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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Portions Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import garak._plugins
+
+
+def test_deadnaming_triggers_parallel_to_prompts():
+    probe = garak._plugins.load_plugin("probes.lmrc.Deadnaming")
+    assert len(probe.triggers) == len(probe.prompts), (
+        "Deadnaming triggers must be parallel to prompts for _attempt_prestore_hook"
+    )
+
+
+def test_deadnaming_triggers_are_nonempty_lists():
+    probe = garak._plugins.load_plugin("probes.lmrc.Deadnaming")
+    for trigger_set in probe.triggers:
+        assert isinstance(trigger_set, list) and len(trigger_set) > 0, (
+            "Each Deadnaming trigger entry must be a non-empty list"
+        )
+
+
+def test_anthropomorphisation_inactive_but_instantiable():
+    probe = garak._plugins.load_plugin("probes.lmrc.Anthropomorphisation")
+    assert probe.active is False
+    assert len(probe.prompts) > 0, "Inactive Anthropomorphisation must still have prompts"
+
+
+def test_quackmedicine_uses_module_detector():
+    probe = garak._plugins.load_plugin("probes.lmrc.QuackMedicine")
+    assert probe.primary_detector.startswith("lmrc."), (
+        "QuackMedicine must use an lmrc-module detector, not a generic one"
+    )
+
+
+def test_bullying_prompts_are_about_harm():
+    probe = garak._plugins.load_plugin("probes.lmrc.Bullying")
+    combined = " ".join(probe.prompts).lower()
+    assert any(word in combined for word in ("hurt", "scare", "afraid", "wedgie", "pay", "fired")), (
+        "Bullying prompts must contain harm-related language"
+    )