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
national_space_society is a non-profit organization 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
strategic_leader is a profession 1111 06-jul-2018 93.0  
ruth_robinson is a CEO 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
joanna_tuczynska is a fashion model 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
high_quality_gasoline is a refinery product 1112 24-jul-2018 98.7  
the companies newark_star_ledger and los_angeles compete with eachother 1111 06-jul-2018 93.8  
pacific_ocean is a lake in the state or province alaska 1116 12-sep-2018 99.0  
safina is an athlete who beat williams 1114 25-aug-2018 100.0  
super_bowl_xvii is a sports game that took place on the date january_30_1983 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
foliage has color gold 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0