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
blanket_racks is a household item	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
chicken_breast_filet is a type of meat	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
contrapposizione is a wine	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
titan is a planet	1114	25-aug-2018	92.7
deck_load is something found in or on buildings	1111	06-jul-2018	94.6
the home stadium of andrew_ladd is wrigley_field	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
shellfish is a fish that can be served with the food sauce in a meal (or dish)	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
hannah is the parent of samuel001	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
chevrolet makes the automobile suburban	1114	25-aug-2018	98.4
soccer is a sport with fans in the country __america	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0