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
pitchfork_creek is a river	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
magnolia_lake is a trail	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
common_newt is an amphibian	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
charles_connell is a criminal	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
poker_tour_events is a board game	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
kcal is a company that has an office in the city los_angeles_ca	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
walter graduated from college	1112	24-jul-2018	98.4
woodrow_wilson is related to davidson_college	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
microsoft was responsible for microsoft_surface_pro_3_to_launch_alongside_surface_mini_	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
lincoln makes the automobile navigator	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0