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Qwen3-0.6B

'of' after a noun phrase

A neuron in layer 16 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 'of' when it follows a noun and introduces what that noun belongs to or is about, as in 'sequences of' or 'condition of'. When turned up, the model got stuck repeating 'a certain type of' phrases, which fits the same 'of' habit.

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

    Res. (2006) 16: gr.5565706)⏎The human genome contains about 8% of sequences of retroviral origin, remnants of different exogenous retrovirus infections of the

  2. #2 peak

    physically different green boy, instead of a black or a yellow one, was a way the Authors found to give a better approach to the moral feeling regarding having friends of different out look. Finally, in Story Three, the description of a poorly dressed

  3. #3 peak

    , not because the problem is solved⏎- There is no immediate and no ultimate test of a solution to a wicked problem – any solution will generate waves of consequences of an extended period of time

  4. #4 peak

    those dealing in, acquiring, buying or borrowing items of cultural property have a duty to:⏎- keep abreast of legal issues;⏎-

  5. #5 peak

    …⏎(8 days ago) Primary peritoneal carcinoma has a prognosis that overlaps with, or is the same as, tubal/ovarian carcinomas of similar histologic grade. This is reflected in the latest American Joint Commission on Cancer

  6. #6 peak

    x; END;⏎Thus, lazy evaluation allows us to define cyclic graphs of pointers with warrantedly valid pointers. In contrast, C allows cyclic graphs of pointers

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: that the number of possible ways to go to a city, to the number of possible ways to go to a city, to the number of possible ways to go to a city, to the number of possible ways to go to a city,

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

    Fall 2019⏎Instructor: Norman Smith⏎This course examines a selection of topics in “modern” Chinese history. We will explore, in a roughly chronological fashion, how Chinese lives intersected, and were intersected by,

  2. #2 peak

    Paul, maintaining that he was an apostate from the law. As to the prophetical writings, they endeavor to expound them in a somewhat singular manner: they practice circumcision, persevere in the observance of those

  3. #3 peak

    augment classroom instruction. While it has forums and⏎wikis to create communities around courses, it can also be used with⏎assignments and quizzes to teach in a more traditional format.⏎How widespread is Moodle used in education? Currently,⏎there are

  4. #4 peak

    7 of the two Chinese characters forming it, has been the object of various interpretations, mainly by Oriental scholars.⏎This script does not aim to solve the problem in an irrefutable way, but simply tries to clear up some historical-lingu

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. L14:2401 excites
  2. L13:513 excites
  3. L12:1841 excites
  4. L14:1776 suppresses
  5. L7:2705 suppresses
  6. L9:2264 excites 'of' after superlatives and 'the X of'
  7. L12:1214 excites
  8. L12:1777 suppresses
  9. L9:1856 excites "with" after a noun, introducing contents
  10. L9:2280 excites
  11. L13:2952 excites
  12. L15:811 excites
  13. L14:1911 suppresses
  14. L15:2227 weakly suppresses
  15. L13:2249 weakly suppresses
  16. L15:2922 weakly excites
  17. L15:1640 weakly suppresses
  18. L13:1427 weakly suppresses
  19. L12:2465 weakly excites
  20. L12:2106 weakly suppresses
  21. L15:2797 weakly suppresses
  22. L6:2111 weakly excites "that" starting a relative clause
  23. L8:821 weakly suppresses
  24. L12:2110 weakly suppresses

Feeds later layers

  1. L17:1369 excites "of" after is/are/be (of + quality)
  2. L19:1915 excites
  3. L18:1068 excites
  4. L17:964 excites
  5. L18:1524 excites
  6. L19:1869 excites
  7. L18:1555 excites
  8. L19:1119 excites
  9. L21:750 excites
  10. L17:1231 excites
  11. L20:2213 excites
  12. L17:248 excites
  13. L18:1251 excites
  14. L20:1082 weakly excites
  15. L17:1972 weakly excites
  16. L19:1928 weakly excites
  17. L20:1750 weakly excites
  18. L19:2318 weakly excites
  19. L19:2406 weakly excites
  20. L18:280 weakly excites
  21. L17:2960 weakly suppresses
  22. L22:478 weakly excites
  23. L17:2137 weakly excites
  24. L18:2393 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 -8.51 and -8.191 values between -3.66 and -3.341 values between -2.05 and -1.733 values between -1.73 and -1.404 values between -1.40 and -1.0831 values between -1.08 and -0.76132 values between -0.76 and -0.431028 values between -0.43 and -0.112332 values between -0.11 and 0.21264 values between 0.21 and 0.5447 values between 0.54 and 0.8620 values between 0.86 and 1.1816 values between 1.18 and 1.5010 values between 1.50 and 1.835 values between 1.83 and 2.153 values between 2.15 and 2.472 values between 2.47 and 2.803 values between 2.80 and 3.122 values between 3.12 and 3.443 values between 4.09 and 4.41offnegativepositiveoften

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. iconName
  2. type
  3. .strict
  4. currentIndex
  5. ersion
  6. 极
  7. äu
  8. ftype
  9. varying
  10. bearing

Suppresses

  1. 对她
  2. &)
  3. 告诉她
  4. -)
  5. lords
  6. 移到
  7. 对他们
  8. <<⏎
  9. 婆
  10. 个月内