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
private_mosaic is form of visual art	1111	06-jul-2018	96.6
a_sense_of_hopefulness is an emotion	1111	06-jul-2018	95.3
mopti is a geopolitical entity that is an organization	1111	06-jul-2018	95.5
steel_travel_mugs is an item found in the kitchen	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
small_bedside_cabinet is a kind of furniture	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
steven_spielberg directed the movie lost_ark	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0
shaquille_oneal is an athlete also known as james_posey	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
miguel_de_cervantes_saavedra contributed to the creative work don_quixote	1112	24-jul-2018	100.0
national is a bank that bought kotak_mahindra	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
dodge is a specific automobile maker dealer in wisconsin	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0