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
battle_of_dra_go_e is a military conflict	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
interface_element_parameters is a machine-learning conference	1111	06-jul-2018	99.1
meg_recordings is a record label	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
pharmacy_no_prescription_cialis is an archaeon	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
green_door is an item often found in a hallway	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
wi is a sate or province located in the country usa	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
lord has brother israel	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
adventures is a generalization of horseback_riding	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
mark_teixeira plays for the team yankees	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
habitat_for_humanity hired millard_fuller	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0