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
dry_hill_cemetery is a place of worship	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
langkawi_international_airport is a transportation system	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
poker_europa is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	90.3
connie_campbell ia a celebrity	1111	06-jul-2018	90.7
moscow_dnepr_river_bridge is a bridge	1111	06-jul-2018	97.9
waterloo is a city also known as austin	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
miller_park is a stadium or event venue located in the city downtown_milwaukee	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
lacey has spouse anthony_scirrotto	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
dunedin is a city that lies on the river taieri	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
smith001 is an athlete who injured his/her foot	1115	03-sep-2018	93.8