| """ |
| Drift Mechanism Analysis — Qwen2.5 |
| ==================================== |
| Three experiments to understand WHAT the probe is detecting. |
| |
| Experiment A: Volatility vs Drift |
| Experiment B: Multi-year trajectory probing |
| Experiment C: Representation structure analysis |
| |
| Uses cached hidden states. No model loading. |
| |
| Usage: |
| cd ~/svd_kg/knowledge_drift |
| python mechanism_analysis.py |
| """ |
|
|
| import json, os, sys, time |
| import numpy as np |
| import torch |
| import torch.nn as nn |
| from collections import Counter, defaultdict |
|
|
| print("=" * 70) |
| print(" DRIFT MECHANISM ANALYSIS — Qwen2.5") |
| print("=" * 70) |
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| CACHE_PATH = "data/experiments/tier1_qwen25_v2/cached_states.npz" |
| DATASET_PATH = "data/tier1_qwen25.json" |
| OUTPUT_DIR = "data/experiments/tier1_qwen25_v2/mechanism" |
| os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True) |
|
|
| print("\nLoading data...") |
| t0 = time.time() |
| results = np.load(CACHE_PATH, allow_pickle=True)["results"].tolist() |
| with open(DATASET_PATH) as f: |
| ds = json.load(f) |
| samples_meta = ds.get("samples", ds) |
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| for r, s in zip(results, samples_meta): |
| try: |
| r["year"] = int(s.get("year", 0)) if s.get("year") else 0 |
| except (ValueError, TypeError): |
| r["year"] = 0 |
| r["dataset_source"] = s.get("dataset_source", "unknown") |
| r["entity"] = s.get("entity", "") |
| r["parent_id"] = s.get("parent_id", "") |
| r["drift_date"] = s.get("drift_date", "") |
| r["fact_id"] = f"{s.get('entity', '')}||{r.get('relation', '')}" |
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|
| print(f" Loaded {len(results)} samples in {time.time()-t0:.1f}s") |
| print(f" Categories: {Counter(r['category'] for r in results)}") |
| print(f" Drifted: {sum(1 for r in results if r['is_drifted'])}") |
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|
|
| def numpy_auroc(y_true, y_score): |
| y_true = np.asarray(y_true, dtype=np.float64) |
| y_score = np.asarray(y_score, dtype=np.float64) |
| if len(np.unique(y_true)) < 2: |
| return 0.5 |
| n_pos = y_true.sum() |
| n_neg = len(y_true) - n_pos |
| if n_pos == 0 or n_neg == 0: |
| return 0.5 |
| asc = np.argsort(y_score, kind='stable') |
| y_sorted = y_true[asc] |
| s_sorted = y_score[asc] |
| _, inverse, counts = np.unique(s_sorted, return_inverse=True, return_counts=True) |
| cumcounts = np.cumsum(counts) |
| avg_ranks = np.empty(len(y_true), dtype=np.float64) |
| for i, c in enumerate(counts): |
| start = cumcounts[i] - c |
| end = cumcounts[i] |
| avg_ranks[inverse == i] = (start + end + 1) / 2.0 |
| rank_sum = avg_ranks[y_sorted == 1].sum() |
| auroc = (rank_sum - n_pos * (n_pos + 1) / 2) / (n_pos * n_neg) |
| return float(np.clip(auroc, 0.0, 1.0)) |
|
|
| def stratified_kfold(y, n_splits, seed=42): |
| rng = np.random.RandomState(seed) |
| y = np.asarray(y) |
| folds = [[] for _ in range(n_splits)] |
| for cls in np.unique(y): |
| idx = np.where(y == cls)[0].copy() |
| rng.shuffle(idx) |
| for i, v in enumerate(idx): |
| folds[i % n_splits].append(v) |
| splits = [] |
| for i in range(n_splits): |
| val_idx = np.array(folds[i], dtype=np.int64) |
| train_idx = np.concatenate([np.array(folds[j], dtype=np.int64) for j in range(n_splits) if j != i]) |
| splits.append((train_idx, val_idx)) |
| return splits |
|
|
| def prepare_tensors(X_np, y_np, device): |
| X = np.nan_to_num(np.clip(X_np.astype(np.float32), -1e4, 1e4)) |
| mean, std = X.mean(0, keepdims=True), X.std(0, keepdims=True) + 1e-8 |
| return (torch.tensor((X - mean) / std, dtype=torch.float32, device=device), |
| torch.tensor(y_np.astype(np.float32), device=device), mean, std) |
|
|
| class LinearProbeGPU: |
| def __init__(self, input_dim, C=1.0, lr=0.05, max_iter=500, device="cuda"): |
