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"""
Frequency-Matched Synthetic Pair Test (Gemini 3.1 Pro's design).
Two synthetic tokens at IDENTICAL unigram frequency in an otherwise-normal
Shakespeare corpus:
T_struct '@' : appears only after the trigger sequence "the " (high conditional
predictability, structured context).
T_noise '#' : injected at uniform random positions (zero conditional structure).
Hypotheses:
Frequency-only: J-lens norms of '@' and '#' are identical at every layer
(same unigram frequency, same rarity).
Structure/workspace (Anthropic): '@' maintains a higher faithful J-lens norm,
especially in intermediate layers (model tracks the trigger
context in the residual stream).
Uses the FAITHFUL J-lens (jlens_v3: rows of W_U * J_l) plus the old proxy.
Steps:
python3 src/synthetic_pair.py --step prep # build data/synth_pair
python3 src/synthetic_pair.py --step train --seed 0 [--max_iters 3000]
python3 src/synthetic_pair.py --step jlens --seed 0 [--layers 0,1,2,3,4,5]
python3 src/synthetic_pair.py --step summary # compare @ vs #
"""
import sys, os, argparse, subprocess, pickle, random
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
from typing import Any
import numpy as np
import torch
DATA_SRC = 'data/shakespeare_char/input.txt'
DATA_DIR = 'data/synth_pair'
OUT_ROOT = 'out-synth-pair'
JLENS_OUT = 'outputs/synth_pair'
REPO_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
T_STRUCT = '@'
T_NOISE = '#'
TRIGGER = 'the '
TARGET_FREQ = 0.001 # 0.1%
MODEL_ARGS: dict[str, Any] = dict(n_layer=6, n_head=6, n_embd=384, block_size=128,
bias=False, dropout=0.2)
def prep(clean=False):
with open(DATA_SRC) as f:
text = f.read()
n_target = max(1, int(TARGET_FREQ * len(text)))
# positions for T_struct: after occurrences of TRIGGER
trig_positions = []
start = 0
while True:
i = text.find(TRIGGER, start)
if i < 0:
break
trig_positions.append(i + len(TRIGGER))
start = i + len(TRIGGER)
assert len(trig_positions) >= n_target, f"only {len(trig_positions)} triggers"
rng = np.random.RandomState(42)
struct_pos = sorted(rng.choice(trig_positions, size=n_target, replace=False).tolist())
# positions for T_noise. Default: uniform random (slices inside words,
# ~95% of the time — the confound the clean-boundary control fixes).
# clean=True: always at a word start (immediately after a space), so it
# sits at a clean boundary exactly like T_struct after "the ", but is
# still unpredictable (uniform over words).
if clean:
starts = [i + 1 for i, c in enumerate(text) if c == ' ' and i + 1 < len(text)]
avail = [p for p in starts if p not in set(struct_pos)]
else:
avail = [p for p in range(len(text)) if p not in set(struct_pos)]
noise_pos = sorted(rng.choice(avail, size=n_target, replace=False).tolist())
# sanity: fraction of noise insertions that slice inside a word
in_word = sum(1 for p in noise_pos
if 0 < p < len(text) and (text[p - 1].isalnum() and text[p].isalnum()))
# insert with offset (both sets sorted -> single merge pass)
insertions = [(p, T_STRUCT) for p in struct_pos] + [(p, T_NOISE) for p in noise_pos]
insertions.sort()
out = []
prev = 0
for pos, ch in insertions:
out.append(text[prev:pos])
out.append(ch)
prev = pos
out.append(text[prev:])
modified = ''.join(out)
assert modified.count(T_STRUCT) == modified.count(T_NOISE) == n_target
mode = "clean-boundary" if clean else "random"
print(f"prep({mode}): '{T_STRUCT}' x{n_target} after '{TRIGGER.strip()}', "
f"'{T_NOISE}' x{n_target} {mode}, "
f"freq each = {n_target/len(modified):.4%}, "
f"in-word '#' = {in_word}/{n_target} ({in_word/n_target:.1%})")
# build vocab (existing chars + the two synthetic)
chars = sorted(set(text)) + [T_STRUCT, T_NOISE]
stoi = {c: i for i, c in enumerate(chars)}
itos = {i: c for i, c in enumerate(chars)}
data = np.array([stoi[c] for c in modified], dtype=np.uint16)
n = int(0.9 * len(data))
os.makedirs(DATA_DIR, exist_ok=True)
data[:n].tofile(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'train.bin'))
data[n:].tofile(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'val.bin'))
with open(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'meta.pkl'), 'wb') as f:
pickle.dump({'stoi': stoi, 'itos': itos, 'vocab_size': len(chars)}, f)
with open(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'input.txt'), 'w') as f:
f.write(modified)
print(f"prep: vocab={len(chars)}, train={n:,} val={len(data)-n:,} tokens")
def train(seed, max_iters, batch_size):
sys.path.insert(0, '.')
