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. 2016 Nov 22;2(2):e166. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.6586

Table 3.

Top 10 high-relevancy verbs (stemmed) that characterize the contexts comprising “Exemption” and each of the other major actant categories on the second site. The verbs are ordered according to the KL Divergence scores, but we have shown the frequency of the verbs in parenthesis for comparison. In the Exemption–Parent context, the verb “have” with a frequency count of 1561 is ranked fourth way before “exercise,” which has a frequency of only 275.

Actants in children context Significant verbs in relationship to exemption (actant)
Parents exempt(207), exercis(228), sign(275), have(1561), concern(196), claim(185), vaccin(241), belong(132), us(472), requir(199)
Children exempt(220), exercis(191), concern(175), vaccin(202), vax(133), requir(152), sign(116), attend(99), enrol(56), allow(106)
Medical professionals sign(101), exempt(21), give(72), write(34), requir(35), get(131), have(229), submit(16), obtain(17), file(17)
Government bind(51), determin(51), requir(41), us(67), exempt(17), belong(22), accept(29), seek(19), furnish(8), obtain(12)
Religious institutions belong(294), rule(114), offer(152), do(456), claim(105), us(191), have(445), find(149), bind(51), determin(50)
Schools belong(146), rule(116), offer(160), requir(130), sign(120), attend(103), exempt(59), find(184), have(682), accept(104)
Vaccines vaccin(377), exempt(173), requir(323), vax(252), claim(208), receiv(191), sign(150), request(106), allow(200), oppos(91)
VPDsa requir(14), exempt(7), vaccin(15), sign(12), get(34), refus(9), have(55), prove(6), document(4), decid(8)
Adverse effects had(64), exempt(12), obtain(12), requir(18), get(60), link(12), choose(9), follow(15), increas(11), qualifi(9)

aVPDs: vaccine preventable diseases.