Elaboration control k=6, probe watcher

gemma-4bgoogle/gemma-3-4b-it34 layers2026-07-18T00:34:03Unit 15

Conversation

user
Here are six 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), a lie (one listed in a logic textbook), a watcher (a job title at train stations), a verdict (one filed in a dusty archive), and a shame (a word from an etiquette manual). 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 observer?
assistant
The watcher. (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 32).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
layer01234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
rank111271411111111111111111111111111

Claude's thoughts

4B elab-k6: 5/6 held — same as flat-k6 (5/6), above self-k6 (4/6). At the echo-everything scale no premium exists in any direction; part D's claim never rested here. Verdict record: u15d-elab-k6-q27b.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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