diff --git a/semantica/split/methods.py b/semantica/split/methods.py
index 3c3d1193..8c338dc6 100644
--- a/semantica/split/methods.py
+++ b/semantica/split/methods.py
@@ -1180,7 +1180,9 @@ def split_graph_based(
         )
 
         entities = ner_extractor.extract(text)
-        relations = relation_extractor.extract(text)
+        # Relation extraction requires the extracted entities; failing to pass
+        # them raises and can trigger the broad fallback to recursive splitting.
+        relations = relation_extractor.extract(text, entities)
 
         # Build graph
         G = nx.Graph()
@@ -1623,8 +1625,9 @@ def split_sliding_window(
         )
 
     try:
+        effective_stride = stride if stride is not None else (chunk_size - overlap)
         chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(
-            chunk_size=chunk_size, overlap=overlap, stride=stride, **kwargs
+            chunk_size=chunk_size, overlap=overlap, stride=effective_stride, **kwargs
         )
         return chunker.chunk(text, preserve_boundaries=preserve_boundaries, **kwargs)
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/tests/split/test_chunkers.py b/tests/split/test_chunkers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7210a9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/split/test_chunkers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,592 @@
+"""Tests for previously untested split chunker classes (issue #864)."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from semantica.split.kg_chunkers import (
+    EntityAwareChunker,
+    GraphBasedChunker,
+    HierarchicalChunker,
+    OntologyAwareChunker,
+    RelationAwareChunker,
+)
+from semantica.split.methods import (
+    SEMANTIC_EXTRACT_AVAILABLE,
+    NETWORKX_AVAILABLE,
+    split_by_characters,
+    split_by_paragraphs,
+    split_by_sentences,
+    split_by_words,
+    split_entity_aware,
+    split_graph_based,
+    split_hierarchical,
+    split_ontology_aware,
+    split_recursive,
+    split_relation_aware,
+    split_sliding_window,
+    split_structural,
+)
+from semantica.split.semantic_chunker import Chunk
+from semantica.split.sliding_window_chunker import SlidingWindowChunker
+from semantica.split.structural_chunker import StructuralChunker, StructuralElement
+from semantica.split.table_chunker import TableChunk, TableChunker
+from semantica.utils.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+requires_semantic_extract = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not SEMANTIC_EXTRACT_AVAILABLE,
+    reason="semantica.semantic_extract is not available",
+)
+requires_networkx = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not NETWORKX_AVAILABLE,
+    reason="networkx is not available",
+)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SlidingWindowChunker
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestSlidingWindowChunker:
+    def test_init_defaults_and_validation(self):
+        chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=100, overlap=20)
+        assert chunker.chunk_size == 100
+        assert chunker.overlap == 20
+        assert chunker.stride == 80
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=0)
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=100, overlap=-1)
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=100, overlap=100)
+
+    def test_empty_text_returns_empty(self):
+        chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=50, overlap=10)
+        assert chunker.chunk("") == []
+
+    def test_fixed_size_overlap_invariant(self):
+        """Last `overlap` chars of chunk N appear at the start of chunk N+1."""
+        text = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789" * 3  # 108 chars
+        overlap = 10
+        chunk_size = 30
+        chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(
+            chunk_size=chunk_size, overlap=overlap, stride=chunk_size - overlap
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text, preserve_boundaries=False)
+
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+        for i in range(len(chunks) - 1):
+            # Final chunk may be shorter than overlap; compare shared window only
+            shared = min(overlap, len(chunks[i].text), len(chunks[i + 1].text))
+            expected_overlap = chunks[i].text[-shared:]
+            actual_prefix = chunks[i + 1].text[:shared]
+            assert actual_prefix == expected_overlap, (
+                f"Overlap mismatch between chunk {i} and {i + 1}: "
+                f"{expected_overlap!r} != {actual_prefix!r}"
+            )
+
+        for i in range(len(chunks) - 1):
+            assert (
+                chunks[i + 1].start_index - chunks[i].start_index
+                == chunk_size - overlap
+            )
+
+    def test_chunk_with_overlap_helper(self):
+        text = "word " * 40
+        chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=50, overlap=0)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk_with_overlap(text, overlap_size=15)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+        assert chunker.overlap == 0
+
+    def test_boundary_preservation_avoids_mid_word_when_possible(self):
+        text = (
+            "Alice went to the market. Bob bought apples. "
+            "Carol cooked dinner. Dave drove home."
+        )
+        chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(chunk_size=40, overlap=10)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text, preserve_boundaries=True)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            assert isinstance(chunk, Chunk)
+            assert chunk.text
+            assert chunk.metadata.get("chunk_index") is not None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# StructuralChunker
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestStructuralChunker:
+    MARKDOWN_DOC = """# Introduction
+
+This is the intro paragraph about the project.