| self.C, self.lr, self.max_iter, self.device = C, lr, max_iter, device |
| self.model = nn.Linear(input_dim, 1, bias=True).to(device) |
| self.coef_ = None |
| def fit(self, X_t, y_t): |
| X_t, y_t = X_t.contiguous(), y_t.contiguous() |
| nn.init.zeros_(self.model.weight); nn.init.zeros_(self.model.bias) |
| wd = 1.0 / (self.C * len(y_t) + 1e-8) |
| opt = torch.optim.LBFGS(self.model.parameters(), lr=self.lr, |
| max_iter=self.max_iter, tolerance_grad=1e-5, tolerance_change=1e-7) |
| crit = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss() |
| def closure(): |
| opt.zero_grad() |
| loss = crit(self.model(X_t).squeeze(1), y_t) + wd * self.model.weight.pow(2).sum() |
| loss.backward(); return loss |
| opt.step(closure) |
| self.coef_ = [self.model.weight.detach().cpu().numpy().flatten()] |
| return self |
| def predict_proba(self, X_t): |
| with torch.no_grad(): |
| p = torch.sigmoid(self.model(X_t.contiguous()).squeeze(1)).cpu().numpy() |
| return np.column_stack([1 - p, p]) |
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| def train_probe_full(X_np, y_np, C=1.0, device="cuda"): |
| X_t, y_t, mean, std = prepare_tensors(X_np, y_np, device) |
| dim = X_t.shape[1] |
| p = LinearProbeGPU(dim, C=C, device=device) |
| p.fit(X_t.clone().contiguous(), y_t.clone().contiguous()) |
| return p, mean, std |
|
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| def best_auroc(X_np, y_np, device="cuda", n_splits=3): |
| best = 0.0 |
| for C in [0.01, 0.1, 1.0]: |
| X_t, y_t, mean, std = prepare_tensors(X_np, y_np, device) |
| dim = X_t.shape[1] |
| mc = min(int((y_np == 0).sum()), int((y_np == 1).sum())) |
| ns = min(n_splits, mc) |
| aurocs = [] |
| if ns >= 2: |
| for tr, va in stratified_kfold(y_np, ns): |
| tr_t = torch.from_numpy(tr).long().to(device) |
| va_t = torch.from_numpy(va).long().to(device) |
| p = LinearProbeGPU(dim, C=C, device=device) |
| p.fit(X_t[tr_t].clone().contiguous(), y_t[tr_t].clone().contiguous()) |
| probs = p.predict_proba(X_t[va_t].clone().contiguous())[:, 1] |
| if len(np.unique(y_np[va])) > 1: |
| aurocs.append(numpy_auroc(y_np[va], probs)) |
| a = float(np.mean(aurocs)) if aurocs else 0.5 |
| if a > best: |
| best = a |
| return best |
|
|
| device = "cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu" |
| print(f"Device: {device}") |
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| print("\n" + "=" * 70) |
| print(" EXPERIMENT A: VOLATILITY vs DRIFT ANALYSIS") |
| print(" Is the probe detecting 'this fact changes' or 'this fact HAS changed'?") |
| print("=" * 70) |
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| for layer in [7, 13, 20, 27]: |
| print(f"\n --- Layer {layer} ---") |
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| X_all = np.array([r["hidden_states"][layer] for r in results]) |
| y_all = np.array([1 if r["is_drifted"] else 0 for r in results]) |
|
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| probe, mean, std = train_probe_full(X_all, y_all, C=0.1, device=device) |
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| X_norm = np.nan_to_num(np.clip(X_all.astype(np.float32), -1e4, 1e4)) |
| X_t = torch.tensor((X_norm - mean) / std, dtype=torch.float32, device=device) |
| all_scores = probe.predict_proba(X_t)[:, 1] |
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| categories = ["stable", "no_drift", "known_drift", "unknown_drift"] |
| print(f"\n {'Category':20s} {'N':>6s} {'Mean':>8s} {'Std':>7s} {'Median':>7s} {'%>0.5':>7s}") |
| print(" " + "-" * 62) |
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| for cat in categories: |
| cat_idx = [i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r["category"] == cat] |
| if not cat_idx: |
| continue |
| cs = all_scores[cat_idx] |
| n_above = (cs > 0.5).sum() |
| print(f" {cat:20s} {len(cat_idx):6d} {cs.mean():8.4f} {cs.std():7.4f} {np.median(cs):7.4f} {n_above/len(cat_idx)*100:6.1f}%") |
