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
crime_the_offender ia a crime or charge	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
hines_pond is a lake	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
em_online_poker_tips_and_strategies_webpoker_room_directory_texas is a board game	1111	06-jul-2018	93.7
two_deadly_viruses is a virus	1111	06-jul-2018	97.4
designer_bathroom is an office building room	1111	06-jul-2018	96.9
nauticus__the_national_maritime_center is an aquarium in the city norfolk	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
vodafone terminated the employment of arun_sarin	1114	25-aug-2018	100.0
beds is often found in site	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
salman_rushdie contributed to the creative work midnight_s_children	1113	15-aug-2018	100.0
lt__joseph_r__hunt is an athlete who injured his/her eyes	1115	03-sep-2018	100.0