TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given a sentence. You must judge whether subject of the main clause is singular or plural. Label the instances as "Singular" or "Plural" based on your judgment.
PROBLEM: My mate and children are dead.

SOLUTION: Singular

PROBLEM: A plastic tarp, stolen from the highway department, capped the works.

SOLUTION: Singular

PROBLEM: The way the painting was wrapped, the careful movements, even the shape of the man was exactly the same as that night.

SOLUTION:
Plural