diff --git a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/correction/search-quotient-node.ts b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/correction/search-quotient-node.ts
index 7d1a953bf0..e6d5c1217d 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/correction/search-quotient-node.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/correction/search-quotient-node.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 import { LexicalModelTypes } from "@keymanapp/common-types";
 
 import { SearchNode, SearchResult } from "./distance-modeler.js";
+import { SearchQuotientSpur } from "./search-quotient-spur.js";
+import { SearchQuotientRoot } from "./search-quotient-root.js";
 
 import Distribution = LexicalModelTypes.Distribution;
 import Transform = LexicalModelTypes.Transform;
-import { SearchQuotientSpur } from "./search-quotient-spur.js";
 
 let SPACE_ID_SEED = 0;
 
@@ -62,20 +63,20 @@ export interface InputSegment {
 }
 
 /**
- * Models the properties and portion of an input event applied by a SearchSpace for
- * correction-search purposes.
+ * Models the properties and portion of an input event applied by a
+ * SearchQuotientNode for correction-search purposes.
  */
 export interface PathInputProperties {
   /**
    * Denotes the portion of the ongoing input stream represented by the corresponding
-   * input distribution(s) of a SearchSpace.
+   * input distribution(s) of a SearchQuotientNode.
    */
   segment: InputSegment;
 
   /**
    * Notes the highest probability found in the input event's transform
    * distribution, regardless of whether or not that specific corresponding
-   * input is included within the SearchSpace's correction space.
+   * input is included within the SearchQuotientNode's correction space.
    */
   bestProbFromSet: number;
 
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ export interface SearchQuotientNode {
   readonly spaceId: number;
 
   /**
-   * Notes the SearchQuotientNode(s) whose correction-search paths are extended
-   * by this SearchQuotientNode.
+   * Notes the SearchQuotientNode(s) whose correction-search paths are extended by this
+   * SearchQuotientNode.
    */
   readonly parents: SearchQuotientNode[];
 
@@ -163,7 +164,9 @@ export interface SearchQuotientNode {
   /**
    * Retrieves the sequence of inputs that led to this SearchSpace.
    *
-   * THIS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY.  (Once SearchQuotientNode takes on merging &
+   * THIS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY in favor of `constituentPaths` below, which
+   * provides an improved view into the data and models multiple paths to the
+   * space when they exist.  (Once SearchQuotientNode takes on merging &
    * splitting)
    */
   readonly inputSequence: Distribution<Transform>[];
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ export interface SearchQuotientNode {
  * @param keystrokeDistributions
  * @internal
  */
-export function quotientPathHasInputs(node: SearchQuotientNode, keystrokeDistributions: Distribution<Transform>[]): boolean {
+function quotientPathHasInputs(node: SearchQuotientNode, keystrokeDistributions: Distribution<Transform>[]): boolean {
   if(!(node instanceof SearchQuotientSpur)) {
     for(const p of node.parents) {
       if(quotientPathHasInputs(p, keystrokeDistributions)) {
@@ -263,4 +266,33 @@ export function quotientPathHasInputs(node: SearchQuotientNode, keystrokeDistrib
 
     return parentHasInput();
   }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enumerates the different potential SearchQuotientSpur sequences that lead
+ * to a SearchQuotientNode.
+ *
+ * Intended only for use during unit testing.  Does not include the root node.
+ */
+function constituentPaths(node: SearchQuotientNode): SearchQuotientSpur[][] {
+  if(node instanceof SearchQuotientRoot) {
+    return [];
+  } else if(node instanceof SearchQuotientSpur) {
+    const parentPaths = constituentPaths(node.parents[0]);
+    if(parentPaths.length > 0) {
+      return parentPaths.map(p => {
+        p.push(node);
+        return p;
+      });
+    } else {
+      return [[node]];
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("constituentPaths is unable to handle a new, unexpected SearchQuotientNode type");
+  }
+}
+
+export const unitTestEndpoints = {
+  quotientPathHasInputs,
+  constituentPaths
 }
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diff --git a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/test-index.ts b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/test-index.ts
index 291e9296b7..c6a05e7694 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/test-index.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/src/main/test-index.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ export { ModelCompositor } from './model-compositor.js';
 export * from './predict-helpers.js';
 export { default as TransformUtils } from './transformUtils.js'
 export { default as LMLayerWorker } from './index.js'
-export * from './transform-subsets.js';
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+export * from './transform-subsets.js';
+
+// unitTestEndpoints
+import { unitTestEndpoints as SearchQuotientNodeEndpoints } from './correction/search-quotient-node.js';
+export const unitTestEndpoints: typeof SearchQuotientNodeEndpoints = {
+  ...SearchQuotientNodeEndpoints
+}
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diff --git a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/context/context-token.tests.ts b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/context/context-token.tests.ts
index e242b79c54..07caadbe78 100644
--- a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/context/context-token.tests.ts
+++ b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/context/context-token.tests.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { default as defaultBreaker } from '@keymanapp/models-wordbreakers';
 import { jsonFixture } from '@keymanapp/common-test-resources/model-helpers.mjs';
 import { LexicalModelTypes } from '@keymanapp/common-types';
+import { KMWString } from '@keymanapp/web-utils';
 
