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
uinta_mountains can be a part of a landscape	1111	06-jul-2018	98.3
class_bodies is a machine-learning conference	1112	24-jul-2018	93.8
colorado_mountain_college_leadville is a train station	1111	06-jul-2018	99.5
bath_screen is an item often found in a bathroom	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
corn_sauce is a condiment	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
scuba is a sport taught in the country french_polynesia	1114	25-aug-2018	98.4
rugby is a sport with fans in the country samoa	1115	03-sep-2018	96.9
the sports leage ncaa uses the venue sun_devil_stadium	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
national_academy_museum is a museum in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
terry_bradshaw is related to terry_bradshaw	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0