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
n1_corinthians_4_5 is an ethnic group	1111	06-jul-2018	97.2
isolated_severe_thunderstorms is a weather phenomenon	1111	06-jul-2018	98.9
michael_moran is a journalist	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
gloucester_street is a street	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
phones_brand is a household item	1111	06-jul-2018	93.9
boston is the home city of the sports team l_a__lakers	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
istanbul_atat_rk is a generalization of temple_of_the_reclining_buddha	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
cowboys_stadium is a stadium or event venue located in the city arlington	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
brooklyn_academy_of_music is a museum in the city new_york	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
vince_neil is a musician who is part of motley_crue	1113	15-aug-2018	99.6