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+import os
+import random
+import string
+import tarfile
+from collections import defaultdict
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from parameterized import parameterized
+from torchtext.datasets.penntreebank import PennTreebank
+
+from ..common.case_utils import TempDirMixin, zip_equal
+from ..common.torchtext_test_case import TorchtextTestCase
+
+
+def _get_mock_dataset(root_dir):
+    """
+    root_dir: directory to the mocked dataset
+    """
+    base_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, "PennTreebank")
+    os.makedirs(base_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    seed = 1
+    mocked_data = defaultdict(list)
+    for file_name in ("ptb.train.txt", "ptb.valid.txt", "ptb.test.txt"):
+        txt_file = os.path.join(base_dir, file_name)
+        with open(txt_file, "w") as f:
+            for i in range(5):
+                rand_string = " ".join(
+                    random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for i in range(seed)
+                )
+                dataset_line = f"{rand_string}"
+                # append line to correct dataset split
+                split = file_name.replace("ptb.", "").replace(".txt", "")
+                mocked_data[split].append(dataset_line)
+                f.write(f"{rand_string}\n")
+                seed += 1
+
+    return mocked_data
+
+
+class TestPennTreebank(TempDirMixin, TorchtextTestCase):
+    root_dir = None
+    samples = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        cls.root_dir = cls.get_base_temp_dir()
+        cls.samples = _get_mock_dataset(cls.root_dir)
+        cls.patcher = patch(
+            "torchdata.datapipes.iter.util.cacheholder._hash_check", return_value=True
+        )
+        cls.patcher.start()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.patcher.stop()
+        super().tearDownClass()
+
+    @parameterized.expand(["train", "valid", "test"])
+    def test_penn_treebank_polarity(self, split):
+        dataset = PennTreebank(root=self.root_dir, split=split)
+
+        samples = list(dataset)
+        expected_samples = self.samples[split]
+        for sample, expected_sample in zip_equal(samples, expected_samples):
+            self.assertEqual(sample, expected_sample)
+
+    @parameterized.expand(["train", "valid", "test"])
+    def test_penn_treebank_split_argument(self, split):
+        dataset1 = PennTreebank(root=self.root_dir, split=split)
+        (dataset2,) = PennTreebank(root=self.root_dir, split=(split,))
+
+        for d1, d2 in zip_equal(dataset1, dataset2):
+            self.assertEqual(d1, d2)