Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Embryology of a Language Model

As of 23 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 26 of 26 outbound references and 4 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2508.00331.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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measured 26 of 26 reference resolution

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Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:49.996237Z

measured 30 of 30 standing notices

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Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-23T06:30:58.430688+00:00

measured 4 of 4 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-04T10:05:16.996521Z

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Source: arxiv_reference, observed 2026-05-11T15:21:08.640279Z

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Outbound references

Observation 8e2327c2-76c7-421f-89f7-d208af092bf4 · outbound

This paper cites Altland and B.

Embryology of a Language Model Altland and B

Reference 1

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Observation b85f5d94-4674-4e47-a878-97302658c5d7 · outbound

This paper cites Arnold, S.

Embryology of a Language Model Arnold, S

Reference 2

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Observation ca4ff495-d0d0-406b-bff6-5809af45f3fa · outbound

This paper cites Baker, G.

Embryology of a Language Model Baker, G

Reference 3

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Observation 417607d5-c32d-457f-abb0-c510f2b71e33 · outbound

This paper cites Bengio, A.

Embryology of a Language Model Bengio, A

Reference 4

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Observation 65556def-c9c9-4bfc-8af5-bc61ecd1bb8f · outbound

This paper cites Bricken, A.

Embryology of a Language Model Bricken, A

Reference 5

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Observation b71ee6ec-0aae-47a4-8b4d-7357939c0eec · outbound

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Embryology of a Language Model Unresolved cited work

Reference 6

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Observation 810335fd-f01b-4eb9-ac3d-1fb99aa82556 · outbound

This paper cites Carter, Z.

Embryology of a Language Model Carter, Z

Reference 7

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Observation b475a0a6-61c7-4987-bb4e-8275a84b0a17 · outbound

This paper cites Chari and L.

Embryology of a Language Model Chari and L

Reference 8

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.599488Z

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Observation 3295327b-bb01-4133-ab79-450ca64775c3 · outbound

This paper cites TinyStories: How Small Can Language Models Be and Still Speak Coherent English?.

Embryology of a Language Model TinyStories: How Small Can Language Models Be and Still Speak Coherent English?

Reference 9

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Observation d6fd28d5-1f34-425c-b7d7-c5b6755f6a78 · outbound

This paper cites Elhage, N.

Embryology of a Language Model Elhage, N

Reference 10

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.577619Z

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Observation b835d5cb-8791-4612-9f2c-3b59219fe205 · outbound

This paper cites Engels, E.

Embryology of a Language Model Engels, E

Reference 11

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.558521Z

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Observation ffd3d841-104f-457c-b45d-b267c1c52047 · outbound

This paper cites Fefferman, S.

Embryology of a Language Model Fefferman, S

Reference 12

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.535369Z

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Observation 2c995bb2-68f2-4c4b-93ab-577e4f09dcd8 · outbound

This paper cites The Pile: An 800GB Dataset of Diverse Text for Language Modeling.

Embryology of a Language Model The Pile: An 800GB Dataset of Diverse Text for Language Modeling

Reference 13

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Observation 3c441dc3-aaca-433a-854b-f40c1d2b4aaa · outbound

This paper cites Hewitt and C.

Embryology of a Language Model Hewitt and C

Reference 14

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Observation 3837bd7c-b4ce-44fd-9e6b-7264d8d554c6 · outbound

This paper cites Loss Landscape Degeneracy and Stagewise Development in Transformers.

Embryology of a Language Model Loss Landscape Degeneracy and Stagewise Development in Transformers

Reference 15

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Observation 31621644-4b50-4f08-baa7-0a6da56be34c · outbound

This paper cites Kriegeskorte and R.

Embryology of a Language Model Kriegeskorte and R

Reference 16

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.492292Z

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Observation b706aaad-4dc9-4d3f-8605-20a664289c13 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Embryology of a Language Model Unresolved cited work

Reference 17

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Observation 4b1e988b-2ecd-4667-8f00-72419e85dfb8 · outbound

This paper cites UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimension Reduction.

Embryology of a Language Model UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimension Reduction

Reference 18

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Observation 63fac48a-ec81-47c0-bc0b-232d20e003c7 · outbound

This paper cites Olsson, N.

Embryology of a Language Model Olsson, N

Reference 19

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.447075Z

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Observation b389c08e-9274-490f-8000-ee2a98e6e75e · outbound

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Embryology of a Language Model Unresolved cited work

Reference 20

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Observation 85260648-ecfb-4529-b526-769e7bc9b4f4 · outbound

This paper cites Rubin, L.

Embryology of a Language Model Rubin, L

Reference 21

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Observation 7ef9e2c8-3094-487f-b1cf-0e3a513505a7 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Embryology of a Language Model Unresolved cited work

Reference 22

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Observation 8aa27789-5963-4c15-96fa-27fd2cdc90ca · outbound

This paper cites Differentiation and Specialization of Attention Heads via the Refined Local Learning Coefficient.

Embryology of a Language Model Differentiation and Specialization of Attention Heads via the Refined Local Learning Coefficient

Reference 23

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Observation 298987c6-e07f-4386-8846-1bc1fa58cb9e · outbound

This paper cites Watanabe.

Embryology of a Language Model Watanabe

Reference 24

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.366752Z

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Observation 75734b4c-f994-4488-a4fe-478be2abfaee · outbound

This paper cites Data Selection for Language Models via Importance Resampling.

Embryology of a Language Model Data Selection for Language Models via Importance Resampling

Reference 25

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Observation d41642d3-4113-49cd-bc5b-4330f2e5e872 · outbound

This paper cites Zhang and S.

Embryology of a Language Model Zhang and S

Reference 26

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T10:16:50.341884Z

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Pith citing papers

Observation e56d6dac-e5d5-4a23-9679-a3f7ec5dfa0d · inbound

Influence Dynamics and Stagewise Data Attribution cites this paper.

Influence Dynamics and Stagewise Data Attribution Embryology of a Language Model

Reference 49

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Observation 87a19558-b0f2-4a9c-9318-df14bdd6a1e5 · inbound

Mechanistic Anomaly Detection via Functional Attribution cites this paper.

Mechanistic Anomaly Detection via Functional Attribution Embryology of a Language Model

Reference 69

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T12:46:10.279348Z

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Observation a7e6047e-1406-4b42-a718-de2551125337 · inbound

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

There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning Embryology of a Language Model

Reference 201

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T15:21:08.643723Z

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Observation e30aca8a-a992-4bd1-a63d-e9202cb40d1c · inbound

Susceptibilities and Patterning: A Primer on Linear Response in Bayesian Learning cites this paper.

Susceptibilities and Patterning: A Primer on Linear Response in Bayesian Learning Embryology of a Language Model

Reference 3

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T03:55:54.499724Z

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