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
honey_ham is a food 1111 06-jul-2018 97.9  
central_alborz_mountains is a mountain range 1111 06-jul-2018 99.8  
sport_management_students is a victim 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
first_woman_dean is a job position 1111 06-jul-2018 97.9  
araneus_mauensis_ocellatus is an arachnid 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
hayes is a politician who holds the office of secretary 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
garage is often found in site 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
chelsea has been charged with murder 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0  
aaron_brooks is a person also known as miller002 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
spiders is called black_widow 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0