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    • Rules for Gender agreement for ADJ

    The Gender values should match between the ADJ and its governor (i.e syntactic head) when label = should-match, else any observed agreement is purely by chance (label = need-not-match)

    Agreement
    Generally Gender should match between the ADJ and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples
    Gender need not match between the ADJ and its governor or head when:
    ADJ is nearby= proper noun
    ADJ is governed by a= proper noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is nearby= proper noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is nearby= proper noun
    ADJ is nearby= object
    ADJ is governed by a= proper noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is governed by a= adjective
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is the= possessive modifer
    the head agrees with its head on= Gender-ADJ
    ( Examples )
    OR

    the head agrees with its head on= Gender-ADJ
    ADJ is governed by a= adjective
    ADJ is nearby= tbupdate
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is the= possessive modifer
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is nearby= proper noun
    ADJ is the= possessive modifer
    ( Examples )
    OR

    ADJ is the= possessive modifer
    ADJ is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    Generally Gender should match between the ADJ and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples