Neuron Explorer

Qwen3-0.6B

'the' or 'as' before a superlative role

A neuron in layer 9 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 small words like 'the' or 'as' that come right before a phrase describing a special role, such as 'the clear leader', 'the most recycled' or 'emerges as an important'. It seems to be getting ready for a word like 'most', 'only' or 'leader'. When it was turned up, the model's replies drifted into unrelated topics, so the steering did not show a clear theme.

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

    get there, the company plans on conducting an orbital test of the spaceship later this year.⏎By nabbing the Artemis contract, SpaceX has cemented itself as the clear leader in the private spaceflight world. One could argue that it already did

  2. #2 peak

    than producing steel from ore.⏎In 2011 households across Europe saved the equivalent of almost half Belgium’s annual electricity consumption by recycling packaging.⏎Steel remains the most recycled

  3. #3 peak

    of the lot. It is also the least spoiled today, because 34,718 acres of it above

  4. #4 peak

    yield, plants generally show a reduction in the rates of photosynthesis and growth, often associated with changes in plant metabolism. Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as an important signaling molecule in

  5. #5 peak

    nicely integrate the existing materials with the two-dimensional materials," said lead researcher Yeonwoong Jung, an assistant professor at UCF's NanoScience Technology Center and the Materials Science & Engineering

  6. #6 peak

    sea or land.⏎With its large population, financial and legal services, cultural and historical attractions, and “Old Port” dining and shopping district, the City is the only true metropolitan area in the state. It is the county seat of Cumberland County

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 way I have been thinking about the world around me, the way I have been thinking about the people who have been thinking about the people who have been thinking about the people who have been thinking about the people who have been thinking about the

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

    ate, write the correct conjugate acid or base for the species in the pair.⏎a. H2O, OH-⏎Frequently Asked Questions⏎What scientific concept do you need to know in order to solve this

  2. #2 peak

    that all the questions answers in concern with this chapter are prepared by our expert teachers team. Here you will find three Pdf files, among them first Pdf files consists of Textbook Questions Answers whereas in second Pdf files you will get the additional extra questions

  3. #3 peak

    term Olive Ash does not refer to any specific species of Ash (Fraxinus genus), but instead is in reference to the darker, streaked heartwood found in some Ash trees, which

  4. #4 peak

    division is not enough to explain what happens to the different types of carbohydrates in the body.⏎For example, starches in the bread and potatoes are classified as complex carbohydrates. However, the body converts starches to blood sugar as rapidly as it processes

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. L7:724 excites
  2. L7:2432 excites
  3. L5:668 suppresses
  4. L7:1437 weakly suppresses
  5. L0:2398 weakly excites
  6. L2:1880 weakly suppresses
  7. L5:641 weakly suppresses
  8. L6:2224 weakly excites
  9. L8:769 weakly excites
  10. L7:1054 weakly suppresses
  11. L5:613 weakly suppresses
  12. L1:2513 weakly excites
  13. L0:2107 weakly excites
  14. L5:505 weakly suppresses
  15. L4:656 weakly suppresses
  16. L1:1766 weakly suppresses
  17. L7:3064 weakly excites
  18. L6:2509 weakly excites
  19. L3:2598 weakly excites
  20. L1:1318 weakly excites
  21. L5:1317 weakly suppresses 'a' right after 'being'
  22. L7:1016 weakly excites 'something' after is or not
  23. L7:1265 weakly suppresses
  24. L0:1871 weakly suppresses

Feeds later layers

  1. L17:1013 excites
  2. L23:916 excites
  3. L20:1253 excites
  4. L18:1036 excites
  5. L14:827 excites open bracket after a value or citation
  6. L10:417 excites
  7. L14:1402 excites
  8. L19:654 excites
  9. L14:783 weakly suppresses
  10. L16:1711 weakly excites
  11. L22:1204 weakly excites
  12. L16:2038 weakly excites
  13. L11:217 weakly excites
  14. L17:1959 weakly excites
  15. L17:1245 weakly suppresses
  16. L16:282 weakly excites
  17. L27:1368 weakly excites
  18. L17:2698 weakly suppresses
  19. L16:2743 weakly excites
  20. L14:549 weakly suppresses blank spot right before a number
  21. L19:2553 weakly excites
  22. L24:546 weakly excites
  23. L26:490 weakly excites the digit 1 starting a number
  24. L17:2252 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 -1.61 and -1.381 values between -1.38 and -1.164 values between -1.16 and -0.9311 values between -0.93 and -0.7124 values between -0.71 and -0.4893 values between -0.48 and -0.25802 values between -0.25 and -0.032410 values between -0.03 and 0.20458 values between 0.20 and 0.4251 values between 0.42 and 0.6510 values between 0.65 and 0.876 values between 0.87 and 1.107 values between 1.10 and 1.322 values between 1.32 and 1.551 values between 1.55 and 1.778 values between 1.77 and 2.003 values between 2.00 and 2.223 values between 2.22 and 2.451 values between 2.45 and 2.671 values between 2.90 and 3.124 values between 3.12 and 3.351 values between 3.35 and 3.572 values between 3.80 and 4.022 values between 4.02 and 4.251 values between 5.83 and 6.051 values between 7.18 and 7.40offnegativepositiveoften

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. 一团
  2. /**<
  3. 唯一的
  4. UPPORT
  5. @brief
  6. REQUIRED
  7. @section
  8. 唯一
  9. 一回事
  10. ))"⏎

Suppresses

  1. фи
  2. rases
  3. bef
  4. fame
  5. 等活动
  6. arrang
  7. форм
  8. né
  9. Reputation
  10. iped