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+from typing import List
+
+from pytest import fixture, mark
+
+from edsnlp.pipelines.qualifiers.family import FamilyContext
+from edsnlp.utils.examples import parse_example
+
+examples: List[str] = [
+    (
+        "Le père est <ent family=True>asthmatique</ent>, "
+        "sans traitement traitement particulier."
+    ),
+    "Son père est atteint de la <ent family=True>COVID</ent>",
+    "Son père a une infection au <ent family=True>COVID</ent>",
+    "Son père a une possible infection au <ent family=True>COVID</ent>",
+    (
+        "Le père du patient a eu un <ent family_=FAMILY>cancer du colon</ent>. "
+        "La mère se porte bien."
+    ),
+    "Antécédents familiaux : <ent family_=FAMILY>diabète</ent>.",
+    "Un <ent family_=PATIENT>relevé</ent> sanguin a été effectué.",
+    (
+        "Antécédent familiaux de diabète mais pas "
+        "<ent family_=PATIENT>détecté</ent> jusqu'ici."
+    ),
+    "mère : <ent family=True>diabète de type II</ent>",
+]
+
+
+@fixture
+def family_factory(blank_nlp):
+
+    default_config = dict(
+        family=None,
+        termination=None,
+        attr="NORM",
+        use_sections=False,
+        explain=True,
+    )
+
+    def factory(on_ents_only, **kwargs):
+
+        config = dict(**default_config)
+        config.update(kwargs)
+
+        return FamilyContext(
+            nlp=blank_nlp,
+            on_ents_only=on_ents_only,
+            **config,
+        )
+
+    return factory
+
+
+@mark.parametrize("on_ents_only", [True, False])
+@mark.parametrize("use_sections", [True, False])
+def test_family(blank_nlp, family_factory, on_ents_only, use_sections):
+
+    family = family_factory(
+        on_ents_only=on_ents_only,
+        use_sections=use_sections,
+    )
+
+    for example in examples:
+        text, entities = parse_example(example=example)
+
+        doc = blank_nlp(text)
+        doc.ents = [
+            doc.char_span(ent.start_char, ent.end_char, label="ent") for ent in entities
+        ]
+
+        doc = family(doc)
+
+        for entity, ent in zip(entities, doc.ents):
+
+            for modifier in entity.modifiers:
+
+                assert bool(ent._.family_cues) == (modifier.value in {"FAMILY", True})
+
+                assert (
+                    getattr(ent._, modifier.key) == modifier.value
+                ), f"{modifier.key} labels don't match."
+
+                if not on_ents_only:
+                    for token in ent:
+                        assert (
+                            getattr(token._, modifier.key) == modifier.value
+                        ), f"{modifier.key} labels don't match."