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| print(f"\n Drifted vs Stable within each category:") |
| for cat in categories: |
| for is_d, label in [(True, "DRIFTED"), (False, "STABLE ")]: |
| idx = [i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r["category"] == cat and r["is_drifted"] == is_d] |
| if len(idx) < 5: |
| continue |
| scores = all_scores[idx] |
| print(f" {cat:20s} {label}: n={len(idx):5d}, mean={scores.mean():.4f}, median={np.median(scores):.4f}") |
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| no_drift_scores = all_scores[[i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r["category"] == "no_drift"]] |
| unk_drifted_scores = all_scores[[i for i, r in enumerate(results) |
| if r["category"] == "unknown_drift" and r["is_drifted"]]] |
|
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| if len(no_drift_scores) > 0 and len(unk_drifted_scores) > 0: |
| y_nd = np.concatenate([np.zeros(len(no_drift_scores)), np.ones(len(unk_drifted_scores))]) |
| s_nd = np.concatenate([no_drift_scores, unk_drifted_scores]) |
| auroc_nd = numpy_auroc(y_nd, s_nd) |
| print(f"\n * AUROC (no_drift vs unknown_drift+drifted): {auroc_nd:.4f}") |
| print(f" no_drift mean: {no_drift_scores.mean():.4f}") |
| print(f" unknown_drift+D mean: {unk_drifted_scores.mean():.4f}") |
| if auroc_nd > 0.85: |
| print(f" -> Probe CLEARLY distinguishes volatile-stable from actually-drifted") |
| elif auroc_nd > 0.70: |
| print(f" -> Probe PARTIALLY distinguishes, some volatility signal mixed in") |
| else: |
| print(f" -> Probe STRUGGLES -> likely detecting volatility not drift") |
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| stable_scores = all_scores[[i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r["category"] == "stable"]] |
| if len(stable_scores) > 10 and len(no_drift_scores) > 10: |
| print(f"\n Stable (never changes) mean: {stable_scores.mean():.4f}") |
| print(f" No_drift (volatile, didn't change): {no_drift_scores.mean():.4f}") |
| gap = no_drift_scores.mean() - stable_scores.mean() |
| print(f" Gap: {gap:+.4f}") |
| if abs(gap) > 0.1: |
| print(f" -> VOLATILITY SIGNAL: probe scores volatile facts higher even when not drifted") |
| else: |
| print(f" -> NO volatility signal: similar scores, probe detects actual drift") |
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| print("\n\n" + "=" * 70) |
| print(" EXPERIMENT B: MULTI-YEAR TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS") |
| print(" How does the same fact's representation change across years?") |
| print("=" * 70) |
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| |
| facts_entity = defaultdict(list) |
| facts_parent = defaultdict(list) |
| for i, r in enumerate(results): |
| fid = r["fact_id"] |
| if fid and fid != "||": |
| facts_entity[fid].append(i) |
| pid = r.get("parent_id", "") |
| if pid and str(pid).strip(): |
| facts_parent[pid].append(i) |
|
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| multi_entity = {f: idx for f, idx in facts_entity.items() if len(idx) >= 3} |
| multi_parent = {f: idx for f, idx in facts_parent.items() if len(idx) >= 3} |
|
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| print(f"\n Grouping by entity||relation: {len(facts_entity)} unique, {len(multi_entity)} with 3+ samples") |
| print(f" Grouping by parent_id: {len(facts_parent)} unique, {len(multi_parent)} with 3+ samples") |
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| multi_year_facts = multi_entity if len(multi_entity) >= len(multi_parent) else multi_parent |
| grouping = "entity||relation" if len(multi_entity) >= len(multi_parent) else "parent_id" |
| print(f" Using: {grouping} ({len(multi_year_facts)} facts)") |
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| |
| print(f"\n Example multi-year facts:") |
| count = 0 |
| for fid, indices in list(multi_year_facts.items())[:5]: |
