"of" in "most X of all" superlatives

What this neuron does

This neuron responds to the word "of" in phrases like "worst of all", "strangest of all" or "the most ... of any state", where a superlative is about to be completed. It turns slightly negative on "very" after "the". Turning it up made the model stutter "of all of all of all", which is the same phrase it fires on.

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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

   alligator wasn’t feeling⏎His feet felt draggy.⏎His skin felt baggy.⏎His tail wouldn’t swish this way and that.⏎And, worst of all, his big jaw wouldn’t SNAP.⏎Only two lines actually rhymed

2. #2 peak

   and the telescope) can see. Those objects are getting farther away all the time because the universe is expanding, and moreover the expansion is accelerating. Strangest of all, the luminous matter of the galaxies—everything we see shining in the

3. #3 peak

   to find brief and simple answers that are appropriate to their questions; answers that they can understand and that do not overwhelm them with too many words.⏎Perhaps most difficult of all, it involves examining our own feelings and beliefs so that we can talk to

4. #4 peak

   severe cases<|endoftext|>Considering the fact that half of you reading this right now are probably wearing one, It’s only right to start this week off with the most commonplace of all acronymic items– the OCBD (oxford cloth button down.) While

5. #5 peak

   invented in the 19th century. While it is possible to get food-borne illnesses from many different foods, raw milk is one of the riskiest of all, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.⏎

6. #6 peak

   iamond⏎DIAMOND, a mineral universally recognized as chief among precious stones; it is the hardest, the most imperishable, and also the most brilliant of minerals. These qualities alone have made it supreme as a

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.

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

   and philosophical principles, this is a thorough exploration of the concept and practice of⏎liberalism.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every

2. #2 peak

   12 percent of the nation’s women and girls. That steady hum of progress in Dhaka--despite its unscrupulousness--has helped the very poorest break free of poverty.⏎Aside from poverty alleviation, many also claim that

3. #3 peak

   system, and multithreading.⏎Also included is coverage of some of Java's most powerful features,⏎such as generics, lambda expressions, and the very important⏎modules feature. A number of recent additions to the Java language, such

4. #4 peak

   two complement each other. In simple terms, these two creatures do not have the same nutritional requirements which means, they cannot be fed with the same food. The very small breed rabbits may be okay to

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

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.

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.