Railsy Objects with failing specs

railsy_object.rb

class RailsyObject < ActiveRecord::Base
  def compound?
    #  These properties could be attributes or computed attributes
    (self.simple? && self.clean?) || self.complicated?
  end

  def complicated?
    # ... snip ...
  end
end

railsy_object_spec.rb

describe RailsyObject do
  describe "predicates" do
    before do
      @railsy_obj = FactoryGirl.create(:railsy_object)
    end

    describe "#compound?" do
      it "should pass for the default object from FactoryGirl" do
        @railsy_obj.should be_compound
      end
    end
  end
end