세 명이

three people

→ 세
phrase Rare #24,349
three people 명 is a counter for people, and 이 marks the phrase as the subject of the sentence.
KO: 세 명이 같이 점심을 먹었어요.
EN: Three people ate lunch together.

세 명이 죽었다는 게 무슨 말씀 이세요?

What do you mean, three people died?

— Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)

세 명이 함께 쓴 건 가요?

Did three people write it together?

— 옛날 옛적 서부에서 (1968)