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
streptomyces_asterosporus is a bacterium	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
n6_38_pm is a time	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
rock_pocket_mouse is a mammal	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
libyan_resistance is a socio-political term	1111	06-jul-2018	92.3
battle_of_montenotte is a military conflict	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
salmon_steaks is a fish that can be served with the food sauce in a meal (or dish)	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
invesco_field_at_mile_high is the home venue for the sports team denver_broncos	1116	12-sep-2018	99.8
american_management_systems terminated the employment of randall_l__stephenson	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
chicken is an animal that eats wild_mushroom	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
ski is a sport taught in the country _uk	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0