| years = sorted(set(results[i]["year"] for i in indices)) |
| drifted = any(results[i]["is_drifted"] for i in indices) |
| q_sample = results[indices[0]]["query"][:60] |
| print(f" {fid[:40]:40s} years={years} drifted={drifted}") |
|
|
| for layer in [7, 27]: |
| print(f"\n --- Trajectory Analysis at Layer {layer} ---") |
|
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| traj_feats = [] |
| traj_labels = [] |
|
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| for fid, indices in multi_year_facts.items(): |
| sorted_idx = sorted(indices, key=lambda i: results[i]["year"]) |
| is_drifted = any(results[i]["is_drifted"] for i in sorted_idx) |
| states = np.array([results[i]["hidden_states"][layer] for i in sorted_idx]) |
|
|
| mean_state = states.mean(axis=0) |
| var_across = states.var(axis=0).mean() |
|
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| cos_dists = [] |
| for j in range(len(states) - 1): |
| n1 = np.linalg.norm(states[j]) |
| n2 = np.linalg.norm(states[j + 1]) |
| if n1 > 0 and n2 > 0: |
| cos_dists.append(1 - np.dot(states[j], states[j + 1]) / (n1 * n2)) |
| max_cos_dist = max(cos_dists) if cos_dists else 0 |
| mean_cos_dist = np.mean(cos_dists) if cos_dists else 0 |
|
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| last_diff = np.linalg.norm(states[-1] - mean_state) |
|
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| mid = len(states) // 2 |
| if mid > 0: |
| var_first = states[:mid].var(axis=0).mean() |
| var_last = states[mid:].var(axis=0).mean() |
| var_ratio = var_last / (var_first + 1e-10) |
| else: |
| var_ratio = 1.0 |
|
|
| feat = np.concatenate([ |
| mean_state, |
| [var_across, max_cos_dist, mean_cos_dist, last_diff, var_ratio, len(states)], |
| ]) |
| traj_feats.append(feat) |
| traj_labels.append(1 if is_drifted else 0) |
|
|
| X_traj = np.array(traj_feats) |
| y_traj = np.array(traj_labels) |
| n_d = int(y_traj.sum()) |
| n_s = len(y_traj) - n_d |
| print(f" Facts: {len(y_traj)}, Drifted: {n_d}, Stable: {n_s}") |
|
|
| if n_d >= 10 and n_s >= 10: |
| auroc_full = best_auroc(X_traj, y_traj, device=device) |
| print(f" Trajectory probe AUROC (full features): {auroc_full:.4f}") |
|
|
| X_stats = X_traj[:, -6:] |
| auroc_stats = best_auroc(X_stats, y_traj, device=device) |
| print(f" Trajectory probe AUROC (stats only): {auroc_stats:.4f}") |
|
|
| dim = X_traj.shape[1] - 6 |
| X_mean = X_traj[:, :dim] |
| auroc_mean = best_auroc(X_mean, y_traj, device=device) |
| print(f" Mean-state probe AUROC (baseline): {auroc_mean:.4f}") |
|
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| print(f"\n Trajectory statistics breakdown:") |
| stat_names = ["var_across_years", "max_cos_dist", "mean_cos_dist", |
| "last_diff", "var_ratio", "n_timepoints"] |
| for j, name in enumerate(stat_names): |
| vals_d = X_stats[y_traj == 1, j] |
| vals_s = X_stats[y_traj == 0, j] |
| print(f" {name:25s}: drifted={vals_d.mean():.6f}+/-{vals_d.std():.6f} stable={vals_s.mean():.6f}+/-{vals_s.std():.6f}") |
| else: |
| print(f" Not enough facts (need >=10 per class): {n_d} drifted, {n_s} stable") |
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| print("\n\n" + "=" * 70) |
| print(" EXPERIMENT C: REPRESENTATION STRUCTURE ANALYSIS") |
| print(" What is structurally different about drifted vs stable hidden states?") |
| print("=" * 70) |
|
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| for layer in [7, 13, 27]: |
| print(f"\n --- Layer {layer} ---") |
|
|
| drifted_idx = [i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r["is_drifted"]] |
| stable_idx = [i for i, r in enumerate(results) if not r["is_drifted"]] |
|
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| X_d = np.array([results[i]["hidden_states"][layer] for i in drifted_idx]) |
| X_s = np.array([results[i]["hidden_states"][layer] for i in stable_idx]) |
|
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| mag_d = np.linalg.norm(X_d, axis=1) |
