Objective_influence

Definition:

An Influencing_variable, an Influencing_situation, or an Influencing_entity has an influence on a Dependent_entity, Dependent_variable, or a Dependent_situation.

More and more doctors realise that diet can INFLUENCE disease.

Our subject is the body clock; how it INFLUENCES our physiology and behaviour and how it interacts with the rhythms in our environment.

But it is more likely that a physical restraint INFLUENCED the swirling liquids.

It claimed, perhaps hollowly, that NT had yet to IMPACT its business.

This kind of elementary boo-boo would certainly IMPACT video speed.

FEs:

Core:

Degree [deg]
Semantic Type
Degree
The Degree to which the Influencing_entity effects the Dependent_entity.

Dependent_entity [depe]
An entity, usually a thing, that is influenced in its behavior by an Influencing_entity or an Influencing_situation.
       The Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board regarding the group's activities as they IMPACT on the environment.
 

Dependent_situation [deps]
A situation that whose temporal or other characteristics are influenced by an Influencing_entity, Influencing_event, or Influencing_variable.
       The new network file system server line supports database or backup applications running alongside NFS input/output operations without one activity IMPACTING another.
 

Dependent_variable [depv]
A scalar variable, whose value depends on the behavior of an Influencing_entity, a Influencing_variable, or an Influencing_situation.
       This kind of elementary boo-boo would certainly IMPACT video speed.
 

Influencing_entity [infe]
A thing or person whose behavior has an effect on an Dependent_situation, Dependent_variable, or Dependent_entity.
        Much of the acreage in this round is closer to the coastline, and as such has many implications in terms of how it could IMPACT upon fish spawning, local bird life, and even the Ministry of Defence in some cases
 

Influencing_situation [infs]

Influencing_variable [infv]
A scalar variable (with unspecified value) which has an effect on the Dependent_entity, Dependent_variable, or Dependent_situation.
        Factors which INFLUENCE the stability of the combination include the softness of the car and the trailer's suspension, plus the balance of the trailer.
 
Non-Core:
Circumstances []
Circumstances 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.

Manner [man]
Semantic Type
Manner
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 Influencing_entity that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).

Place [pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The location at which the influencing occurs.

Time [tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The time at which the influence occurs.

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Is Inherited By: Transitive_action
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Uses:
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Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
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See Also: Subjective_influence

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Created by josef on Fri Apr 23 12:00:05 CEST 2004