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
hilton_head_tanger_outlet_mall is a shopping mall	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
free_conference is a convention	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
roasted_turkey_breast is a type of meat	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
intellectual_property_subcommittee is a political organization that is not part of the government	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
long_billed_blue_flycatcher is a bird	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
the companies manchester_guardian and new_york compete with eachother	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
charles_brewer is an athlete who injured his/her mouth001	1114	25-aug-2018	93.8
nissan makes the automobile sentra	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
hotels is a stadium or event venue located in the city las_vegas	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
tara_miller has husband simon_cowell	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0