from model import GPT, GPTConfig
torch.manual_seed(seed)
np.random.seed(seed)
device = 'cuda'
train_data = np.memmap(f'{DATA_DIR}/train.bin', dtype=np.uint16, mode='r')
val_data = np.memmap(f'{DATA_DIR}/val.bin', dtype=np.uint16, mode='r')
with open(f'{DATA_DIR}/meta.pkl', 'rb') as f:
meta = pickle.load(f)
args = dict(
n_layer=int(MODEL_ARGS['n_layer']), n_head=int(MODEL_ARGS['n_head']),
n_embd=int(MODEL_ARGS['n_embd']), block_size=int(MODEL_ARGS['block_size']),
bias=bool(MODEL_ARGS['bias']), dropout=float(MODEL_ARGS['dropout']),
vocab_size=int(meta['vocab_size']),
)
model = GPT(GPTConfig(**args)).to(device)
print(f"seed {seed}: params={sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters())/1e6:.2f}M")
opt = model.configure_optimizers(weight_decay=0.1, learning_rate=1e-3,
betas=(0.9, 0.99), device_type='cuda')
bs = batch_size
blk = args['block_size']
def get_batch(split):
d = train_data if split == 'train' else val_data
ix = torch.randint(len(d) - blk, (bs,))
x = torch.stack([torch.from_numpy(d[i:i+blk].astype(np.int64)) for i in ix])
y = torch.stack([torch.from_numpy(d[i+1:i+1+blk].astype(np.int64)) for i in ix])
return x.to(device), y.to(device)
best_val = 1e9
out_dir = f'{OUT_ROOT}/seed{seed}'
os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
for it in range(max_iters):
if it % 500 == 0:
model.eval()
lv = []
for _ in range(50):
X, Y = get_batch('val')
with torch.no_grad():
_, loss = model(X, Y)
lv.append(loss.item())
v = np.mean(lv)
model.train()
if v < best_val:
best_val = v
torch.save({'model': model.state_dict(), 'model_args': args,
'best_val_loss': best_val}, f'{out_dir}/ckpt.pt')
if it % 1000 == 0:
print(f" iter {it}: val={v:.4f}")
X, Y = get_batch('train')
_, loss = model(X, Y)
loss.backward()
opt.step()
opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
print(f"seed {seed} done. best_val={best_val:.4f}")
def jlens(seed, layers, n_prompts):
out_dir = f'{JLENS_OUT}/seed{seed}'
cmd = ["python3", "-u", "src/jlens_v3.py",
"--checkpoint", f'{OUT_ROOT}/seed{seed}/ckpt.pt',
"--data_dir", DATA_DIR,
"--n_prompts", str(n_prompts),
"--layers", layers,
"--chunk", "16",
"--output_dir", out_dir]
print("running:", " ".join(cmd))
r = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=REPO_ROOT)
assert r.returncode == 0, "jlens_v3 failed"
def summary(layers):
with open(f'{DATA_DIR}/meta.pkl', 'rb') as f:
meta = pickle.load(f)
sid = meta['stoi']
iid_s = sid[T_STRUCT]
iid_n = sid[T_NOISE]
train_data = np.memmap(f'{DATA_DIR}/train.bin', dtype=np.uint16, mode='r')
V = meta['vocab_size']
counts = np.bincount(train_data, minlength=V).astype(float)
freq = counts / counts.sum() * 100
seeds = sorted([d for d in os.listdir(JLENS_OUT) if d.startswith('seed')])
print(f"\n{'='*72}")
print("SYNTHETIC PAIR: faithful J-lens norms of T_struct '@' vs T_noise '#'")
print(f"('@' freq={freq[iid_s]:.3f}%, '#' freq={freq[iid_n]:.3f}%)")
print(f"{'='*72}")
print(f"{'seed':<5}{'layer':<6}{'@ norm':>9}{'# norm':>9}{'ratio':>8} freq-corr r")
for s in seeds:
for l in map(int, layers.split(',')):
d = torch.load(f'{JLENS_OUT}/{s}/layer{l}.pt', map_location='cpu')
fn = d['faithful_norms']
f_arr = np.array([freq[k] for k in range(V)])
rf = np.corrcoef(np.array([fn[k] for k in range(V)]), f_arr)[0, 1]
print(f"{s:<5}{l:<6}{fn[iid_s]:>9.4f}{fn[iid_n]:>9.4f}"
f"{fn[iid_s]/max(fn[iid_n],1e-9):>8.2f} {rf:+.3f}")
# per-seed ratio across middle layers
mids = [l for l in map(int, layers.split(',')) if l in (2, 3, 4)]
rs = []
rn = []
for l in mids:
d = torch.load(f'{JLENS_OUT}/{s}/layer{l}.pt', map_location='cpu')
fn = d['faithful_norms']
rs.append(fn[iid_s])
rn.append(fn[iid_n])
print(f" -> mean middle-layer ratio @/# = {np.mean(rs)/max(np.mean(rn),1e-9):.3f}")
if __name__ == '__main__':
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument('--step', required=True, choices=['prep', 'train', 'jlens', 'summary'])
ap.add_argument('--seed', type=int, default=0)
ap.add_argument('--max_iters', type=int, default=3000)
ap.add_argument('--batch_size', type=int, default=16)
ap.add_argument('--layers', default='0,1,2,3,4,5')
ap.add_argument('--n_prompts', type=int, default=10)
ap.add_argument('--clean', action='store_true',
help='prep: place the noise token at word starts (after '
'random spaces) instead of uniform random positions')
ap.add_argument('--data_dir', default=DATA_DIR)
ap.add_argument('--out_root', default=OUT_ROOT)
ap.add_argument('--jlens_out', default=JLENS_OUT)
a = ap.parse_args()
if a.data_dir != DATA_DIR or a.out_root != OUT_ROOT or a.jlens_out != JLENS_OUT:
DATA_DIR, OUT_ROOT, JLENS_OUT = a.data_dir, a.out_root, a.jlens_out
if a.step == 'prep':
prep(clean=a.clean)
elif a.step == 'train':
train(a.seed, a.max_iters, a.batch_size)
elif a.step == 'jlens':
jlens(a.seed, a.layers, a.n_prompts)
else:
summary(a.layers)
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