| mag_s = np.linalg.norm(X_s, axis=1) |
| print(f"\n Activation magnitude (L2 norm):") |
| print(f" Drifted: {mag_d.mean():.2f} +/- {mag_d.std():.2f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {mag_s.mean():.2f} +/- {mag_s.std():.2f}") |
|
|
| threshold = 0.01 |
| sparse_d = (np.abs(X_d) < threshold).mean(axis=1) |
| sparse_s = (np.abs(X_s) < threshold).mean(axis=1) |
| print(f"\n Activation sparsity (fraction < {threshold}):") |
| print(f" Drifted: {sparse_d.mean():.4f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {sparse_s.mean():.4f}") |
|
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| def act_entropy(X): |
| abs_X = np.abs(X) |
| abs_X = abs_X / (abs_X.sum(axis=1, keepdims=True) + 1e-10) |
| return -(abs_X * np.log(abs_X + 1e-10)).sum(axis=1) |
|
|
| ent_d = act_entropy(X_d) |
| ent_s = act_entropy(X_s) |
| print(f"\n Activation entropy:") |
| print(f" Drifted: {ent_d.mean():.4f} +/- {ent_d.std():.4f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {ent_s.mean():.4f} +/- {ent_s.std():.4f}") |
|
|
| for k in [10, 50, 100]: |
| topk_d = np.sort(np.abs(X_d), axis=1)[:, -k:].sum(axis=1) / (np.abs(X_d).sum(axis=1) + 1e-10) |
| topk_s = np.sort(np.abs(X_s), axis=1)[:, -k:].sum(axis=1) / (np.abs(X_s).sum(axis=1) + 1e-10) |
| print(f"\n Top-{k} neuron concentration:") |
| print(f" Drifted: {topk_d.mean():.4f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {topk_s.mean():.4f}") |
|
|
| ent_out_d = [results[i]["entropy"] for i in drifted_idx] |
| ent_out_s = [results[i]["entropy"] for i in stable_idx] |
| print(f"\n Output token entropy:") |
| print(f" Drifted: {np.mean(ent_out_d):.4f} +/- {np.std(ent_out_d):.4f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {np.mean(ent_out_s):.4f} +/- {np.std(ent_out_s):.4f}") |
|
|
| prob_d = [results[i]["top_prob"] for i in drifted_idx] |
| prob_s = [results[i]["top_prob"] for i in stable_idx] |
| print(f"\n Top token probability (confidence):") |
| print(f" Drifted: {np.mean(prob_d):.4f} +/- {np.std(prob_d):.4f}") |
| print(f" Stable: {np.mean(prob_s):.4f} +/- {np.std(prob_s):.4f}") |
|
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| y_bin = np.array([1] * len(drifted_idx) + [0] * len(stable_idx)) |
| stats_dict = { |
| "L2 norm": np.concatenate([mag_d, mag_s]), |
| "Sparsity": np.concatenate([sparse_d, sparse_s]), |
| "Act entropy": np.concatenate([ent_d, ent_s]), |
| "Output entropy": np.array(ent_out_d + ent_out_s), |
| "Neg top prob": -np.array(prob_d + prob_s), |
| "Top-10 conc": np.concatenate([ |
| np.sort(np.abs(X_d), axis=1)[:, -10:].sum(axis=1) / (np.abs(X_d).sum(axis=1) + 1e-10), |
| np.sort(np.abs(X_s), axis=1)[:, -10:].sum(axis=1) / (np.abs(X_s).sum(axis=1) + 1e-10), |
| ]), |
| } |
| print(f"\n Single-statistic AUROC for drift detection:") |
| for name, scores in stats_dict.items(): |
| auroc = numpy_auroc(y_bin, scores) |
| print(f" {name:25s}: {auroc:.4f}") |
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| print("\n\n" + "=" * 70) |
| print(" KEY QUESTIONS ANSWERED") |
| print("=" * 70) |
| print(""" |
| A. VOLATILITY vs DRIFT |
| If no_drift mean score ~ stable mean score -> probe detects DRIFT |
| If no_drift mean score >> stable mean score -> probe detects VOLATILITY |
| If AUROC(no_drift vs unknown_drift+drifted) > 0.85 -> clean drift detection |
| |
| B. TRAJECTORY VALUE |
| If trajectory AUROC > mean-state AUROC -> temporal structure adds signal |
| If stats-only AUROC is high -> the CHANGE PATTERN itself is informative |
| If stats-only AUROC is low -> signal is in the representation not trajectory |
| |
| C. REPRESENTATION STRUCTURE |
| If single-stat AUROC > 0.7 -> that stat is a simple baseline to beat |
| If all single-stat AUROCs < 0.6 -> signal is in complex patterns |
| Large gaps in any stat -> that is what the probe exploits |
| """) |
|
|
| print(f" Done.") |
| print("=" * 70) |