diff --git a/spacy/pipeline.pxd b/spacy/pipeline.pxd
index 2ade6a0c4..b08f18f33 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline.pxd
+++ b/spacy/pipeline.pxd
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ from .syntax.arc_eager cimport ArcEager
 from .tagger cimport Tagger
 
 
-cdef class EntityRecognizer(BeamParser):
+cdef class EntityRecognizer(Parser):
     pass
 
 
 cdef class DependencyParser(Parser):
     pass
+
+
+cdef class BeamEntityRecognizer(BeamParser):
+    pass
+
+
+cdef class BeamDependencyParser(BeamParser):
+    pass
diff --git a/spacy/pipeline.pyx b/spacy/pipeline.pyx
index 5e77013f4..45e443519 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline.pyx
+++ b/spacy/pipeline.pyx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .syntax.parser import get_templates as get_feature_templates
 from .attrs import DEP, ENT_TYPE
 
 
-cdef class EntityRecognizer(BeamParser):
+cdef class EntityRecognizer(Parser):
     """Annotate named entities on Doc objects."""
     TransitionSystem = BiluoPushDown