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
across_the_universe is a musical album	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
large_heavy_based_frying_pan is an item found in the kitchen	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
www_chibi_con is a convention	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
tyler_morning_telegraph is a political blog	1111	06-jul-2018	98.9
n12862 is a ZIP code	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
home is taller than son	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
pork_loin is related to pig	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
prince_edward_island is a sate or province located in the country canada	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
biloxi is a city located in the state or province mississippi	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
barack_obama is a person who has residence in the geopolitical location u_s	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0