HALT-CoT
Question
If a shop has 12 apples and sells 5, how many apples are left?
Candidate answers
5 6 7 8 9
Run HALT-CoT
Entropy threshold
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0
2
Consecutive low-entropy steps
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1
4
Maximum steps
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1
12
Step token cap
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8
160
Result
Generated reasoning
HALT trace
HALT trace
Step
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Entropy
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Prediction
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Tokens
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Halted
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Text
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Final answer distribution
Final answer distribution
Candidate
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Probability
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