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
vermilion_bmw is an automobile manufacturer	1111	06-jul-2018	94.9
strategicon is a convention	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
axosomatic_or is a political organization that is not part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	99.5
investment_projects is an economic sector	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
chair_poker is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	93.3
linda_marie_bollea is a person also known as linda_hogan	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
joe_johnson is an athlete coached by mike_woodson	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
big_horn is a mountain in the state or province wyoming	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
Eating breast decreases the risk of malignancies	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
j_d__brookhart works for akron	1112	24-jul-2018	96.8