Neuron Explorer

Qwen3-0.6B

connector words in how-to sentences

A neuron in layer 18 of Qwen3-0.6B. Its strongest snippets are fairly consistent: several of them peak on the same token. It is featured, so it has steering outputs.

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on small connecting words in instructions and explanations, such as 'and', 'a' or 'just', placed right before the next part of a sentence. It is hard to pin down more precisely, and turning it up produced repetitive text about time.

Written by Claude from this neuron's activations and steering outputs. Confidence: low. 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

    Baking powder is a combination of sodium bicarbonate and powdered acid (like cream of tartar). Because it already contains an acid, all it needs is moisture and heat added to activate it.⏎Can vinegar and baking soda be mixed?⏎Here are

  2. #2 peak

    help our planet.⏎You will need:⏎- Scrap paper⏎- Old books/newspapers/leaflets etc⏎- Needle and thread⏎-

  3. #3 peak

    available word search grids cover subjects ranging from animals and timbers via countries and capitals to Shakespeare and mythology.⏎All that is needed for your own word search game is a list of words, or short word groups as spaces and other non-alphabetic

  4. #4 peak

    04 op-ed for USA Today, Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, argued that polygamy should be legal as a simple matter of equal treatment before the law. Turley acknowledged that underage girls are sometimes forced to

  5. #5 peak

    sun. Wear sunglasses, a hat and a shirt, especially in the middle of the day (even on over

  6. #6 peak

    IVE (10 minutes)⏎Display the following items on a table:⏎Telephone Newspaper Letters & Envelopes Road Map Radio⏎As the children arrive, give them a sheet of paper and ask them to list what they think the items on the table

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: some people have a mix of both 121 and 122 + 121 + 122 + 121 + 122 + 121 + 122 +

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

    +3 and 4y = –2x+10 with y = mx + c⏎The slopes are m = 2 and m = –1/2⏎If the slope of one line is the negative reciprocal of the second line

  2. #2 peak

    2. Thus, the probability is about cxn, where c = (10/9)2 ≈ 1.2 and x = (9/10)log102 ≈ 0.97. The

  3. #3 peak

    10 log10(MAX^2/MSE) = 10 log10(MAX/(MSE)^(1/2))^2 = 20 log10(MAX/(MSE)^(

  4. #4 peak

    10).⏎Article last edited on: 2008-09-09 15:47:35⏎Did you find this article helpful? Yes No⏎How can we improve this article?<|endoftext|>Java tutorials

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. L17:2984 suppresses blank before a number in prevalence claims
  2. L15:536 weakly suppresses
  3. L12:798 weakly suppresses
  4. L14:1554 weakly excites
  5. L16:1430 weakly excites
  6. L10:2844 weakly excites
  7. L12:2204 weakly excites
  8. L8:2796 weakly excites
  9. L14:2365 weakly suppresses
  10. L17:2166 weakly excites
  11. L7:2864 weakly excites
  12. L15:639 weakly excites
  13. L4:1078 weakly suppresses
  14. L9:1840 weakly excites
  15. L17:966 weakly suppresses
  16. L14:2555 weakly suppresses
  17. L16:2105 weakly excites
  18. L6:725 weakly suppresses
  19. L16:1837 weakly suppresses
  20. L7:2968 weakly excites
  21. L3:388 weakly suppresses
  22. L13:2378 weakly suppresses
  23. L9:578 weakly excites
  24. L16:2748 weakly excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L19:2794 suppresses
  2. L19:2350 weakly suppresses
  3. L22:2209 weakly suppresses
  4. L23:2276 weakly excites
  5. L19:2141 weakly suppresses
  6. L23:300 weakly suppresses
  7. L19:2408 weakly suppresses
  8. L19:2046 weakly suppresses
  9. L22:1931 weakly suppresses
  10. L23:1003 weakly suppresses
  11. L19:999 weakly suppresses
  12. L19:1671 weakly suppresses
  13. L21:2946 weakly excites
  14. L20:2916 weakly suppresses
  15. L20:1229 weakly excites
  16. L20:2306 weakly suppresses
  17. L25:1945 weakly suppresses
  18. L23:434 weakly excites
  19. L21:890 weakly excites
  20. L25:565 weakly excites
  21. L27:2829 weakly suppresses
  22. L19:2510 weakly suppresses
  23. L20:1279 weakly suppresses
  24. L24:573 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.

2 values between -2.56 and -2.392 values between -2.22 and -2.061 values between -2.06 and -1.891 values between -1.89 and -1.723 values between -1.72 and -1.555 values between -1.55 and -1.383 values between -1.38 and -1.229 values between -1.22 and -1.0519 values between -1.05 and -0.8832 values between -0.88 and -0.7160 values between -0.71 and -0.54186 values between -0.54 and -0.38427 values between -0.38 and -0.21968 values between -0.21 and -0.041449 values between -0.04 and 0.13376 values between 0.13 and 0.30143 values between 0.30 and 0.4772 values between 0.47 and 0.6339 values between 0.63 and 0.8035 values between 0.80 and 0.9724 values between 0.97 and 1.1414 values between 1.14 and 1.3111 values between 1.31 and 1.475 values between 1.47 and 1.646 values between 1.64 and 1.812 values between 1.81 and 1.984 values between 1.98 and 2.151 values between 2.15 and 2.311 values between 2.31 and 2.482 values between 2.48 and 2.651 values between 2.65 and 2.822 values between 2.98 and 3.151 values between 3.66 and 3.821 values between 3.82 and 3.991 values between 3.99 and 4.16offnegativepositiveoften

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. REQUIRED
  2. openh
  3. oy
  4. gressor
  5. 打开了
  6. เพศ
  7. 毫无
  8. czą
  9. =utf
  10. sắc

Suppresses

  1. auses
  2. 部分内容
  3. controversies
  4. áln
  5. alık
  6. 剩
  7. 也有一些
  8. 特殊情况
  9. еле
  10. ác