How does the model count in French?

by Ari Holtzman2 months ago
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French has an infamously counterintuitive counting system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Numerals

Given that it's a bit strange, but very clear, can we map out exactly how an LLM represents it?

llmscountingmechinterpImplemented:https://github.com/Hypogenic-AI/french-model-count-debc-claudeImplemented:https://github.com/Hypogenic-AI/french-model-counting-9f9d-codexImplemented:https://github.com/Hypogenic-AI/model-count-french-94dd-gemini
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@misc{holtzman-how-does-the-2026,
  author = {Holtzman, Ari},
  title = {How does the model count in French?},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://hypogenic.ai/ideahub/idea/tQRaWVcutIBdq1yUbZwF}
}

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