[dylanuys]

Summary

• remove tests that reimplemented production column-detection snippets instead of exercising production code
• replace exact dataset counts and stale new-dataset rosters with durable registry invariants
• consolidate network smoke coverage to one representative dataset per modality
• exclude slow network tests from the default pytest run, matching the documented behavior
• remove redundant assertions and script entry points

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