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  • There is NO required-agreement between the head and its PRON for Number

    Features that make up this rule
    Active FeaturesInactive Features
    PRON is nearby= they
    PRON is the= possessive modifer

    Examples that do not agree: The words of interest are marked by ***, hover over those tokens to see more information.

    
    1	It	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	is	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	daily	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	occurrence	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	same	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	people	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	who	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	finance	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	arm	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	dispatch	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	suicide	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	murderers	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	condemn	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	act	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	in	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	English	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	in	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	front	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    26	of	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	western	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    28	TV	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    29	cameras	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    30	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    31	talking	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    32	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    33	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    34	world	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    35	audience	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    36	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    37	which	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    38	even	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    39	partly	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    40	***believes***	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    41	***them***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	comp:obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
    42	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	Meanwhile	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	Arthur	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	Levitt	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	has	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	agreed	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	meet	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	with	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	us	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	in	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	September	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	brainstorm	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	on	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	ideas	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	we	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	've	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	generated	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	also	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	give	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	us	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    26	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	sense	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    28	of	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    29	some	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    30	of	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    31	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    32	issues	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    33	as	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    34	he	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    35	***sees***	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    36	***them***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	comp:obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
    37	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	I	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	think	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	for	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	starters	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	***myself***	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	0	_	_	_
    7	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	***those***	those	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	conj	_	_
    9	of	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	you	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	who	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	believe	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	in	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	God	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	could	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	say	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	special	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	prayer	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	for	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	i	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	have	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	Mature	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	male	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	female	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	***they***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	subj	_	_
    9	are	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	together	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	a	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	***lot***	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	_	_	_
    13	but	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	never	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	laid	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	eggs	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	as	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	far	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	as	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	i	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	know	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	can	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	anyone	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	help	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	me	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    26	figure	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	out	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    28	how	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    29	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    30	make	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    31	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    32	mate	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	The	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	difference	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	***is***	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    4	what	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	***they***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	subj	_	_
    6	need	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	live	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	VS	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	what	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	's	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	ideal	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	for	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	The	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	whole	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	family	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	***loves***	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    5	***them***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	comp:obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
    6	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	Surgery	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	visit	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	timings	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	were	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	always	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	made	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	suit	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	***me***	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	_	_	_
    10	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	not	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	***them***	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	conj	_	_
    13	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	gave	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	me	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	feeling	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	I	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	mattered	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	was	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	important	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    26	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    

    Examples that agree: The words of interest are denoted by ***

    
    1	The	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	Kerry	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	camp	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	blames	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	Bush	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	for	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	Swift	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	boat	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	veterans	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	’	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	attack	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	but	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	***anyone***	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing	25	subj	_	_
    16	who	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	has	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	spent	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	much	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	time	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	talking	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	Swifties	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	***gets***	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    26	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	sense	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    28	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    29	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    30	are	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    31	doing	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    32	it	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    33	entirely	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    34	for	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    35	their	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    36	own	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    37	reasons	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    38	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	Any	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	government	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	assumes	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	power	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	after	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	elections	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	also	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	***realises***	realise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    11	***this***	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	comp:obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
    12	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	so	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	not	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	even	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	Sistani	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	is	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	going	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	call	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	US	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    24	withdraw	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    25	its	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    26	troops	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    27	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    28	despite	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    29	what	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    30	he	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    31	is	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    32	saying	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    33	now	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    34	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    35	not	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    36	until	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    37	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    38	are	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    39	ensured	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    40	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    41	insurgency	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    42	is	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    43	out	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    44	of	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    45	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    46	picture	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    47	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    48	or	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    49	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    50	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    51	have	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    52	an	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    53	alternative	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    54	foreign	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    55	power	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    56	(	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    57	in	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    58	this	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    59	case	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    60	Iran	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    61	)	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    62	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    63	back	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    64	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    65	up	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    66	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	***He***	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	subj	_	SpaceAfter=No
    2	***'s***	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    3	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	issue	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	you	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	are	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	trying	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	"	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	Make	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	"	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	mate	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	So	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    2	if	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    3	you	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	lose	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	him	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	***he***	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	subj	_	_
    8	***is***	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    9	easier	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	find	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    12	,	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    13	because	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    14	smaller	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    15	rodents	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    16	just	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    17	LOVE	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    18	to	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    19	escape	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    20	from	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    21	their	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    22	cages	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    23	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
    1	***It***	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	subj	_	_
    2	***is***	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	_	_	_
    3	literally	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    4	monkey	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    5	see	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    6	and	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    7	monkey	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    8	do	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    9	with	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    10	them	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    11	.	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
    
    
    
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