Why the Lord Nelsons fit the semi-dreadnought category

Should the Lord Nelson class be called semi-dreadnoughts?

Their heavy intermediate battery puts them closer to semi-dreadnoughts in this classification.

The Lord Nelson class sits close to the boundary between pre-dreadnoughts and semi-dreadnoughts. Its heavy intermediate battery supports the latter classification in this assessment. Earlier British designs also carried substantial intermediate guns, making the progression toward a heavier main armament visible before Dreadnought. The all-big-gun ship followed a direction already apparent in those batteries.