diff --git a/spacy/tests/pattern/parser.py b/spacy/tests/pattern/parser.py
index a56bda20a..50dd3ac60 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/pattern/parser.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/pattern/parser.py
@@ -44,25 +44,33 @@ class TestPatternParser:
         assert pattern.number_of_nodes() == 2
         assert pattern.number_of_edges() == 1
 
-        base_node_id = list(pattern.adjacency.keys())[0]
-        adj_map = pattern.adjacency[base_node_id]
+        quick_id = [node_id for node_id, node_attr in pattern.nodes.items()
+                    if node_attr['word'] == 'quick'][0]
 
-        assert len(adj_map) == 1
-        head_node_id = list(adj_map.keys())[0]
-        dep = adj_map[head_node_id]
+        fox_id = [node_id for node_id, node_attr in pattern.nodes.items()
+                  if node_attr['word'] == 'fox'][0]
+
+        quick_map = pattern.adjacency[quick_id]
+        fox_map = pattern.adjacency[fox_id]
+
+        assert len(quick_map) == 0
+        assert len(fox_map) == 1
+
+        dep = fox_map[quick_id]
 
         assert dep == 'amod'
-        assert pattern[base_node_id]['word'] == 'fox'
-        assert pattern[head_node_id]['word'] == 'quick'
 
     def test_define_edge_with_regex(self):
         query = "[word:quick] >/amod|nsubj/ [word:fox]"
         pattern = PatternParser.parse(query)
 
-        base_node_id = list(pattern.adjacency.keys())[0]
-        adj_map = pattern.adjacency[base_node_id]
+        quick_id = [node_id for node_id, node_attr in pattern.nodes.items()
+                    if node_attr['word'] == 'quick'][0]
+
+        fox_id = [node_id for node_id, node_attr in pattern.nodes.items()
+                  if node_attr['word'] == 'fox'][0]
+
+        fox_map = pattern.adjacency[fox_id]
+        dep = fox_map[quick_id]
 
-        assert len(adj_map) == 1
-        head_node_id = list(adj_map.keys())[0]
-        dep = adj_map[head_node_id]
         assert dep == re.compile(r'amod|nsubj', re.U)