Task: Pos Tagging
Input (English): Sentence: << " I have told you , friend , " said the curate , " that this is done to divert our idle thoughts ; and as in well - ordered states games of CHESS , fives , and billiards are allowed for the diversion of those who do not care , or are not obliged , or are unable to work , so books of this kind {{ are }} allowed to be printed , on the supposition that , what indeed is the truth , there can be nobody so ignorant as to take any of them for true stories ; >> 
Word: are
Output (English): VBP