diff --git a/spacy/tests/parser/test_arc_eager_oracle.py b/spacy/tests/parser/test_arc_eager_oracle.py
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+from ...vocab import Vocab
+from ...pipeline import DependencyParser
+from ...tokens import Doc
+from ...gold import GoldParse
+from ...syntax.nonproj import projectivize
+
+annot_tuples = [
+    (0, 'When', 'WRB', 11, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (1, 'Walter', 'NNP', 2, 'compound', 'B-PERSON'),
+    (2, 'Rodgers', 'NNP', 11, 'nsubj', 'L-PERSON'),
+    (3, ',', ',', 2, 'punct', 'O'),
+    (4, 'our', 'PRP$', 6, 'poss', 'O'),
+    (5, 'embedded', 'VBN', 6, 'amod', 'O'),
+    (6, 'reporter', 'NN', 2, 'appos', 'O'),
+    (7, 'with', 'IN', 6, 'prep', 'O'),
+    (8, 'the', 'DT', 10, 'det', 'B-ORG'),
+    (9, '3rd', 'NNP', 10, 'compound', 'I-ORG'),
+    (10, 'Cavalry', 'NNP', 7, 'pobj', 'L-ORG'),
+    (11, 'says', 'VBZ', 44, 'advcl', 'O'),
+    (12, 'three', 'CD', 13, 'nummod', 'U-CARDINAL'),
+    (13, 'battalions', 'NNS', 16, 'nsubj', 'O'),
+    (14, 'of', 'IN', 13, 'prep', 'O'),
+    (15, 'troops', 'NNS', 14, 'pobj', 'O'),
+    (16, 'are', 'VBP', 11, 'ccomp', 'O'),
+    (17, 'on', 'IN', 16, 'prep', 'O'),
+    (18, 'the', 'DT', 19, 'det', 'O'),
+    (19, 'ground', 'NN', 17, 'pobj', 'O'),
+    (20, ',', ',', 17, 'punct', 'O'),
+    (21, 'inside', 'IN', 17, 'prep', 'O'),
+    (22, 'Baghdad', 'NNP', 21, 'pobj', 'U-GPE'),
+    (23, 'itself', 'PRP', 22, 'appos', 'O'),
+    (24, ',', ',', 16, 'punct', 'O'),
+    (25, 'have', 'VBP', 26, 'aux', 'O'),
+    (26, 'taken', 'VBN', 16, 'dep', 'O'),
+    (27, 'up', 'RP', 26, 'prt', 'O'),
+    (28, 'positions', 'NNS', 26, 'dobj', 'O'),
+    (29, 'they', 'PRP', 31, 'nsubj', 'O'),
+    (30, "'re", 'VBP', 31, 'aux', 'O'),
+    (31, 'going', 'VBG', 26, 'parataxis', 'O'),
+    (32, 'to', 'TO', 33, 'aux', 'O'),
+    (33, 'spend', 'VB', 31, 'xcomp', 'O'),
+    (34, 'the', 'DT', 35, 'det', 'B-TIME'), 
+    (35, 'night', 'NN', 33, 'dobj', 'L-TIME'),
+    (36, 'there', 'RB', 33, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (37, 'presumably', 'RB', 33, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (38, ',', ',', 44, 'punct', 'O'),
+    (39, 'how', 'WRB', 40, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (40, 'many', 'JJ', 41, 'amod', 'O'),
+    (41, 'soldiers', 'NNS', 44, 'pobj', 'O'),
+    (42, 'are', 'VBP', 44, 'aux', 'O'),
+    (43, 'we', 'PRP', 44, 'nsubj', 'O'),
+    (44, 'talking', 'VBG', 44, 'ROOT', 'O'),
+    (45, 'about', 'IN', 44, 'prep', 'O'),
+    (46, 'right', 'RB', 47, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (47, 'now', 'RB', 44, 'advmod', 'O'),
+    (48, '?', '.', 44, 'punct', 'O')]
+
+def test_get_oracle_actions():
+    doc = Doc(Vocab(), words=[t[1] for t in annot_tuples])
+    parser = DependencyParser(doc.vocab)
+    parser.moves.add_action(0, '')
+    parser.moves.add_action(1, '')
+    parser.moves.add_action(1, '')
+    parser.moves.add_action(4, 'ROOT')
+    for i, (id_, word, tag, head, dep, ent) in enumerate(annot_tuples):
+        if head > i:
+            parser.moves.add_action(2, dep)
+        elif head < i:
+            parser.moves.add_action(3, dep)
+    ids, words, tags, heads, deps, ents = zip(*annot_tuples)
+    heads, deps = projectivize(heads, deps)
+    gold = GoldParse(doc, words=words, tags=tags, heads=heads, deps=deps)
+    parser.moves.preprocess_gold(gold)
+    actions = parser.moves.get_oracle_sequence(doc, gold)