-import { ContextToken, correction, generateSubsetId, getBestMatches, models, preprocessInputSources, quotientPathHasInputs, SearchQuotientSpur } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
+import { ContextToken, correction, generateSubsetId, getBestMatches, models, preprocessInputSources, SearchQuotientSpur, unitTestEndpoints } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
 
 import Distribution = LexicalModelTypes.Distribution;
 import ExecutionTimer = correction.ExecutionTimer;
 import Transform = LexicalModelTypes.Transform;
 import TrieModel = models.TrieModel;
-import { KMWString } from '@keymanapp/web-utils';
+
+const { quotientPathHasInputs } = unitTestEndpoints;
 
 var plainModel = new TrieModel(jsonFixture('models/tries/english-1000'),
   {wordBreaker: defaultBreaker});
diff --git a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-node.tests.ts b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-node.tests.ts
index 85681a944e..7e50825b57 100644
--- a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-node.tests.ts
+++ b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-node.tests.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 
 import { jsonFixture } from '@keymanapp/common-test-resources/model-helpers.mjs';
-import { LegacyQuotientRoot, models, quotientPathHasInputs } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
+import { LegacyQuotientRoot, models, unitTestEndpoints } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
 
 import { buildSimplePathSplitFixture } from './search-quotient-spur.tests.js';
 
+const { quotientPathHasInputs } = unitTestEndpoints;
+
 import TrieModel = models.TrieModel;
 
 const testModel = new TrieModel(jsonFixture('models/tries/english-1000'));
diff --git a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-spur.tests.ts b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-spur.tests.ts
index 92fb31f35e..8c01201c6c 100644
--- a/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-spur.tests.ts
+++ b/web/src/test/auto/headless/engine/predictive-text/worker-thread/correction-search/search-quotient-spur.tests.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 
 import { jsonFixture } from '@keymanapp/common-test-resources/model-helpers.mjs';
-import { LegacyQuotientSpur, models, LegacyQuotientRoot, quotientPathHasInputs } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
+import { LegacyQuotientSpur, models, LegacyQuotientRoot, unitTestEndpoints } from '@keymanapp/lm-worker/test-index';
 
 import TrieModel = models.TrieModel;
 
+const { constituentPaths, quotientPathHasInputs } = unitTestEndpoints;
+
 const testModel = new TrieModel(jsonFixture('models/tries/english-1000'));
 
 export function buildSimplePathSplitFixture() {
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export function buildSimplePathSplitFixture() {
   const path4 = new LegacyQuotientSpur(path3, distrib4, distrib4[0]);
 
   return {
-    paths: [rootPath, path1, path2, path3, path4],
+    paths: [null, path1, path2, path3, path4],
     distributions: [distrib1, distrib2, distrib3, distrib4]
   };
 }
@@ -270,6 +272,23 @@ describe('SearchQuotientSpur', () => {
         {text: '', p: 1})
       );
       assert.isTrue(quotientPathHasInputs(pathToSplit, distributions));
+      assert.equal(constituentPaths(pathToSplit).length, 1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('constituentPaths', () => {
+    it('includes a single entry array when all parents are SearchQuotientSpurs', () => {
+      const { paths } = buildSimplePathSplitFixture();
+      const finalPath = paths[4];
+
+      assert.equal(constituentPaths(finalPath).length, 1);
+
+      const pathSequence = constituentPaths(finalPath)[0];
+      assert.equal(pathSequence.length, 4); // 4 inputs; does not include root node
+
+      assert.sameOrderedMembers(pathSequence, paths.slice(1));
+    });
+
+    // TODO:  add a test for mixed SearchPath / SearchCluster cases.
+  });
 });
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