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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
    Generally Gender should match between the NOUN and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples
    Gender need not match between the NOUN and its governor or head when:
    NOUN is governed by a= proper noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= noun
    NOUN is nearby= appositional modifier
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is nearby= determiner
    NOUN is governed by a= proper noun
    ( Examples )
    OR

    NOUN is governed by a= proper noun
    NOUN is nearby= van
    ( Examples )