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
movie_edge_of_darkness is a movie	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
panini_sandwich_recipes is a recipe	1111	06-jul-2018	99.7
vans_pro_shoes is a kind of clothing	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
bleaching_powder is a chemical	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
large_rear_doors is something found in or on buildings	1111	06-jul-2018	99.1
american_management_systems terminated the employment of randall_l__stephenson	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
enrique_iglesias was born in the country spain	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
richt works for uga	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
kimora_lee_simmons was born in the state or province new_jersey	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
flag is a synonym for left	1111	06-jul-2018	98.4