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Qwen3-0.6B

'the' after a verb or preposition

A neuron in layer 1 of Qwen3-0.6B. Its strongest snippets are very consistent: they mostly peak on the same token. It is featured, so it has steering outputs.

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on the word "the" when it comes right after a verb or preposition, such as "follow the", "within the" or "maintain the". Turning it up gave text that did not stay on one topic.

Written by Claude from this neuron's activations and steering outputs. Confidence: medium. Think it is wrong? Flag it (opens a prefilled issue on GitHub).

Fires most on

The text windows where this neuron's activation was highest. Amber marks positive activation; the outlined token is the peak. Hover a token for its strength.

  1. #1 peak

    Romanisation of Chinese⏎Romanisation (or latinication) refers to the written representation of a Chinese word by using the Latin (Roman) alphabet.⏎To appreciate the reasons for variances in the romanised spelling of Chinese words one has to

  2. #2 peak

    splints due to excessive muscle tightness or other factors. To avoid this problem, follow the “10% rule”: increase mileage no more than a 10%

  3. #3 peak

    of 2016, and it's very satisfying to have come so far in the process that the plans will become reality. It's interesting to follow the customer in this exciting project, and we will do everything in our power to earn

  4. #4 peak

    Transmission, Distribution, & Refining⏎Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Techniques for Natural Gas Transmission Infrastructure Systems⏎The goal is to help maintain the nation's natural gas transmission infrastructure through the timely and effective detection of natural gas leaks

  5. #5 peak

    concept of cell organization in response to these morphogen gradients is well documented, little is known about how these subtle concentration changes get established the first place, particularly within the dynamic environment of a real tissue. This research provides evidence that tiny biophysical forces

  6. #6 peak

    soil slides and/or gullying which primarily affect roads themselves, wiping them out and blocking vehicle circulation, and secondly, destroying or burying agriculture lands. Along the 138 km surveyed, we calculated an amount of soil material released of

Steering

Push this neuron up or down while the model writes, and watch what changes. The outputs were generated ahead of time, so nothing runs in your browser.

turned down a lot
Prompt

Here is something I have been thinking about lately: I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately. I have been thinking about lately

Most negative on

Where the activation went furthest below zero. Blue marks negative activation. Many neurons mean something different in each direction.

  1. #1 peak

    of the world's oldest, and largest monotheistic religions. These religions share a variety of customs, beliefs, and even practices

  2. #2 peak

    their forms in the monotheism.⏎The UNITY and ONENESS is a general topic of conversation everywhere and

  3. #3 peak

    six centuries before Christ. The Greeks and the Romans, meanwhile, gave the power of flight to their gods and to the mischief-making followers of those gods.⏎Polytheistic or non-literate cultures very often contain a belief 1n winged

  4. #4 peak

    the kind created to soothe the terrors of the monotheists were less necessary. The Romanian gypsy, half Christian, half pagan prayed

Connections

Show on map

Which neurons in earlier layers feed this one, and which later ones it feeds. Amber links excite, blue links suppress; longer bars are stronger.

Fed by earlier layers

  1. L0:774 suppresses
  2. L0:26 weakly suppresses
  3. L0:1966 weakly excites
  4. L0:2507 weakly suppresses
  5. L0:178 weakly suppresses
  6. L0:1224 weakly suppresses
  7. L0:1301 weakly suppresses
  8. L0:3005 weakly suppresses
  9. L0:1020 weakly suppresses
  10. L0:2495 weakly excites
  11. L0:1860 weakly suppresses
  12. L0:333 weakly excites
  13. L0:2746 weakly suppresses
  14. L0:30 weakly suppresses
  15. L0:2209 weakly excites
  16. L0:2740 weakly excites
  17. L0:713 weakly suppresses
  18. L0:95 weakly suppresses
  19. L0:2175 weakly suppresses
  20. L0:890 weakly suppresses
  21. L0:517 weakly suppresses
  22. L0:2699 weakly excites
  23. L0:535 weakly excites
  24. L0:1913 weakly excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L16:792 excites "the" inside a prepositional phrase
  2. L17:30 excites
  3. L9:24 excites "the" before a named organisation or title
  4. L26:1941 excites
  5. L16:1776 excites 'the' after a verb or preposition
  6. L21:614 excites
  7. L18:641 excites
  8. L16:2266 excites 'the' before study or journal names
  9. L25:1414 excites
  10. L3:87 excites 'the' after 'member of'
  11. L17:1481 excites 'the' after 'some of' or 'most of'
  12. L19:1376 excites
  13. L20:361 excites
  14. L15:716 excites
  15. L20:219 excites "the" after time or place prepositions
  16. L24:364 weakly suppresses 'at' in 'at least' and 'most' or 'least' qualifiers
  17. L18:2380 weakly excites "the" after certain verbs and prepositions
  18. L4:52 weakly excites
  19. L17:359 weakly excites
  20. L16:419 weakly excites
  21. L17:2190 weakly excites 'the' starting an object phrase
  22. L18:799 weakly excites
  23. L19:427 weakly excites
  24. L21:202 weakly excites

Activation histogram

How often this neuron fires at each strength. Almost always it does close to nothing (the tall bars in the middle); the snippets above are the rare moments it fired hard, amber for positive and blue for negative.

1 values between -1.59 and -1.481 values between -1.15 and -1.041 values between -1.04 and -0.941 values between -0.72 and -0.6111 values between -0.50 and -0.3946 values between -0.39 and -0.28354 values between -0.28 and -0.17961 values between -0.17 and -0.061341 values between -0.06 and 0.05736 values between 0.05 and 0.15236 values between 0.15 and 0.2629 values between 0.26 and 0.375 values between 0.37 and 0.483 values between 0.48 and 0.595 values between 0.59 and 0.703 values between 0.70 and 0.815 values between 0.81 and 0.925 values between 0.92 and 1.0313 values between 1.03 and 1.138 values between 1.13 and 1.2413 values between 1.24 and 1.3517 values between 1.35 and 1.4619 values between 1.46 and 1.5715 values between 1.57 and 1.6813 values between 1.68 and 1.7914 values between 1.79 and 1.9022 values between 1.90 and 2.0111 values between 2.01 and 2.114 values between 2.11 and 2.225 values between 2.22 and 2.336 values between 2.33 and 2.441 values between 2.44 and 2.551 values between 2.55 and 2.662 values between 2.66 and 2.77offnegativepositiveoften

Logit lens

The words this neuron nudges the model toward (amber) or away from (blue) when it fires. A hint, not a label: many neurons work through later layers instead.

Promotes

  1. over
  2. next
  3. first
  4. overhead
  5. best
  6. chemical
  7. above
  8. output
  9. area
  10. answer

Suppresses

  1. rade
  2. 的战略
  3. 的理想
  4. aille
  5. 的地位
  6. veled
  7. صة
  8. 的身体
  9. 的位置
  10. 各省