NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
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:

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 Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
comment_results is software used by machine-learning scientists 1111 06-jul-2018 99.2  
of_a_triangle is a geometric shape 1111 06-jul-2018 90.9  
banking_and_finance_law is an academic field 1111 06-jul-2018 96.3  
n_hexyl_alcohol is a chemical 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
lax_plaza_hotel is a place to ski 1111 06-jul-2018 96.1  
kxan is a TV station in the city austin 1116 12-sep-2018 99.6  
pets is an animal that preys on spiders 1111 06-jul-2018 99.6  
howard is a city also known as dc 1113 15-aug-2018 100.0  
oscar_wilde wrote the book picture_of_dorian_gray 1113 15-aug-2018 99.2  
houston is the home city of the sports team texas_southern_university 1116 12-sep-2018 96.9