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
interface_dbms is a machine-learning conference	1111	06-jul-2018	91.5
sand_molds is a fungus	1111	06-jul-2018	96.1
legs_information is a scientific term	1111	06-jul-2018	93.3
ctk_credit_union is a bank	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
wireless_waves is a weather phenomenon	1111	06-jul-2018	98.4
chest a muscle located in bodypart arms	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
anthony was born in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
richard_pryor001 is a person who died at the age of 65	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
conservative_party is a person who has residence in the geopolitical location new_york	1114	25-aug-2018	98.4
the sports team italy was the winner of n2006_world_cup	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0