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
oak_lake_lodge is a tourist attraction	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
dusty is a character trait	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
english_the is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	99.2
red_leather_couch is a kind of furniture	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
france_north_pas_de_calais is a country	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
john_kerry represents the region states	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
vince_lombardi_trophy is a awardtrophytournament that was awarded in stadiumoreventvenue lucas_oil_stadium	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
jeep is a specific automobile maker dealer in roanoke	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
n6_45 is the time of the event n70_killed_in_nigeria_bus_blasts	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
citigroup is a company headquartered in the city nueva_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0