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
texashold_m_websites is a cardgame	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
taylor_coastal_shrimp is a crustacean	1111	06-jul-2018	99.5
trang_ho is american	1111	06-jul-2018	91.6
corn_lettuce is an agricultural product	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
karin_lorson is a female	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
chicken is an animal that eats stir_fried_vegetables	1115	03-sep-2018	96.9
procter___gamble is an organization known by the acronym procter___gamble_co_	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
john_lackey is an athlete coached by vladimir_guerrero	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
bbc001 is a company headquartered in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
judah has wife tamar	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0