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
poker_casino_g_ames is a sports game	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
example_argentina is a musical artist	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
georgina_bean is a legume	1111	06-jul-2018	98.0
muddledness is an emotion	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
led_light_shower_head is an item often found in a bathroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
dr__george_tiller died in the city wichita	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
citigroup_global_markets terminated the employment of vikram_s__pandit	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
yugoslav_federation participated in the event crimes	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
wharton_school is a sports team that plays in the league international	1116	12-sep-2018	99.8
oakland_a_s is headquartered in the state or province new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0