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
flat_bread is a baked good	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
psp_windows_xp_drivers is a consumer electronic device	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
fort_lauderdale_film_festival_shorts_competition is a film festival	1111	06-jul-2018	100.0
uniontown_cemetery is a place of worship	1111	06-jul-2018	99.9
concordia_college____ny is a train station	1111	06-jul-2018	99.4
adolf_hitler is a person born on the date n1889	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
boy_scout_road is a street in the city augusta	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
acco_brands is a company also known as kensington	1114	25-aug-2018	93.8
kcop_tv is headquartered in the city los_angeles_ca	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0
epam_systems is an organization known by the acronym e_systems	1116	12-sep-2018	100.0