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
jerome_angelosanto is a chef	1111	06-jul-2018	99.8
volgaic_languages is a language	1111	06-jul-2018	98.7
classic_bernaise_sauce is a condiment	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
the_billy_o_connor_show is a TV show	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n1_2_cup_cheese is a cheese	1111	06-jul-2018	95.2
charles_darwin001 is a person born on the date n1809	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
kelly graduated from college	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n6_30_a_m_ is the time of the event bus_crashes_into_idaho_power_building_in_downtown_boise	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
alcoa is a company that has an office in the country iceland	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
american_airlines_center is the home venue for the sports team dallas_stars	1116	12-sep-2018	99.2