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
le_palais_hotel is a building	1111	06-jul-2018	96.6
lingua_franca_nova_language is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
italdesign_schighera is a kind of vehicle	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
tax_law_article is a legislative bill	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
port_lincoln_airport is a transportation system	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
zeus is the father of apollo001	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
o_hare_airport is a generalization of temple_of_the_reclining_buddha	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
loose_fitting_clothing is a clothing item to go with hat	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
browns_stadium is a stadium or event venue also known as brown_stadium	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
commission_junction is an organization known by the acronym commission_junction_and_linkshare	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0