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
stama_winery is a winery	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
jessica_jaymes is a female	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
network_interface_cards is a consumer electronic device	1111	06-jul-2018	92.5
muddledness is an emotion	1111	06-jul-2018	97.7
great_land_crab is a crustacean	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
short_skirts is a clothing item to go with shorts	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
mammals is a type of vertebrates	1115	03-sep-2018	99.2
draper_fisher_jurvetson is a company in the economic sector of venture_capital	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
ann_brashares contributed to the creative work the_sisterhood_of_the_traveling_pants	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
belle_haven is a city located in the state or province virginia	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8