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
sheri_abrams is a U.S. politician	1111	06-jul-2018	91.2
lifesavers_butterrum is a kind of candy	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
ideology_cellars is a winery	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
beans_baked_beans is a fruit	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
slim_pickens_records is a record label	1111	06-jul-2018	97.3
bicep a muscle located in bodypart arm	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
area looks like tv	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
insects is called crickets	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
sheraton_san_diego is a hotel in the city san_diego	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
glomerulus arises from afferent_arteriole	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0