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NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

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.

instance	iteration	date learned	confidence
mevasseret_zion is a geopolitical entity that is an organization	1111	06-jul-2018	95.2
lemon_meringue_pie_recipe is a recipe	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
bruce_baker_s_eastern_north_carolina_sauce is a condiment	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
the_westin_grand_bohemian is a place to ski	1111	06-jul-2018	91.2
town_accountant is a job position	1111	06-jul-2018	95.1

klru is headquartered in the city austin	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
florida is a state that is bordered by the state wisconsin	1114	25-aug-2018	98.4
hard_rock_cafe is a tourist attraction in the city las_vegas	1116	12-sep-2018	96.9
cuba is a country located in the geopolitical location north_america	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
carla has spouse paul	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8

Read the Web
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NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

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