+
+## Details
+
+Here are more details about how it works.
+
+- item one
+- item two
+- item three
+
+## Conclusion
+
+Final thoughts on the subject.
+"""
+
+    def test_empty_text_returns_empty(self):
+        chunker = StructuralChunker(max_chunk_size=500)
+        assert chunker.chunk("") == []
+
+    def test_heading_based_splits(self):
+        chunker = StructuralChunker(respect_headers=True, max_chunk_size=200)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(self.MARKDOWN_DOC)
+
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            assert isinstance(chunk, Chunk)
+            assert chunk.metadata.get("structure_preserved") is True
+            assert "element_types" in chunk.metadata
+
+        all_types = []
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            all_types.extend(chunk.metadata["element_types"])
+        assert "heading" in all_types
+        assert "paragraph" in all_types
+
+    def test_heading_boundaries_separate_sections(self):
+        """Distinct top-level headings must not be merged into one chunk."""
+        doc = """# Alpha
+
+Content exclusively about alpha topic here.
+
+# Beta
+
+Content exclusively about beta topic here.
+"""
+        chunker = StructuralChunker(respect_headers=True, max_chunk_size=50)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(doc)
+
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+        alpha_chunks = [c for c in chunks if "exclusively about alpha" in c.text]
+        beta_chunks = [c for c in chunks if "exclusively about beta" in c.text]
+        assert alpha_chunks, "Alpha section body missing from chunks"
+        assert beta_chunks, "Beta section body missing from chunks"
+
+        # Heading-boundary invariant: alpha and beta bodies stay in separate chunks
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            has_alpha = "exclusively about alpha" in chunk.text
+            has_beta = "exclusively about beta" in chunk.text
+            assert not (has_alpha and has_beta), (
+                f"Sections merged across heading boundary: {chunk.text!r}"
+            )
+
+    def test_extract_structure_detects_headings_and_lists(self):
+        chunker = StructuralChunker()
+        elements = chunker._extract_structure(self.MARKDOWN_DOC)
+        types = [e.type for e in elements]
+        assert "heading" in types
+        assert "list" in types
+        assert "paragraph" in types
+        assert all(isinstance(e, StructuralElement) for e in elements)
+
+    def test_code_block_preserved(self):
+        text = """# Code
+
+```python
+def hello():
+    return "world"
+```
+
+After the code.
+"""
+        chunker = StructuralChunker(max_chunk_size=2000)
+        elements = chunker._extract_structure(text)
+        types = [e.type for e in elements]
+        assert "code_block" in types
+        code = next(e for e in elements if e.type == "code_block")
+        assert "def hello" in code.text
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TableChunker
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestTableChunker:
+    def _sample_table(self, n_rows: int = 10):
+        headers = ["Name", "Age", "City"]
+        rows = [[f"Person{i}", str(20 + i), f"City{i}"] for i in range(n_rows)]
+        return {"headers": headers, "rows": rows}
+
+    def test_rows_are_not_split_mid_row(self):
+        """Each chunk contains complete rows only — never a partial row."""
+        table = self._sample_table(10)
+        chunker = TableChunker(max_rows=3, preserve_headers=True)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk_table(table)
+
+        assert len(chunks) == 4  # 3+3+3+1
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            assert isinstance(chunk, TableChunk)
+            assert chunk.headers == ["Name", "Age", "City"]
+            for row in chunk.rows:
+                assert len(row) == 3
+            assert chunk.metadata["row_count"] == len(chunk.rows)
+
+        flattened = [row for c in chunks for row in c.rows]
+        assert flattened == table["rows"]
+
+    def test_markdown_table_chunk_does_not_split_rows(self):
+        md = """| Name | Age | City |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Alice | 30 | NYC |
+| Bob | 25 | LA |
+| Carol | 40 | SF |
+| Dave | 35 | CHI |
+"""
+        chunker = TableChunker(max_rows=2, preserve_headers=True)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(md)
+
+        assert len(chunks) == 2
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            assert chunk.metadata["chunk_type"] == "table"
+            data_lines = [
+                line
+                for line in chunk.text.split("\n")
+                if line and "---" not in line and not line.startswith("Name")
+            ]
+            for line in data_lines:
+                cells = [c.strip() for c in line.split("|")]
+                assert len(cells) == 3
+
+    def test_non_table_text_returns_single_chunk(self):
+        chunker = TableChunker()
+        chunks = chunker.chunk("Just plain text without a table.")
