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Qwen3-0.6B

'this' after a verb or preposition

A neuron in layer 10 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 'this' when it follows a word like 'of' or 'during' and points back to something being discussed. It is weaker and less reliable for 'here' and similar words, which turn it off. Turning it up made the writing wander.

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

    the brain. Lobotomy was primarily used to treat schizophrenia but also as a soothing treatment for other disorders. The patients who survived were often quiet, but generally this surgery made the patients worse. Today lobotomy is considered barbaric and it is

  2. #2 peak

    give flesh to the Montessori Method, it is obvious that Fisher sincerely believed that Montessori understood how to draw out the very best in children. In this story, Fisher gives an authentic celebration of childhood. The

  3. #3 peak

    over the age of 50.⏎After getting baseline data on protein intake (averaging 16% of caloric intake; 69% of this being animal-based protein), they then divided people into three groups: the highest third

  4. #4 peak

    contact prints (exactly the same size as the negative) and enlargements of the whole negative, which maintain the aspect ratio of the negative. Unfortunately in this case, we do not know the size of the original print, so we can't

  5. #5 peak

    There are longer gaps between injections during this phase of your treatment. The gaps can be anywhere between two weeks to a month

  6. #6 peak

    Work?⏎Braces put pressure against the teeth. Most of the pressure comes from a metal wire that goes across the outside of the teeth. Very slowly this pressure makes the teeth move and become straight.⏎The orthodontist adjusts the wire

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 will be here, and I will be able to read this document. How many times? How many times? How many Times? How many Times? I will be here. I will be here. I will be here. I will

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

    a positive effect on mental health. Volunteering may enrich your life and teach you more about who you are, whether you do it in another country or right here at home.⏎Helping others through volunteer work is a beautiful way to meet new

  2. #2 peak

    the following five instructions each on its own index card:⏎-Please proceed to the Security Check area and list all of the items in your possession on the back of this card.⏎-Please proceed to the Security Check area, list all of the items

  3. #3 peak

    a digital copy or printout of this text for your personal, non-commercial use under the condition that you copy this document without modifications and in its entirety, including this copyright notice.⏎Book Two, Chapter Twenty-Four, "Man and the Evolution

  4. #4 peak

    of Confederacy:⏎Article II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.⏎Provide for common

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. L5:98 suppresses
  2. L4:1762 excites "this" in time and context phrases
  3. L9:82 suppresses
  4. L9:1292 suppresses
  5. L3:1004 weakly excites
  6. L8:606 weakly excites
  7. L6:1154 weakly suppresses
  8. L4:2480 weakly suppresses
  9. L5:2975 weakly excites
  10. L3:2029 weakly suppresses
  11. L8:739 weakly suppresses
  12. L6:2292 weakly suppresses
  13. L7:122 weakly excites
  14. L8:2035 weakly suppresses
  15. L9:2215 weakly suppresses
  16. L1:1020 weakly suppresses
  17. L1:934 weakly suppresses
  18. L8:2897 weakly excites
  19. L8:728 weakly excites
  20. L0:1457 weakly suppresses
  21. L7:2374 weakly excites
  22. L9:1670 weakly suppresses
  23. L1:2684 weakly excites
  24. L1:2267 weakly excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L13:1639 suppresses
  2. L19:2790 suppresses
  3. L12:2898 suppresses
  4. L12:1092 suppresses
  5. L20:2042 suppresses
  6. L14:1410 suppresses
  7. L12:378 suppresses
  8. L18:2115 suppresses
  9. L15:3065 suppresses
  10. L19:2254 suppresses
  11. L12:1671 suppresses
  12. L13:1478 weakly suppresses
  13. L11:942 weakly suppresses
  14. L14:753 weakly suppresses
  15. L14:2488 weakly suppresses
  16. L13:379 weakly excites
  17. L25:917 weakly excites
  18. L11:323 weakly suppresses
  19. L20:2237 weakly excites
  20. L11:1890 weakly excites
  21. L13:2472 weakly suppresses
  22. L27:2612 weakly excites
  23. L15:286 weakly suppresses
  24. L13:538 weakly suppresses

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 -5.19 and -5.001 values between -5.00 and -4.811 values between -4.44 and -4.251 values between -2.56 and -2.381 values between -2.38 and -2.192 values between -2.19 and -2.001 values between -2.00 and -1.811 values between -1.44 and -1.256 values between -1.25 and -1.064 values between -1.06 and -0.885 values between -0.88 and -0.6911 values between -0.69 and -0.5093 values between -0.50 and -0.31744 values between -0.31 and -0.131948 values between -0.13 and 0.06883 values between 0.06 and 0.25174 values between 0.25 and 0.4419 values between 0.44 and 0.633 values between 0.63 and 0.812 values between 0.81 and 1.003 values between 1.00 and 1.191 values between 1.19 and 1.381 values between 1.38 and 1.561 values between 1.56 and 1.751 values between 2.13 and 2.31offnegativepositiveoften

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. %'⏎
  2. ' ⏎
  3. '-')⏎
  4. '"⏎
  5. %'
  6. ' ⏎
  7. !'⏎
  8. ') ⏎
  9. IPS
  10. ''⏎

Suppresses

  1. 娑
  2. 命
  3. jax
  4. 本次
  5. here
  6. 此刻
  7. iosity
  8. 살
  9. 普通
  10. 本届