NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
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:

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 Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
central_pattaya_hotel is a skyscraper 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
n11_57_35 is a term used by physicists 1111 06-jul-2018 96.0  
terrence_dashon_howard is a male 1111 06-jul-2018 95.8  
class_universities is a machine-learning conference 1111 06-jul-2018 95.1  
southside_square is a shopping mall 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
drew_doughty plays in the league nba 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
walter_payton plays the athletic team position running_back 1113 15-aug-2018 100.0  
jeff_green is a person also known as kevin_durant 1113 15-aug-2018 100.0  
german is the language of the country u_s_ 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
wfp is a company headquartered in the city rome 1116 12-sep-2018 96.9