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
lincoln_aviator_engines is a kind of automobile engine	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
rosella_s_vineyard is a winery	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
class_views is a machine-learning conference	1111	06-jul-2018	97.4
impiana_phuket_cabana is a hotel	1111	06-jul-2018	94.7
inferior_pars_of_superior_frontal_gyrus is a kind of brain tissue	1111	06-jul-2018	97.0
bed is often found in site	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
jorma_ollila is the CEO of nokia_siemens	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
sun is a newspaper in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	92.9
florida_state was the looser of n2006_orange_bowl	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
blanchard is a city located in the state or province oklahoma	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8