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
gary_sinyor is a North American person	1111	06-jul-2018	91.5
poker_gamestexas is a board game	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
poker_pokre is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	91.8
green_language is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
flourless_foolproof_fabulous_chocolate_cake is a baked good	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
ontario is a state or province located in the geopolitical location north_america	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
honda_center is the home venue for the sports team oregon_ducks_basketball	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
rio_casino is a building located in the city las_vegas	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
murat_kurnaz belongs to the religion muslim	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
college is an organization also known as southern	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6