MOVES emissions modeling system
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The MOVES emissions modeling system is a software tool developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to estimate air pollutant emissions from mobile sources such as cars, trucks, and other vehicles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MOBILE emissions model | 1 |
| MOVES emissions modeling system canonical | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11729979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MOVES emissions modeling system Context triple: [Office of Transportation and Air Quality, usesInstrument, MOVES emissions modeling system]
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A.
CMAQ
CMAQ is a U.S. federal funding program that supports transportation projects designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
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B.
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks is an official annual report that quantifies and analyzes the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and removals across economic sectors to track progress and inform climate policy.
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C.
Goddard Earth Observing System models
The Goddard Earth Observing System models are a suite of advanced atmospheric and Earth system models used for global weather, climate, and data assimilation research and forecasting.
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D.
Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium
The Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium is an international network of research teams that develop and compare models linking climate, energy, economy, and land-use systems to inform global climate policy and scenario analysis.
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E.
EPA Allowance Tracking System
The EPA Allowance Tracking System is a federal database and accounting platform that records, tracks, and manages emissions allowances for regulated sources under U.S. air pollution control programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MOVES emissions modeling system Target entity description: The MOVES emissions modeling system is a software tool developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to estimate air pollutant emissions from mobile sources such as cars, trucks, and other vehicles.
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A.
CMAQ
CMAQ is a U.S. federal funding program that supports transportation projects designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
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B.
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks is an official annual report that quantifies and analyzes the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and removals across economic sectors to track progress and inform climate policy.
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C.
Goddard Earth Observing System models
The Goddard Earth Observing System models are a suite of advanced atmospheric and Earth system models used for global weather, climate, and data assimilation research and forecasting.
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D.
Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium
The Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium is an international network of research teams that develop and compare models linking climate, energy, economy, and land-use systems to inform global climate policy and scenario analysis.
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E.
EPA Allowance Tracking System
The EPA Allowance Tracking System is a federal database and accounting platform that records, tracks, and manages emissions allowances for regulated sources under U.S. air pollution control programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emissions modeling software
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mobile source emissions model ⓘ |
| acronym | MOVES ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| developer |
U.S. EPA
ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| domain |
air pollution
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mobile source emissions ⓘ transportation emissions modeling ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
default emissions databases
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emissions calculation engine ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator
ⓘ
linked to:
MOVES emissions modeling system
|
| input |
fuel properties
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meteorological data ⓘ vehicle activity data ⓘ vehicle fleet characteristics ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| output |
emission rates
ⓘ
total emissions inventories ⓘ |
| outputUnit |
grams per mile
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grams per vehicle ⓘ tons per year ⓘ |
| predecessor |
MOBILE emissions model
ⓘ
linked to:
MOVES emissions modeling system
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| purpose |
to estimate air pollutant emissions from mobile sources
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to support air quality and regulatory analyses ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | EPA-approved model for certain regulatory analyses ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
on-road mobile sources
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some nonroad mobile sources ⓘ |
| supportsPollutantType |
air toxics
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criteria air pollutants ⓘ greenhouse gases ⓘ |
| supportsScale |
county-level analysis
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national-level analysis ⓘ project-level analysis ⓘ state-level analysis ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
State Implementation Plan development
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transportation conformity analysis ⓘ |
| usedBy |
air quality planners
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consultants ⓘ federal environmental agencies ⓘ researchers ⓘ state environmental agencies ⓘ transportation planners ⓘ |
| usedFor |
estimating emissions from buses
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estimating emissions from cars ⓘ estimating emissions from motorcycles ⓘ estimating emissions from other on-road vehicles ⓘ estimating emissions from some nonroad mobile sources ⓘ estimating emissions from trucks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MOVES emissions modeling system Description of subject: The MOVES emissions modeling system is a software tool developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to estimate air pollutant emissions from mobile sources such as cars, trucks, and other vehicles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MOVES emissions modeling system
linked to: MOVES emissions modeling system