code: def join_mwp(tags: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      
      ret = []
      verb_flag = False
      for tag in tags:
          if "V" in tag:
              # Create a continuous 'V' BIO span
              prefix, _ = tag.split("-")
              if verb_flag:
                  # Continue a verb label across the different predicate parts
                  prefix = 'I'
              ret.append(f"{prefix}-V")
              verb_flag = True
          else:
              ret.append(tag)
              verb_flag = False
  
      return ret
docs: Join multi-word predicates to a single
      predicate ('V') token.