament super_bowl	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
alrosa_villa is a stadium or event venue located in the city columbus	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0