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    • Rules for Number agreement for PRON

    The Number values should match between the PRON 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 PRON and its governor or head when:
    PRON is the= possessive modifer
    ( Examples )
    OR

    PRON is the= possessive modifer
    PRON has lemma= they
    ( Examples )
    OR

    PRON is the= conjunct
    ( Examples )
    OR

    PRON is nearby= they
    ( Examples )
    OR

    PRON is nearby= we
    ( Examples )
    OR

    PRON is the= possessive modifer
    PRON has lemma= we
    ( Examples )
    Generally Number should match between the PRON and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples