Neuron Explorer

Qwen3-0.6B

the word 'directly' mid-sentence

A neuron in layer 25 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 'directly' in the middle of a sentence, such as 'is directly linked to' or 'directly below'. The steering outputs did not show a clear link to this word: turning it up gave rambling, repeated phrases.

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

    It would be a two-story, wooden frame building and included not only a general store, but also the town post office. The store manager’s house was constructed directly below the store (see photo). John McMurray Thompson, having sold his store

  2. #2 peak

    celestial targets. The light-gathering power of an optical telescope (light grasp) is directly linked to the size of your instrument’s aperture.⏎What is the purpose of an

  3. #3 peak

    the Earth gets hotter. So important is the sun in climate change that half of the 1.5° F temperature increase since 1850 is directly attributable to changes in the sun. According to some NASA scientists, only one-quarter

  4. #4 peak

    of that memorable day, the 25th of October, that the British cavalry were drawn up under Lord Lucan at the western end of this narrow valley directly under the steep heights of the Chersonese. On the summit, at the

  5. #5 peak

    for whole wheat flower, brown rice for white, and gluten free pasta. This will help to maintain weight and reduce your risk for heart disease. Cardiovascular health directly contributes to brain health.⏎Leafy green vegetables such as Spinach and Kale should

  6. #6 peak

    large eyes on the sides of their heads. It allows them to see 360 degrees around them, with a small blind spot directly in front of them. Although this is helpful, their eyes are weak compared to

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: right right right, right right right, right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right right

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

    4/2012⏎Back to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List⏎Need help identifying pills and medications?⏎Get the latest health and medical information delivered direct to your inbox FREE!<|endoftext|>November 16, 200

  2. #2 peak

    - Pages: 3⏎- Word count: 503⏎- Category: Healthy eating⏎A limited time offer! Get a custom sample essay written according to your requirements urgent 3h delivery guaranteedOrder Now⏎When healthy eating is

  3. #3 peak

    the 300 million tons of plastic is produced globally each year is carelessly discarded and goes from landfills or streets to streams, eventually floating out to sea. The floating

  4. #4 peak

    , including diabetes, cancer, and eating disorders, can manifest as signs and symptoms inside of the mouth.⏎Learn what those dental words mean.⏎Get dental news feeds delivered directly to your desktop! more...⏎Orthodontics are often necessary to help improve

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. L20:2276 suppresses
  2. L24:2188 excites
  3. L22:2622 suppresses
  4. L21:1406 suppresses
  5. L12:2380 suppresses
  6. L10:2781 excites
  7. L23:3052 excites
  8. L4:252 excites
  9. L19:1951 suppresses
  10. L12:3071 weakly suppresses
  11. L19:2641 weakly excites
  12. L18:2861 weakly excites
  13. L23:2970 weakly suppresses
  14. L21:2774 weakly suppresses "to" after come or brought
  15. L16:2557 weakly excites
  16. L21:2637 weakly excites
  17. L20:1055 weakly suppresses
  18. L5:2366 weakly suppresses
  19. L22:2730 weakly suppresses
  20. L18:2594 weakly suppresses
  21. L12:1139 weakly excites
  22. L7:2864 weakly excites
  23. L19:3010 weakly excites
  24. L20:784 weakly excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L26:2116 strongly suppresses
  2. L26:2325 suppresses
  3. L27:1296 weakly suppresses
  4. L26:930 weakly suppresses
  5. L26:714 weakly excites
  6. L26:658 weakly suppresses
  7. L26:1854 weakly suppresses
  8. L26:557 weakly excites
  9. L26:943 weakly excites
  10. L26:814 weakly excites
  11. L26:917 weakly suppresses
  12. L26:2917 weakly excites
  13. L27:1233 weakly excites
  14. L26:2950 weakly suppresses
  15. L27:1724 weakly excites
  16. L27:2123 weakly suppresses
  17. L27:3016 weakly suppresses
  18. L27:1873 weakly excites
  19. L27:1847 weakly suppresses
  20. L26:2831 weakly suppresses
  21. L27:1530 weakly suppresses
  22. L27:144 weakly suppresses
  23. L27:1386 weakly suppresses
  24. L26:2857 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 -11.11 and -9.911 values between -9.91 and -8.715 values between -8.71 and -7.523 values between -7.52 and -6.326 values between -6.32 and -5.128 values between -5.12 and -3.9222 values between -3.92 and -2.7242 values between -2.72 and -1.53505 values between -1.53 and -0.333105 values between -0.33 and 0.87132 values between 0.87 and 2.0736 values between 2.07 and 3.2713 values between 3.27 and 4.477 values between 4.47 and 5.6610 values between 5.66 and 6.864 values between 6.86 and 8.062 values between 8.06 and 9.262 values between 9.26 and 10.461 values between 15.25 and 16.451 values between 17.64 and 18.841 values between 32.02 and 33.221 values between 35.61 and 36.81offnegativepositiveoften

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. ーム
  2. Prototype
  3. dney
  4. stitution
  5. Ń
  6. istani
  7. Gam
  8. ager
  9. вест
  10. <Real

Suppresses

  1. 直接
  2. directly
  3. direct
  4. Direct
  5. direct
  6. Direct
  7. 直
  8. .direct
  9. DIRECT
  10. DIRECT