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    • Rules for Number agreement for NOUN

    The Number 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
    Number need not match between the NOUN and its governor or head when:
    NOUN is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= conjunct
    the head agrees with its head on= Number-NOUN
    NOUN is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= conjunct
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= compound
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is the= object
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= conjunct
    the head agrees with its head on= Number-NOUN
    NOUN is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= conjunction
    the head agrees with its head on= Number-NOUN
    NOUN is governed by a= noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN has lemma= day
    ( Examples )
    Generally Number should match between the NOUN and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples