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: As well as the town itself, there were a dozen or so villages like ours under his lordship.

SOLUTION: Plural

PROBLEM: The captain searched the boy, cruelly bound his hands behind his back, and took the reins of the' silly horse.'

SOLUTION: Singular

PROBLEM: By the time we got to check out, the cart was overflowing.

SOLUTION:
Singular