Elaboration control k=3, probe secret

qwen-27blokeshe09/Qwen3.6-27B-bnb-4bitpre-4bit64 layers2026-07-18T01:02:18Unit 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 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
lens_layers
[0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 58, 60, 62]

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was ; rank 1 reached at layer 62 (of 62).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
layer048121620242832364044485256586062
rank17085520495562649101371158134284532427244483153138224370234215248313204617241949245859231300732181

Claude's thoughts

The one cell with a wobble toward self: elab-k3 holds 2/3 (secret 2, lie 4, deletion sunk to 46) where self-k3 held 3/3. Single greedy run; direction noted, far too thin to rescue the self-premium against the k6 result. Verdict: u15d-elab-k6-q27b.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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