diff --git a/controller/predicates/is_single_field_analysis.js b/controller/predicates/is_single_field_analysis.js
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+const _ = require('lodash');
+const Debug = require('../../helper/debug');
+const debugLog = new Debug('controller:predicates:is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst');
+const stackTraceLine = require('../../helper/stackTraceLine');
+
+// returns true IFF req.clean.parsed_text contains exactly 1 field
+module.exports = (req, res) => {
+  const is_single_field_analysis = _.keys(_.get(req, ['clean', 'parsed_text'])).length === 1;
+
+  debugLog.push(req, () => ({
+    reply: is_single_field_analysis,
+    stack_trace: stackTraceLine()
+  }));
+
+  return is_single_field_analysis;
+
+};
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_single_field_analysis.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_single_field_analysis.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const is_single_field_analysis = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_single_field_analysis');
+
+module.exports.tests = {};
+
+module.exports.tests.interface = (test, common) => {
+  test('valid interface', (t) => {
+    t.ok(_.isFunction(is_single_field_analysis), 'is_single_field_analysis is a function');
+    t.end();
+  });
+
+};
+
+module.exports.tests.true_conditions = (test, common) => {
+  test('req.clean.parsed_text with a single field should return true', t => {
+    const req = {
+      clean: {
+        parsed_text: {
+          property: 'value'
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    t.ok(is_single_field_analysis(req));
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+};
+
+module.exports.tests.false_conditions = (test, common) => {
+  test('undefined request should return false', t => {
+    t.notOk(is_single_field_analysis());
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('undefined req.clean should return false', t => {
+    t.notOk(is_single_field_analysis({}));
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('undefined req.clean.parsed_text should return false', t => {
+    t.notOk(is_single_field_analysis({ clean: {} }));
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('req.clean.parsed_text with 0 properties should return false', t => {
+    t.notOk(is_single_field_analysis({ clean: { parsed_text: {} } }));
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('req.clean.parsed_text with 2 properties should return false', t => {
+    const req = {
+      clean: {
+        parsed_text: {
+          property1: 'property1 value',
+          property2: 'property2 value'
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    t.notOk(is_single_field_analysis(req));
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+};
+
+module.exports.all = (tape, common) => {
+  function test(name, testFunction) {
+    return tape(`GET /is_single_field_analysis ${name}`, testFunction);
+  }
+
+  for( const testCase in module.exports.tests ){
+    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
+  }
+};