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
jason_bourne is a Mexican person	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
wandering_spiders is an arachnid	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n37_speed_x_cyclone_radio is an item often found in a bedroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
national_caregivers_foundation is a non-profit organization	1111	06-jul-2018	98.8
l_l_m is a programming language	1112	24-jul-2018	94.9
obama represents the region new	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
shaquille_oneal is an athlete also known as shaq	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
marion was born in the city charleston	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
new_york_stock_exchange is a company also known as nyse	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
national is a bank that bought reliance	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0