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
ksxq is a radio station	1111	06-jul-2018	97.1
zakynthos_hotels is a park	1111	06-jul-2018	93.7
books_table is an item found on the floor	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
section_6 is a legislative bill	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
weedon_lois_priory is a place of worship	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
mike_vrabel is an athlete who led new_england_patriots	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
dodge is a specific automobile maker dealer in michigan	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
standard_life_investments is a shareholder in the company royal_dutch_shell	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
n122 is the number of people injured in the event n1999_bourbonnais__illinois__train_accident	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
haywood_sullivan is the parent of marc_sullivan	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0