2) it can be proven or disproven without feelings or judgments
and
4) it is objective in nature
Verb means the action of the sentence, the action going on is 'ate', so that is the verb.
friend who influences you to party instead of studying therefore making you fail
I think for this one, it is he devoted himself to scientific research.
Maybe you can write something like “for my first day of school, I will prepare greatly, I am not nervous at all, although my siblings think I am” that could be a start