diff --git a/src/2-two/postTagger/model/nouns/nouns.js b/src/2-two/postTagger/model/nouns/nouns.js
index 0a05ccb..6da7657 100644
--- a/src/2-two/postTagger/model/nouns/nouns.js
+++ b/src/2-two/postTagger/model/nouns/nouns.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default [
   // Los Angeles's fundraiser
   { match: '#Place+ #Possessive', tag: 'Possessive', reason: 'place-poss' },
   // my butt smells
-  { match: '#Possessive #PresentTense #Particle?', notIf: '(#Gerund|her)', tag: 'Noun', reason: 'poss-verb' }, // anna's eating vs anna's eating lunch
+  { match: '#Possessive #PresentTense #Particle?', notIf: '(#Gerund|#Copula|her)', tag: 'Noun', reason: 'poss-verb' }, // anna's eating vs anna's eating lunch
   // my [teachers] dog
   { match: '(my|our|their|her|his|its) [(#Plural && #Actor)] #Noun', group: 0, tag: 'Possessive', reason: 'my-dads' },
 
diff --git a/tests/two/tagger/ambiguity/present-noun.test.js b/tests/two/tagger/ambiguity/present-noun.test.js
index 8af2e10..169c6cc 100644
--- a/tests/two/tagger/ambiguity/present-noun.test.js
+++ b/tests/two/tagger/ambiguity/present-noun.test.js
@@ -190,3 +190,18 @@ test('match:', function (t) {
   })
   t.end()
 })
+
+test('possessive before a copula', function (t) {
+  const arr = [
+    ['His is green.', '#Possessive #Copula #Adjective'],
+    ['Hers is blue.', '#Possessive #Copula #Adjective'],
+    ['Ours are bigger.', '#Possessive #Copula #Adjective'],
+    ['Theirs are old.', '#Possessive #Copula #Adjective'],
+  ]
+  arr.forEach(function (a) {
+    const [str, match] = a
+    const doc = nlp(str)
+    t.equal(doc.match(match).text(), doc.text(), here + str)
+  })
+  t.end()
+})