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    • Rules for Gender agreement for NOUN

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

    Agreement
    Gender need not match between the NOUN and its governor or head when:
    NOUN is the= modifer
    the head agrees with its head on= Gender-NOUN
    ( Examples )
    OR

    the head agrees with its head on= Gender-NOUN
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= subject
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is governed by a= adverb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= noun
    NOUN is the= subject
    NOUN is governed by a= adjective
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= subject
    NOUN is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= possessive modifer
    NOUN is governed by a= adverb
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= subject
    of head=
    NOUN is governed by= modifer
    ( Examples )
    Generally Gender should match between the NOUN and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples