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
island_hvar is a geopolitical entity that is an organization	1111	06-jul-2018	94.5
serials_review is a publication	1111	06-jul-2018	91.1
texashold_m_websites is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
alabama_appleseed is a political organization that is not part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	90.6
day_08 is a date	1111	06-jul-2018	93.3
basic is a synonym for microsoft_corporation001	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
chevrolet is a company that produces caprice	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
china is a country located in the geopolitical location certain_countries	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
dodge is a specific automobile maker dealer in wisconsin	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
ivan_lendl is an athlete who beat john_mcenroe	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0