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
foam_cups is an item found in the kitchen	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
western_nc_nature_center is a zoo	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
money_today is a TV show	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
cialis_here is a product	1111	06-jul-2018	91.8
toronto_environmental_film_and_video_festival is a film festival	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
houghton is a city located in the state or province michigan	1116	12-sep-2018	96.6
knxv is a TV station in the city downtown_phoenix	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
national is a bank in bangladesh	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
taxpayers hired white	1113	15-aug-2018	99.8
clint_eastwood contributed to the creative work gran_torino	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8