Nova Lite 1.0 Behavioral Fingerprint
How Amazon's Nova Lite 1.0 answers one-word probe questions at temperature 1.0 — random numbers, colors, animals, coin flips — measured over 443 valid samples in the open dataset of "One Token Is Enough" (arXiv:2607.10252).
Vendor
Amazon
Data generated
2026-07-08
Probe cells
15
Valid samples
443
Randomness score
44 / 100
Mean normalized entropy across cells, 0–100. 100 would be a uniform-random baseline; real models score far lower.
Signature answers
Favorite random number (1–100)
42
8 / 30 answers
Favorite color
blue
19 / 30 answers
Coin flip: heads
88%
Share of heads across coin-flip cells.
Answer distributions by probe cell
Empirical distributions of normalized one-word answers, per task and language. H is the Shannon entropy in bits; the uniform baseline is log2 of the answer-domain size.
Coin flip · English
n = 30 · H = 0.78 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 23 | 76.7% |
| tails | 7 | 23.3% |
Coin flip · Chinese
n = 29 · H = 0.00 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 29 | 100.0% |
Favorite number · English
n = 26 · H = 1.69 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 12 | 46.2% |
| 42 | 10 | 38.5% |
| 0 | 2 | 7.7% |
| 9 | 1 | 3.8% |
| 47 | 1 | 3.8% |
Favorite number · Chinese
n = 29 · H = 0.90 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 24 | 82.8% |
| 0 | 3 | 10.3% |
| 5 | 1 | 3.4% |
| 9 | 1 | 3.4% |
Random animal · English
n = 29 · H = 3.15 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| elephant | 7 | 24.1% |
| tiger | 5 | 17.2% |
| zebra | 5 | 17.2% |
| panther | 3 | 10.3% |
| lion | 2 | 6.9% |
| panda | 1 | 3.4% |
| dog | 1 | 3.4% |
| dolphin | 1 | 3.4% |
+ 4 more answers
Random animal · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.18 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 狮子 | 12 | 40.0% |
| 猴子 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 鳄鱼 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 狐狸 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 猫 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 鹿 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 熊猫 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 鲸 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 7 more answers
Random city · English
n = 30 · H = 3.09 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| tokyo | 8 | 26.7% |
| paris | 7 | 23.3% |
| madrid | 3 | 10.0% |
| toronto | 2 | 6.7% |
| rome | 2 | 6.7% |
| beijing | 2 | 6.7% |
| new | 1 | 3.3% |
| sydney | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 4 more answers
Random city · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.06 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 北京 | 7 | 23.3% |
| 纽约 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 伦敦 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 东京 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 柏林 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 上海 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 京都 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 清迈 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
Random color · English
n = 30 · H = 1.76 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| blue | 19 | 63.3% |
| purple | 5 | 16.7% |
| teal | 2 | 6.7% |
| crimson | 1 | 3.3% |
| peach | 1 | 3.3% |
| magenta | 1 | 3.3% |
| pink | 1 | 3.3% |
Random color · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.92 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝 | 16 | 53.3% |
| 绿 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 红 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 紫 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 青 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 黑 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random letter · English
n = 30 · H = 3.71 bit · uniform baseline 4.70 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| x | 5 | 16.7% |
| q | 3 | 10.0% |
| k | 3 | 10.0% |
| m | 3 | 10.0% |
| j | 2 | 6.7% |
| y | 2 | 6.7% |
| z | 2 | 6.7% |
| r | 2 | 6.7% |
+ 7 more answers
Random number 1-10 · English
n = 30 · H = 1.94 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 17 | 56.7% |
| 6 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 4 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 5 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 8 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-10 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.49 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 19 | 63.3% |
| 5 | 7 | 23.3% |
| 4 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 6 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-100 · English
n = 30 · H = 2.91 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 8 | 26.7% |
| 47 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 57 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 43 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 29 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 46 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 52 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 63 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
Random number 1-100 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 2.95 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 37 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 47 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 29 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 27 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 32 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 45 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 46 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 4 more answers
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Distributions: Tomáš Bruckner, "One Token Is Enough" (arXiv:2607.10252), official dataset Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21278557, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Collected via OpenRouter at temperature 1.0 under the paper's fixed minimal one-word system prompt; answer keys are re-normalized with the checker's pipeline (color aliases, number words, coin h/t) so live probes are directly comparable.