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
bmw_330ci is a model of automobile	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
juan_dolio_hotels is a hotel	1111	06-jul-2018	98.5
n1_18_sacker_sport_radio is an item often found in a bedroom	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
foam_chair_bed is a kind of furniture	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
oceanfront_master_suites is an office building room	1111	06-jul-2018	96.6
oscar graduated from college	1111	06-jul-2018	99.6
carlos_delfino plays in the league nba	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
network_associates_coliseum is a stadium or event venue located in the city oakland	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
the sports team eventual_super_bowl_champion_new_york_giants was the winner of super_bowl_xxxv	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
lowry_park_zoo is an aquarium in the city tampa	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0