How AI reads throttle

1 Your word measured

noun 5 senses 15 synonyms

Definitions come from WordNet, a hand-curated dictionary.

2 To an AI, it's pieces measured

DeepSeek V3 throttle 1 token

Mistral 7B thro tt le 3 tokens

Qwen3 8B throttle 1 token

This is the tokenizer splitting text, not the model understanding it.

3 Synonyms, antonyms, and the AI measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

The model’s neighbours

thermostat0.12 shutter0.12 chassis0.12 crank0.11 ammo0.11 coil0.10 dodge0.10 whistle0.10

Dictionary synonyms measured

restrict0.08 choke0.07 accelerator0.06 limit0.04 bound0.03 gun0.02 gas0.01 throttle valve accelerator pedal gas pedal restrain trammel confine strangle strangulate

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to throttle. 7 of 15 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

The model’s neighbours

choke0.21 accelerator0.19 thermostat0.18 shutter0.18 steering0.16 pedal0.16 clutch0.15 brake0.15

Dictionary synonyms measured

choke0.21 accelerator0.19 restrict0.10 limit0.08 gun0.07 gas0.03 bound0.03 throttle valve accelerator pedal gas pedal restrain trammel confine strangle strangulate

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to throttle, 2 of 8 also appear in the dictionary. 7 of 15 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

This model splits throttle into 3 pieces, so it has no vector of its own here: this is the average of its fragments, and the results below are correspondingly rough.

The model’s neighbours

thistle0.38 yttrium0.37 dle0.35 isle0.35 cole0.35 olein0.34 kettle0.34 cochlea0.33

Dictionary synonyms measured

choke0.15 accelerator0.08 gas0.04 limit0.04 restrict0.03 gun0.03 bound0.03 throttle valve accelerator pedal gas pedal restrain trammel confine strangle strangulate

Shade shows how close the model puts each word to throttle. 7 of 15 dictionary synonyms are in this build; the rest have no vector to compare yet.

Model neighbours are distributional, not dictionary synonyms. Two words can be close because they appear in similar sentences, which is why an antonym can outscore a synonym here.

4 Its personality measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

This model splits throttle into 3 pieces, so it has no vector of its own here: this is the average of its fragments, and the results below are correspondingly rough.

rare common

concrete abstract

casual formal

everyday technical

negative positive

mild intense

powerless powerful

small big

Scores are projections onto axes we defined from anchor words, not labels the model assigns.

5 Surprising neighbours measured

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

cockpit0.100 aristotle0.099 leverage0.099 throat0.099 shore0.098

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to throttle. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

whistle0.150 throat0.148 thrust0.143 threshold0.142 thunderbolt0.142

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to throttle. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

This model splits throttle into 3 pieces, so it has no vector of its own here: this is the average of its fragments, and the results below are correspondingly rough.

beetle0.330 bristle0.329 dongle0.329 turtle0.328 belle0.327

These sit just outside the closest neighbours in panel 3, and no dictionary lists any of them as related to throttle. That gap is the model’s own learned association.

These are statistical associations in the training data, not the model thinking.