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
robiola_della_val_bormida_cheese is a cheese	1111	06-jul-2018	97.4
gourmet_gift_baskets is sports equipment	1111	06-jul-2018	96.7
n4easysoft_psp_video_converter is a consumer electronic device	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
em_poker_copyright_information is a sporting event	1111	06-jul-2018	93.0
economic_magazines is a kind of media	1111	06-jul-2018	99.0
snowboard is a sport taught in the country __america	1116	12-sep-2018	99.8
israel is the attacker in the event israel_bombs_syria_army_targets_after_golan_attack	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
il is a sate or province located in the country usa	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
seals is a type of mammals	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
lincoln_park_zoo is a zoo in the city chicago_south	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0