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+use Mojo::Base -strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Mojo;
+use Mojo::File qw/curfile/;
+
+my $t = Test::Mojo->new('Kalamar');
+push @{$t->app->renderer->paths}, curfile->dirname;
+
+my $c = $t->app->build_controller;
+
+# By default all three shipped parts are used; Kalamar ships no corpus, so
+# the corpus part is a placeholder.
+my $default = $c->include('partial/citation');
+like($default, qr/Under Construction/, 'corpus part is a placeholder by default');
+like($default, qr/KorAP architecture/, 'korap part is shipped');
+like($default, qr/MaltParser/, 'annotation part is shipped');
+
+# Each part can be replaced by an instance template.
+my $custom = $c->include('partial/citation',
+  corpus_citation => 'custom/partial/citation/corpus');
+like($custom, qr/The Example Corpus/, 'corpus part replaced by the instance template');
+unlike($custom, qr/Under Construction/, 'placeholder no longer rendered');
+like($custom, qr/KorAP architecture/, 'korap part still inherited');
+like($custom, qr/MaltParser/, 'annotation part still inherited');
+
+done_testing;