LLM activations encode current and prior entities in orthogonal slots, but models only use the current slot for explicit factual retrieval despite prior-slot information being linearly decodable.
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Slot Machines: How LLMs Keep Track of Multiple Entities
LLM activations encode current and prior entities in orthogonal slots, but models only use the current slot for explicit factual retrieval despite prior-slot information being linearly decodable.