Neuron Explorer

Qwen3-0.6B

'the' as object of a verb

A neuron in layer 18 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' right after a verb that is about to take an object, such as 'identify the', 'provide the' or 'influence the'. It goes strongly negative on 'a' in the same position, as in 'affect a person'. Turning it up or down changed the text in ways that did not show one clear theme, though pushing down often made 'person's' repeat.

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

    Each rule or line in an accesslist provides a condition, either permit or deny. In computer networking, port numbers are part of the addressing information used to identify the senders and receivers of messages. Any access on port 80 should not

  2. #2 peak

    one surefire way to alleviate the burn is to cut out the core.<|endoftext|>Habitats are natural environments or places in which organisms live. Habitats provide the necessities for life such as shelter, water, and food for organisms to live,

  3. #3 peak

    before the law was revealed to Moses, they still did what was right in the sight of God.<|endoftext|>Although genetics, temperament, and premature birth can all influence the rate at

  4. #4 peak

    scientist Sue Kinnamon of the University of Colorado, Denver<|endoftext|>Videos > Rule 81: Causal Clauses⏎Causal clauses are those that tell the reason why the main clause happened or was done. In Latin, these are introduced

  5. #5 peak

    quite a complex concept to understand and better understanding it will make it easier for one to find further examples on one's own. In short, metafiction happens when the author inserts anything that "breaks up the illusion of 'reality' in

  6. #6 peak

    global temperatures rise and extreme heat waves become more common, so does heat illness. But while doctors have known for decades about the adverse effects of some medications on how the body regulates temperature, little is being done in the U.S. to better warn

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: the person can a person can person's person's person's person can person person person person person person can person person person person person can person person person person can person person person person can person person person person person can person person person person can

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

    must last at least four days.⏎In severe cases, bipolar type 2 symptoms can cause patients to have difficulty leading a normal life. This mental disorder can affect a person’s social life, work capabilities and emotional relationships. In other cases, bipolar

  2. #2 peak

    's development. In most cases, the cause of miscarriage remains unknown.⏎Though one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage, having a miscarriage does not make a woman more likely to miscarry in the future.⏎Some people use the word "

  3. #3 peak

    can be a difficult condition to live with, but it is manageable with the right care. The symptoms of Tourette syndrome, namely verbal tics, may inhibit a person’s daily life, but with a proper medical diagnosis, solid treatment plan and

  4. #4 peak

    , should people be tested to determine whether they might later develop a disease if there is no cure for that disease? Should fetal genetic testing extend beyond the health of a baby to screen for desirable physical and mental traits?⏎A recent study conducted by the

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. L17:730 excites
  2. L15:1113 suppresses
  3. L17:2663 suppresses
  4. L13:712 excites
  5. L16:2363 excites
  6. L17:1118 suppresses mid-clause words in technical prose
  7. L16:1903 weakly suppresses
  8. L16:1178 weakly suppresses
  9. L16:2332 weakly suppresses
  10. L15:1240 weakly suppresses
  11. L13:1694 weakly excites
  12. L12:2312 weakly excites
  13. L7:2703 weakly excites
  14. L3:924 weakly suppresses
  15. L7:777 weakly suppresses 'a' after prepositions like 'for' or 'by'
  16. L1:331 weakly suppresses
  17. L14:106 weakly excites
  18. L11:1799 weakly suppresses
  19. L4:481 weakly suppresses
  20. L16:1949 weakly suppresses
  21. L14:2325 weakly suppresses
  22. L0:1515 weakly suppresses
  23. L2:2512 weakly excites
  24. L15:2123 weakly excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L19:2911 strongly suppresses
  2. L20:2229 suppresses
  3. L20:1615 suppresses
  4. L19:1881 suppresses
  5. L20:599 suppresses
  6. L19:2072 suppresses
  7. L20:1233 suppresses
  8. L20:2161 suppresses
  9. L23:436 suppresses
  10. L20:1340 suppresses
  11. L19:1953 suppresses
  12. L20:935 suppresses
  13. L25:525 suppresses
  14. L19:2385 suppresses
  15. L19:2378 suppresses
  16. L19:2483 suppresses
  17. L19:2972 suppresses
  18. L19:2845 suppresses
  19. L20:566 suppresses
  20. L19:1843 suppresses
  21. L20:1269 suppresses
  22. L19:2397 suppresses
  23. L20:884 suppresses
  24. L21:2110 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 -14.66 and -14.162 values between -11.19 and -10.701 values between -10.70 and -10.202 values between -9.21 and -8.713 values between -8.71 and -8.221 values between -8.22 and -7.722 values between -7.72 and -7.233 values between -7.23 and -6.733 values between -6.73 and -6.243 values between -6.24 and -5.746 values between -5.25 and -4.752 values between -4.75 and -4.262 values between -4.26 and -3.767 values between -3.76 and -3.279 values between -3.27 and -2.775 values between -2.77 and -2.288 values between -2.28 and -1.7815 values between -1.78 and -1.2912 values between -1.29 and -0.79157 values between -0.79 and -0.302570 values between -0.30 and 0.20925 values between 0.20 and 0.7099 values between 0.70 and 1.1935 values between 1.19 and 1.6916 values between 1.69 and 2.187 values between 2.18 and 2.685 values between 2.68 and 3.171 values between 3.17 and 3.671 values between 3.67 and 4.163 values between 4.16 and 4.662 values between 4.66 and 5.15offnegativepositiveoften

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. argin
  2. лист
  3. inine
  4. Sibling
  5. @update
  6. atoire
  7. leading
  8. @",
  9. ARGIN
  10. différent

Suppresses

  1. ’s
  2. 患者的
  3. 企业的
  4. users
  5. 用户的
  6. players
  7. 's
  8. 学校的
  9. 项目的
  10. 产品的