Ministral 3 8B 2512 Behavioral Fingerprint
How Mistral's Ministral 3 8B 2512 answers one-word probe questions at temperature 1.0 — random numbers, colors, animals, coin flips — measured over 449 valid samples in the open dataset of "One Token Is Enough" (arXiv:2607.10252).
Vendor
Mistral
Data generated
2026-07-08
Probe cells
15
Valid samples
449
Randomness score
46 / 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)
47
21 / 30 answers
Favorite color
teal
24 / 30 answers
Coin flip: heads
48%
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 = 1.00 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 15 | 50.0% |
| tails | 15 | 50.0% |
Coin flip · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.00 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| tails | 16 | 53.3% |
| heads | 14 | 46.7% |
Favorite number · English
n = 30 · H = 1.44 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 16 | 53.3% |
| 7 | 11 | 36.7% |
| 13 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
Favorite number · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 0.97 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 25 | 83.3% |
| 42 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 11 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random animal · English
n = 30 · H = 3.28 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| koala | 10 | 33.3% |
| opossum | 3 | 10.0% |
| lemur | 3 | 10.0% |
| gorilla | 2 | 6.7% |
| jaguar | 2 | 6.7% |
| fox | 2 | 6.7% |
| whale | 1 | 3.3% |
| tarsier | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 6 more answers
Random animal · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.06 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 狮子 | 7 | 23.3% |
| 狼 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 狐狸 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 狒狒 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 蚕 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 犀牛 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 大象 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 长颈鹿 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 4 more answers
Random city · English
n = 29 · H = 2.12 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| munich | 11 | 37.9% |
| tokyo | 10 | 34.5% |
| berlin | 4 | 13.8% |
| athens | 1 | 3.4% |
| wuzhou | 1 | 3.4% |
| amsterdam | 1 | 3.4% |
| milan | 1 | 3.4% |
Random city · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.89 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 哈尔滨 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 深圳 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 成都 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 马拉喀什 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 汉堡 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 武汉 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 乌兰巴托 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 杭州 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 10 more answers
Random color · English
n = 30 · H = 1.17 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| teal | 24 | 80.0% |
| cyan | 2 | 6.7% |
| pistachio | 1 | 3.3% |
| cerulean | 1 | 3.3% |
| azure | 1 | 3.3% |
| aquamarine | 1 | 3.3% |
Random color · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 2.62 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 天蓝 | 13 | 43.3% |
| 紫罗兰 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 深藕紫 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 翡翠绿 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 深蓝 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 水晶灰 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 深蓝紫 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 深海蓝 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 2 more answers
Random letter · English
n = 30 · H = 2.30 bit · uniform baseline 4.70 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| q | 15 | 50.0% |
| f | 4 | 13.3% |
| z | 3 | 10.0% |
| j | 3 | 10.0% |
| k | 2 | 6.7% |
| p | 1 | 3.3% |
| t | 1 | 3.3% |
| g | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-10 · English
n = 30 · H = 1.27 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 19 | 63.3% |
| 4 | 9 | 30.0% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 5 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-10 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.25 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 22 | 73.3% |
| 4 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 5 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 3 | 2 | 6.7% |
Random number 1-100 · English
n = 30 · H = 1.38 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 21 | 70.0% |
| 42 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 73 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 78 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 87 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-100 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.57 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 17 | 56.7% |
| 42 | 9 | 30.0% |
| 57 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 15 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 69 | 1 | 3.3% |
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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.