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
deep_transverse_metacarpal_ligament is a nerve	1111	06-jul-2018	99.3
to_the_nines is a musical album	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
soft_leather_furniture is a household item	1111	06-jul-2018	91.7
jacqueline_thompson is a CEO	1111	06-jul-2018	91.2
sultan_ahmad_shah_bridge is a bridge	1111	06-jul-2018	98.2
knvn_tv is a TV affiliate of the network nbc_news	1116	12-sep-2018	99.6
west_bay_street is a street in the city savannah	1116	12-sep-2018	93.8
newsday is a company that has an office in the city los_angeles_ca	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8
the final score of the sports game season_opener was gamescore:n0_1	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
interdigital_communications_corporation is a company also known as interdigital	1111	06-jul-2018	93.8