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
anthony_johnson coaches a sports team	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
tidal_spray_crab is a crustacean	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
n4_30_5_15_p_m_ is a time	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
child_status_protection_act is a legislative bill	1111	06-jul-2018	90.9
morrisville_news___citizen is a newspaper	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
daihatsu is a specific automobile maker dealer in _uk	1116	12-sep-2018	99.9
bed is often found in private_living_room	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
shanghai is a city located in the country china	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
smith001 is an athlete who injured his/her hand	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
chocolates is an agricultural product produced in india	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0