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
casual_dining_furniture is a kind of furniture	1111	06-jul-2018	99.5
responsive_computer is an item found on a table	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
pine_grove_zoo is an aquarium	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
ungracefulness is a character trait	1111	06-jul-2018	98.8
james_lowery ia a celebrity	1111	06-jul-2018	90.5
n70_rockets is a type of weapon produced in israel	1114	25-aug-2018	93.8
lake_burton is a lake in the state or province georgia	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
world_wrestling_entertainment terminated the employment of linda_mcmahon	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
nancy001 graduated from college	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
cialis is expected to come to market on n2002	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0