Finite-answer projections of continuation probabilities stabilize before the answer is parseable, showing 17-31 token mean lead in delayed-verdict tasks with Qwen3-4B-Instruct.
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Finite-answer projections of continuation probabilities stabilize before the answer is parseable, showing 17-31 token mean lead in delayed-verdict tasks with Qwen3-4B-Instruct.