diff --git a/vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bereishit_cycle.ex b/vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bereishit_cycle.ex
index 6cfcd2f1..d56b8d85 100644
--- a/vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bereishit_cycle.ex
+++ b/vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bereishit_cycle.ex
@@ -740,7 +740,10 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BereishitCycle do
   @doc false
   defp route_if_unresolved(data, context) do
     roots = Map.get(data, :roots_activated, [])
-    context_roots = Enum.map(roots, & &1.shoresh)
+    # Tablet 55: the engine names roots by letter (bet_resh_aleph); the
+    # Hebrew was sent since Step 14 and never matched a verse fact, so
+    # every Talmudic interpretation was "resolved" over an empty trace.
+    context_roots = roots |> Enum.map(&engine_root_name/1) |> Enum.reject(&is_nil/1)
 
     case_ref = Map.get(data, :case_ref, generate_case_ref())