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
n20_40_years is a non-disease physiological condition 1111 06-jul-2018 92.3  
crystal_bed is a kind of furniture 1111 06-jul-2018 99.6  
violet_leaves is a vegetable 1111 06-jul-2018 92.8  
geoff_williams is an Asian person 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
finished_with_the_dogs is a musical album 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
ramon_castro plays the sport baseball 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
little_gas is a generalization of nuclear_missile 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
european_nations is a generalization of greece 1115 03-sep-2018 93.8  
the sport baseball was played at n1973_world_series 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
isaac has wife rebecca 1116 12-sep-2018 96.9