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
the_billy_o_connor_show is a TV show	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
mezzaluna is a musical instrument	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
international_brotherhood_of_electrical_workers_local is a trade union	1111	06-jul-2018	95.4
hawaiian_dark_rumped_petrel is a vertebrate	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
battle_of_hova is a military conflict	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
white_beans is an agricultural product that is usually cooked with pepper	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
ct is a state or province located in the geopolitical location usa	1112	24-jul-2018	99.6
international_monetary_fund is an organization created at the date n1944	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
becker graduated from state_university	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
murray_chass is a journalist that writes for the publication new_york_times	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0