+        assert len(chunks) == 1
+        assert chunks[0].metadata.get("error") == "No table found"
+
+    def test_extract_table_schema(self):
+        table = {
+            "headers": ["id", "active", "label"],
+            "rows": [
+                ["1", "true", "alpha"],
+                ["2", "false", "beta"],
+            ],
+        }
+        schema = TableChunker().extract_table_schema(table)
+        assert schema["column_count"] == 3
+        assert schema["row_count"] == 2
+        assert schema["column_types"]["id"] == "numeric"
+        assert schema["column_types"]["active"] == "boolean"
+        assert schema["column_types"]["label"] == "text"
+
+    def test_chunk_by_columns(self):
+        table = self._sample_table(3)
+        chunker = TableChunker(chunk_by_columns=True, preserve_headers=True)
+        chunks = chunker.chunk_table(table, max_columns=2)
+        assert len(chunks) == 2
+        assert chunks[0].headers == ["Name", "Age"]
+        assert chunks[1].headers == ["City"]
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            for row in chunk.rows:
+                assert len(row) == len(chunk.headers)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# EntityAwareChunker (real optional deps via importorskip / skipif)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestEntityAwareChunker:
+    def test_init(self):
+        chunker = EntityAwareChunker(
+            chunk_size=500, chunk_overlap=50, ner_method="pattern"
+        )
+        assert chunker.chunk_size == 500
+        assert chunker.ner_method == "pattern"
+        assert chunker.preserve_entities is True
+
+    def test_empty_text(self):
+        chunker = EntityAwareChunker(chunk_size=100, ner_method="pattern")
+        chunks = chunker.chunk("")
+        assert isinstance(chunks, list)
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_entity_boundaries_preserved_with_pattern_ner(self):
+        """Entity spans stay intact when using real pattern NER."""
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        entity_text = "AppleInc"
+        # Use a contiguous token the pattern NER can latch onto
+        text = (
+            "Intro sentence one goes here. Intro sentence two goes here. "
+            f"{entity_text} was founded in Cupertino California recently. "
+            "More filler sentences keep the document long enough to chunk. "
+            "Yet another sentence about products and services worldwide. "
+            "Final sentence for padding the overall document length out."
+        )
+        chunks = split_entity_aware(
+            text,
+            chunk_size=90,
+            ner_method="pattern",
+            preserve_entities=True,
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        containing = [c for c in chunks if entity_text in c.text]
+        assert containing, "Expected entity text to appear in at least one chunk"
+        for chunk in containing:
+            idx = chunk.text.index(entity_text)
+            assert chunk.text[idx : idx + len(entity_text)] == entity_text
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_entity_aware_chunker_with_pattern_ner(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        text = (
+            "Alice Johnson founded Acme Corporation in New York. "
+            "Bob Smith joined the company later. "
+            "They expanded operations across Europe and Asia. "
+        ) * 5
+        chunker = EntityAwareChunker(
+            chunk_size=120, ner_method="pattern", preserve_entities=True
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# RelationAware / GraphBased / OntologyAware / Hierarchical
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestRelationAwareChunker:
+    def test_init(self):
+        chunker = RelationAwareChunker(chunk_size=100, relation_method="pattern")
+        assert chunker.chunk_size == 100
+        assert chunker.relation_method == "pattern"
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_chunk_with_pattern_extractors(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        text = (
+            "Alice works at Acme. Bob reports to Alice. "
+            "Carol founded Acme in 2010. More padding text follows here. "
+        ) * 4
+        chunker = RelationAwareChunker(
+            chunk_size=100, relation_method="pattern", ner_method="pattern"
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text)
+        assert isinstance(chunks, list)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+
+
+class TestGraphBasedChunker:
+    def test_init(self):
+        chunker = GraphBasedChunker(
+            chunk_size=500, strategy="community", algorithm="louvain"
+        )
+        assert chunker.strategy == "community"
+        assert chunker.algorithm == "louvain"
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    @requires_networkx
+    def test_chunk_with_real_optional_deps(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("networkx")
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        text = (
+            "Alice met Bob at Acme Corporation yesterday afternoon. "
+            "Bob introduced Carol to the Acme engineering team. "
+            "Carol and Alice later discussed graph-based retrieval methods. "
+        ) * 3
+        chunker = GraphBasedChunker(
+            chunk_size=200,
+            strategy="community",
+            algorithm="louvain",
+            ner_method="pattern",
+            relation_method="pattern",
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+        # Ensure the graph-based path actually ran (not fallback-to-recursive).
