{"state_type":"pith_open_graph_state","state_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2025:FXCGAPS6ZEMAE7QFM3Y2PM4U3D","merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","event_count":2,"valid_event_count":2,"invalid_event_count":0,"equivocation_count":0,"current":{"canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"f13fe01fb267e8f6db566f58117a78ca22d5a8f78e5b01dfa2bc3594523703f1","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.LG"],"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"cs.CL","submitted_at":"2025-01-15T02:54:52Z","title_canon_sha256":"13a054c395e3232986dd8eca5270efba329a492e6f6fd6c785edeb8cfe8d91d4"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2501.08537","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2501.08537","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2501.08537v1","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2501.08537","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"FXCGAPS6ZEMA","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"FXCGAPS6ZEMAE7QF","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"FXCGAPS6","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z"}],"graph_snapshots":[{"event_id":"sha256:05aee9e49cb63ed28ee5857b262bbe38d9d32f90d858d10623398d50b549e029","target":"graph","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"author_claims":{"count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","strong_count":0},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"integrity":{"available":true,"clean":true,"detectors_run":[],"endpoint":"/pith/2501.08537/integrity.json","findings":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938","summary":{"advisory":0,"by_detector":{},"critical":0,"informational":0}},"paper":{"abstract_excerpt":"Transformers have demonstrated impressive capabilities across various tasks, yet their performance on compositional problems remains a subject of debate. In this study, we investigate the internal mechanisms underlying Transformers' behavior in compositional tasks. We find that complexity control strategies significantly influence whether the model learns primitive-level rules that generalize out-of-distribution (reasoning-based solutions) or relies solely on memorized mappings (memory-based solutions). By applying masking strategies to the model's information circuits and employing multiple c","authors_text":"Pengxiao Lin, Yaoyu Zhang, Zhi-Qin John Xu, Zhiwei Wang, Zhongwang Zhang","cross_cats":["cs.LG"],"headline":"","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"cs.CL","submitted_at":"2025-01-15T02:54:52Z","title":"Complexity Control Facilitates Reasoning-Based Compositional Generalization in Transformers"},"references":{"count":0,"internal_anchors":0,"resolved_work":0,"sample":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2501.08537","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"created_at":null,"id":null,"model_set":{},"one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"pith_extraction_headline":"","strongest_claim":"","weakest_assumption":""}},"verdict_id":null}}],"author_attestations":[],"timestamp_anchors":[],"storage_attestations":[],"citation_signatures":[],"replication_records":[],"corrections":[],"mirror_hints":[],"record_created":{"event_id":"sha256:28766a368e939d769228904555525f87857eb6e86f896c685d3a16ea23d6cb4c","target":"record","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"attestation_state":"computed","canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"f13fe01fb267e8f6db566f58117a78ca22d5a8f78e5b01dfa2bc3594523703f1","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.LG"],"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"cs.CL","submitted_at":"2025-01-15T02:54:52Z","title_canon_sha256":"13a054c395e3232986dd8eca5270efba329a492e6f6fd6c785edeb8cfe8d91d4"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2501.08537","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"canonical_sha256":"2dc4603e5ec918027e0566f1a7b394d8ddfb330b4bf6e16798ca473c833991ed","receipt":{"algorithm":"ed25519","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","canonical_sha256":"2dc4603e5ec918027e0566f1a7b394d8ddfb330b4bf6e16798ca473c833991ed","first_computed_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20.866452Z","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","kind":"pith_receipt","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20.866452Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","receipt_version":"0.3","signature_b64":"MvGZEAZLaHV/usdpuV74auzMmNTrB2OOqs+qiIR3nBYIMcZsATfta0JKyMTkgv5Cbz18Xi+QpHagISpQh6bhDA==","signature_status":"signed_v1","signed_at":"2026-07-05T10:01:20.866869Z","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes"},"source_id":"2501.08537","source_kind":"arxiv","source_version":1}}},"equivocations":[],"invalid_events":[],"applied_event_ids":["sha256:28766a368e939d769228904555525f87857eb6e86f896c685d3a16ea23d6cb4c","sha256:05aee9e49cb63ed28ee5857b262bbe38d9d32f90d858d10623398d50b549e029"],"state_sha256":"cfd01c5f58c1c5f1c322777489e8f07cc91db7aaa655217a453f29519e398b1a"}