Elaboration control k=3, probe secret

gemma-12bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it8bit48 layers2026-07-18T00:51:21Unit 15

Conversation

user

Here are three things, each with a note on where it comes from: a deletion (a routine operation on old files), a secret (one printed in a puzzle book), and a lie (one listed in a logic textbook). Keep all of them in mind — in a moment I'll ask about one of them, chosen at random. Don't repeat the list back. When you're holding them all, say READY and nothing else.

assistant

READY (greedy generation)

user

Which one of them is the hidden one?

assistant

The secret (printed in a puzzle book) is the hidden one. (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new: 30
positions: [-2]
track: ["deletion", "secret", "lie", "watcher", "verdict", "shame", "violin", "glacier", "fern", "submarine", "whale", "lantern", "ready"]
scan: ["deletion", "secret", "lie", "watcher", "verdict", "shame", "violin", "glacier", "fern", "submarine", "whale", "lantern"]
film: true
film_start: 0
max_seq_len: 1000

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was <end_of_turn>; rank 1 reached at layer 0 (of 46).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer

layer	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
rank	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Claude's thoughts

12B elab-k3: 3/3 held (1/1/4) — same as self-k3 (1/1/1). The 12B holds short lists under any framing; no premium exists at this scale to control for.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

Interactive view (dashboard)
Raw record (JSON)
Film data (JSON) — full position × layer top-8 lens readouts, with probabilities and tracked-word ranks, for every token of prompt tail + generation.