Internal representation coordinate

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Zₜ denotes a measured coordinate in an internal representation or a specified steering direction. The coordinate requires a defined layer, extraction procedure, reference basis, and scale. Different choices can produce different apparent trajectories from the same underlying model.

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Original context

The next experiment should use one open model family and save dense checkpoints. At each checkpoint, the experiment should measure learned behavior B_t, a mechanistic internal state Z_t, grounded declaration D_t, and downstream persistence P_t.

B_t = independently measured learned behavior at checkpoint t

Z_t = internal representation / steering-direction coordinate

D_t = grounded declaration score about B_t

Δ_t = distance from the pre-transition reference state

The preregistered question is then whether there exists a checkpoint t* at which D_t becomes reliably grounded and whether that event consistently precedes, coincides with, or follows the independently measured internal transition in Z_t and B_t.

Z_t = internal representation / steering-direction coordinate