Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

As of 20 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 0 of 0 outbound references and 9 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2309.07311.

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measured 9 of 9 standing notices

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Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-20T06:33:59.587034+00:00

measured 9 of 9 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-07T04:57:40.711465Z

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Source: pith, observed 2026-08-05T02:28:24.338817Z

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Pith citing papers

Observation 0e3a62f6-a6ff-40c1-aca0-981d2ece9af7 · inbound

Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective cites this paper.

Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 42

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T04:57:40.711465Z

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Observation 644a63f6-a120-4a53-bcc8-dd841895cc81 · inbound

Specialization of softmax attention heads: insights from the high-dimensional single-location model cites this paper.

Specialization of softmax attention heads: insights from the high-dimensional single-location model Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 1

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-02T19:04:53.976031Z

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Observation 85584afa-8319-4d44-96d2-8c2cea6dcc9a · inbound

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning cites this paper.

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 285

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T15:21:08.946438Z

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Observation e4b77d0f-4468-4738-a6cc-699669765f83 · inbound

A Limit Theory of Foundation Models: A Mathematical Approach to Understanding Emergent Intelligence and Scaling Laws cites this paper.

A Limit Theory of Foundation Models: A Mathematical Approach to Understanding Emergent Intelligence and Scaling Laws Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 50

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-13T07:27:29.019293Z

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Observation 262d73b4-bfc2-4755-90a4-92e31977369b · inbound

A Limit Theory of Foundation Models: A Mathematical Approach to Understanding Emergent Intelligence and Scaling Laws cites this paper.

Reference 51

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-07-01T09:05:36.345896Z

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Observation b7592503-8b79-4640-bd8d-81b5e1406d90 · inbound

From Syntax to Semantics: Unveiling the Emergence of Chirality in SMILES Translation Models cites this paper.

From Syntax to Semantics: Unveiling the Emergence of Chirality in SMILES Translation Models Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 57

Resolution: metadata mismatch; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-12T04:06:24.804700Z

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Observation 1be9ef72-a087-4f7b-b75d-dbbf5e8df309 · inbound

Emergent Capabilities Arise Randomly from Learning Sparse Attention Patterns cites this paper.

Emergent Capabilities Arise Randomly from Learning Sparse Attention Patterns Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 3

Resolution: metadata mismatch; arxiv_id, observed 2026-07-04T17:29:59.860868Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-20T06:33:59.587034+00:00.

Observation 6fcfd360-7d5a-4039-a5d2-b6f69ebf3760 · inbound

Natural Ungrokking: Asymmetric Control of Which Rules Survive Pretraining cites this paper.

Natural Ungrokking: Asymmetric Control of Which Rules Survive Pretraining Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 6

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-07-04T21:10:09.145081Z

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Observation 4d673c95-d6ac-4950-bf67-c13aa3d3859c · inbound

Fingerprint, Not Blueprint: How Positional Schemes Set the Default Spectral Algebra of Attention cites this paper.

Fingerprint, Not Blueprint: How Positional Schemes Set the Default Spectral Algebra of Attention Sudden Drops in the Loss: Syntax Acquisition, Phase Transitions, and Simplicity Bias in MLMs

Reference 4

Resolution: metadata mismatch; local_arxiv, observed 2026-07-11T01:27:45.662308Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-20T06:33:59.587034+00:00.