<def-root>An <fen>Influencing_entity</fen>, an <fen>Influencing_situation</fen>, or an <fen>Influencing_variable</fen> has an influence on a <fen>Dependent_entity</fen>, <fen>Dependent_situation</fen>, or a <fen>Dependent_variable</fen>.
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Compare to Subjective_influence. Words in Objective_influence are used to make claims about correlations in the world, where words in Subjective_influence are used to explain emotional impacts made on cognizers.
<ex>More and more doctors realise that <fex name="infs">diet</fex> can <t>influence</t> <fex name="deps">disease</fex>.</ex>
<ex>Our subject is the body clock; how <fex name="infs">it</fex> <t>influences</t> <fex name="deps">our physiology and behaviour</fex> and how it interacts with the rhythms in our environment.</ex>
<ex>But it is more likely that <fex name="infe">a physical restraint</fex> <t>influenced</t> <fex name="depe">the swirling liquids</fex>.</ex>
<ex>It claimed, perhaps hollowly, that <fex name="infe">NT</fex> had yet to <t>impact</t> <fex name="deps">its business</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="infs">This kind of elementary boo-boo</fex> would certainly <t>impact</t> <fex name="depv">video speed</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A thing or person whose behavior has an effect on an <fen>Dependent_entity</fen>, <fen>Dependent_situation</fen>, or <fen>Dependent_variable</fen>.
<ex> Much of the acreage in this round is closer to the coastline, and as such has many implications in terms of how <fex name="infe">it</fex> could <t>impact</t> upon fish spawning, local bird life, and even the Ministry of Defence in some cases</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An entity, usually a thing, that is influenced in its behavior by an <fen>Influencing_entity</fen> or an <fen>Influencing_situation</fen>.
<ex>The Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board regarding the group's activities as they <t>impact</t> <fex name="depe">on the environment</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A scalar variable (with unspecified value) which has an effect on the <fen>Dependent_entity</fen>, <fen>Dependent_situation</fen>, or <fen>Dependent_variable</fen>.
<ex> <fex name="infv">Factors which</fex> <t>influence</t> the stability of the combination include the softness of the car and the trailer's suspension, plus the balance of the trailer.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A situation that whose temporal or other characteristics are influenced by an <fen>Influencing_entity</fen>, <fen>Influencing_situation</fen>, or <fen>Influencing_variable</fen>.
<ex>The new network file system server line supports database or backup applications running alongside NFS input/output operations without one activity <t>impacting</t> <fex name="deps">another</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A scalar variable, whose value depends on the behavior of an <fen>Influencing_entity</fen>, a <fen>Influencing_situation</fen>, or an <fen>Influencing_variable</fen>.
<ex>This kind of elementary boo-boo would certainly <t>impact</t> <fex name="depv">video speed</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A situation whose temporal or other characteristics have an effect on a <fen>Dependent_entity</fen>, <fen>Dependent_situation</fen>, or <fen>Dependent_variable</fen>. </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Degree</fen> to which the <fen>Influencing_entity</fen> effects the <fen>Dependent_entity</fen>.
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<def-root>The <fen>Time</fen> at which the influence occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>The location at which the influencing occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an <fen>Influencing_entity</fen> that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). </def-root>
<def-root><fen>Circumstances</fen> describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants. </def-root>
<def-root>A <fen>Descriptor</fen> gives additional information about the influence. It may be affecting, as with '<fex name="Descriptor">positive</fex> impact on GDP'; or not, as in '<fex name="des">potential</fex> (or <fex name="Descriptor">possible</fex>) influence of SSRIs on metabolism'. Descriptors are typically adjective phrases.
<ex>Many illicit substances can have a strong, <fex name="Descriptor">negative</fex> <t>impact</t> on the body.</ex></def-root>
Event
Transitive_action
Control
Subjective_influence
FN: have an effect on
COD: have a strong effect
FN: an influence
FN: effect
COD: have an effect on; make a difference to.
COD: a marked effect or influence
FN: the capability to influence a situation