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
wheel_cover is an item often found in a bathroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
system_drugs is a video game system	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
richard_hinds is an Australian person	1111	06-jul-2018	99.3
famke_janssenpe_anevada_cheese is a cheese	1111	06-jul-2018	92.3
optima_winery is a winery	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
boathouse_restaurants is a restaurant in the city vancouver	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
michael_eisner is a top member of the_walt_disney_co_	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
edmond is a city located in the geopolitical location central001	1113	15-aug-2018	93.8
mahalo terminated the employment of jason_calacanis	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
fort_wayne_pistons is a sports team that won the nba_finals	1115	03-sep-2018	95.6