diff --git a/tests/unit/test_contracts_graph_parsed.py b/tests/unit/test_contracts_graph_parsed.py
index 498ec5480e1..36f4e96eacf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_contracts_graph_parsed.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_contracts_graph_parsed.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     HookNode,
     Owner,
     TestMetadata,
+    SemanticModel,
 )
 from dbt.contracts.graph.unparsed import (
     ExposureType,
@@ -2354,3 +2355,111 @@ def basic_parsed_metric_object():
         meta={},
         tags=[],
     )
+
+
+# SEMANTIC MODELS
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def full_parsed_semantic_model_dict():
+    return {
+        # From BaseNode
+        "name": "full_parsed_semantic_model",
+        "resource_type": str(NodeType.SemanticModel),
+        "package_name": "semantic_models",
+        "path": "a_path",
+        "original_file_path": "where/it/lived",
+        "unique_id": "project_name.semantic_models.full_parsed_semantic_model",
+        # From GraphNode
+        "fqn": ["project_name", "semantic_models", "full_parsed_semantic_model"],
+        # From SemanticModel
+        "model": 'ref("model_name")',
+        "node_relation": {
+            "alias": "model_name",
+            "schema_name": "schema_name",
+            "database": "database_name",
+            "relation_name": "database_name.schema_name.model_name",
+        },
+        "description": "a description of what this semantic model represents",
+        "defaults": {"agg_time_dimension": "a_time_dimension_name"},
+        "entities": [
+            {
+                "name": "foreign_entity",
+                "type": "foreign",
+                "description": "id of foreign semantic model",
+                "role": "what is this",
+                "expr": "foreign_id",
+            }
+        ],
+        "measures": [
+            {
+                "name": "measuring_stuff",
+                "agg": "count",
+                "description": "a count of stuff",
+                "create_metric": True,
+                "expr": "1",
+                "agg_params": {
+                    "percentile": 0.5,
+                    "use_discrete_percentile": False,
+                    "use_approximate_percentile": False,
+                },
+                "non_additive_dimension": {
+                    "name": "dimension_name",
+                    "window_choice": "sum",
+                    "window_groupings": ["some", "groupings"],
+                },
+                "agg_time_dimension": "non_default_time_dimension",
+            }
+        ],
+        "dimensions": [
+            {
+                "name": "my_dimension",
+                "type": "categorical",
+                "description": "a dimension that denotes a category",
+                "is_partition": False,
+                "type_params": {
+                    "time_granularity": "day",
+                    "validity_params": {
+                        "is_start": False,
+                        "is_end": False,
+                    },
+                },
+                "expr": "column_name",
+                "metadata": {
+                    "repo_file_path": "where/it/lives/file.yml",
+                    "file_slice": {
+                        "filename": "file.yml",
+                        "content": "raw dimension yaml",
+                        "start_line_number": 25,
+                        "end_line_number": 30,
+                    },
+                },
+            }
+        ],
+        "metadata": {
+            "repo_file_path": "where/it/lived/file.yml",
+            "file_slice": {
+                "filename": "file.yml",
+                "content": "raw_yaml_object...",
+                "start_line_number": 15,
+                "end_line_number": 30,
+            },
+        },
+        "depends_on": {"macros": [], "nodes": []},
+        "refs": [],
+        "created_at": 1,
+        "config": {"enabled": False, "group": "my_group"},
+        "unrendered_config": {},
+        "primary_entity": "for_some_reason_i_set_this",
+        "group": "my_group",
+    }
+
+
+def test_full_parsed_semantic_model(full_parsed_semantic_model_dict):
+    # check that the object loaded from the dict is symmetric with the original dict
+    loaded_object = SemanticModel.from_dict(full_parsed_semantic_model_dict)
+    assert_symmetric(loaded_object, full_parsed_semantic_model_dict, SemanticModel)
+    assert_from_dict(loaded_object, full_parsed_semantic_model_dict, SemanticModel)
+
+    # check that the loaded_object can be dumped and loaded without error
+    pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(loaded_object))