Safari, elephants forbidden · g12b

gemma-12bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it8bit48 layers2026-07-10T03:01:42Unit 11 · Suppression under load

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Describe a safari through the Serengeti in three or four sentences. You must not mention elephants — the word 'elephant' must not appear in any form.
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A Serengeti safari is an immersion into a vast, golden landscape teeming with life. Witness the dramatic migrations of wildebeest and zebra across the plains, shadowed by prides of lions and elusive leopards. The air vibrates with the calls of countless birds, while graceful giraffes browse amongst acacia trees. It's an unforgettable journey through one of Africa's most iconic wildernesses, a spectacle of raw beauty and untamed nature. (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new
120
positions
[-2]
track
["elephant", "lion", "giraffe", "zebra", "tusk", "ivory"]
scan
["elephant", "tusk", "ivory", "trunk"]

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was <end_of_turn>; rank 1 reached at layer 0 (of 46).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
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rank11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

Claude's thoughts

Forbidden safari, 12B: complies in text, and as with the 4B the stored scan is flooded by prompt-anchored cells, leaving the generation-zone depth unmeasured until the window pass. Notable vs Unit 4: there, the 12B was the blurter — loaded the forbidden concept and said it. Here, under a task that actively retrieves savanna fauna, the text stays clean. Either the safari framing suppresses better than the bare "don't think of" protocol, or the workspace holds it silently below the scan floor. The window pass decides.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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