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    • Rules for Number agreement for VERB

    The Number values should match between the VERB 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 Number should match between the VERB and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples
    Number need not match between the VERB and its governor or head when:
    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is nearby= subject
    VERB is the= auxiliary
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is the= auxiliary
    VERB is governed by= avere
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is nearby= punctuation
    VERB is the= auxiliary
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= pronoun
    VERB is nearby= punctuation
    VERB is nearby= conjunct
    VERB is the= auxiliary
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is the= auxiliary
    ( Examples )
    OR

    the head agrees with its head on= Number-VERB
    VERB is nearby= si
    ( Examples )
    OR

    the head agrees with its head on= Number-VERB
    VERB is nearby= avere
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= noun
    ( Examples )