+        assert any(
+            c.metadata.get("method") == "graph_based" for c in chunks
+        ), "Expected at least one graph_based chunk"
+        assert any(
+            c.metadata.get("strategy") == "community"
+            and c.metadata.get("algorithm") == "louvain"
+            for c in chunks
+        ), "Expected graph_based chunk metadata to include strategy/algorithm"
+        assert not any(
+            c.metadata.get("method") == "recursive" for c in chunks
+        ), "Graph-based fallback to recursive was triggered"
+
+
+class TestOntologyAwareChunker:
+    def test_init(self):
+        chunker = OntologyAwareChunker(chunk_size=200, preserve_concepts=True)
+        assert chunker.chunk_size == 200
+        assert chunker.preserve_concepts is True
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_chunk_uses_entity_aware_path(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        text = "Concept Alpha relates to Concept Beta in the taxonomy. " * 8
+        chunker = OntologyAwareChunker(
+            chunk_size=120, preserve_concepts=True, ner_method="pattern"
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+
+
+class TestHierarchicalChunker:
+    def test_hierarchical_markdown_sections(self):
+        text = """# Section One
+
+Paragraph under section one with enough content to matter.
+
+# Section Two
+
+Paragraph under section two also with sufficient content.
+"""
+        chunker = HierarchicalChunker(
+            levels=["section", "paragraph"], chunk_sizes=[2000, 500]
+        )
+        chunks = chunker.chunk(text)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            assert chunk.metadata.get("hierarchical") is True
+            assert chunk.metadata.get("levels") == ["section", "paragraph"]
+
+    def test_split_hierarchical_function(self):
+        text = "Para one.\n\nPara two.\n\nPara three."
+        chunks = split_hierarchical(text, levels=["paragraph"], chunk_sizes=[1000])
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exported method functions (public API smoke coverage)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestSplitMethodFunctions:
+    SAMPLE = (
+        "First sentence about knowledge graphs. "
+        "Second sentence covers entity extraction. "
+        "Third sentence discusses relation awareness. "
+        "Fourth sentence wraps up the example."
+    )
+
+    MARKDOWN = """# Intro
+
+Intro paragraph with enough text to matter for structural splitting.
+
+# Body
+
+Body paragraph under a distinct heading for separation checks.
+"""
+
+    def test_split_recursive(self):
+        chunks = split_recursive(self.SAMPLE, chunk_size=60)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+
+    def test_split_by_sentences(self):
+        chunks = split_by_sentences(self.SAMPLE, chunk_size=80)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+    def test_split_by_paragraphs(self):
+        text = "Para A content here.\n\nPara B content here.\n\nPara C content here."
+        chunks = split_by_paragraphs(text, chunk_size=50)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+    def test_split_by_characters(self):
+        chunks = split_by_characters(self.SAMPLE, chunk_size=40)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+
+    def test_split_by_words(self):
+        chunks = split_by_words(self.SAMPLE, chunk_size=10)
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+    def test_split_structural(self):
+        chunks = split_structural(
+            self.MARKDOWN, max_chunk_size=80, respect_headers=True
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+
+    def test_split_sliding_window(self):
+        chunks = split_sliding_window(
+            self.SAMPLE * 3,
+            chunk_size=40,
+            overlap=10,
+            preserve_boundaries=False,
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 2
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+        # Verify the sliding-window path was taken, not the recursive fallback.
+        # chunks[1].metadata["has_overlap"] is set only by SlidingWindowChunker.
+        assert chunks[1].metadata.get("has_overlap") is True, (
+            "Expected sliding-window chunks to carry has_overlap=True; "
+            "fallback to recursive may have occurred"
+        )
+        assert chunks[1].metadata.get("method") != "recursive", (
+            "Sliding-window fallback to recursive was triggered unexpectedly"
+        )
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_split_entity_aware(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        chunks = split_entity_aware(
+            self.SAMPLE * 3, chunk_size=80, ner_method="pattern"
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_split_relation_aware(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        chunks = split_relation_aware(
+            self.SAMPLE * 3,
+            chunk_size=80,
+            relation_method="pattern",
+            ner_method="pattern",
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    @requires_networkx
+    def test_split_graph_based(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("networkx")
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        chunks = split_graph_based(
+            self.SAMPLE * 3,
+            chunk_size=120,
+            strategy="community",
+            algorithm="louvain",
+            ner_method="pattern",
+            relation_method="pattern",
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1
+        assert all(isinstance(c, Chunk) for c in chunks)
+        # Ensure we didn't satisfy the test via the broad recursive fallback.
+        assert any(
+            c.metadata.get("method") == "graph_based" for c in chunks
+        ), "Expected at least one graph_based chunk"
+        assert any(
+            c.metadata.get("strategy") == "community"
+            and c.metadata.get("algorithm") == "louvain"
+            for c in chunks
+        ), "Expected graph_based chunk metadata to include strategy/algorithm"
+        assert not any(
+            c.metadata.get("method") == "recursive" for c in chunks
+        ), "Graph-based fallback to recursive was triggered"
+
+    @requires_semantic_extract
+    def test_split_ontology_aware(self):
+        pytest.importorskip("semantica.semantic_extract")
+        chunks = split_ontology_aware(
+            self.SAMPLE * 3, chunk_size=80, ner_method="pattern"
+        )
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1