from __future__ import unicode_literals import pytest @pytest.mark.models('en') def test_issue1207(EN): text = 'Employees are recruiting talented staffers from overseas.' doc = EN(text) assert [i.text for i in doc.noun_chunks] == ['Employees', 'talented staffers'] sent = list(doc.sents)[0] assert [i.text for i in sent.noun_chunks] == ['Employees', 'talented staffers']