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
working_group_meeting is a perception action 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
international_brotherhood_of_firemen_and_oilers is a trade union 1111 06-jul-2018 97.3  
santa_cruz_airport is a transportation system 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
winter_park_area is a monument 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
amy_stewart is an actor 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
former_green_bay_packers is a sports team that played in games 1113 15-aug-2018 100.0  
recluse_spider is called spider_bite 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
postal_mail is an organization known by the acronym ups_express 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
oracle has acquired hyperion 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
columbia is the home city of the sports team usc_trojans_basketball 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0