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
andy_linden is a director	1111	06-jul-2018	90.5
upscale_magazine is a company	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
yuri_lowenthal ia a celebrity	1111	06-jul-2018	98.8
john_sweeney is a politician	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
chicken_cream_gravy is a condiment	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
golfing is a sport with fans in the country __america	1116	12-sep-2018	99.8
marlins is an organization also known as diamondbacks	1113	15-aug-2018	93.8
elsie_allen died in the state or province california	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
the_morgan_library___museum is a museum in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
the coach andy_mcdonald won the trophy or tournament stanley_cup	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0