Mistral Nemo Behavioral Fingerprint
How Mistral's Mistral Nemo answers one-word probe questions at temperature 1.0 — random numbers, colors, animals, coin flips — measured over 436 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
436
Randomness score
48 / 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
21 / 30 answers
Coin flip: heads
86%
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 = 29 · H = 0.66 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 24 | 82.8% |
| tails | 5 | 17.2% |
Coin flip · Chinese
n = 29 · H = 0.48 bit · uniform baseline 1.00 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| heads | 26 | 89.7% |
| tails | 3 | 10.3% |
Favorite number · English
n = 26 · H = 0.39 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 24 | 92.3% |
| 42 | 2 | 7.7% |
Favorite number · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 0.63 bit · uniform baseline 13.29 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 27 | 90.0% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 6 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 42 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random animal · English
n = 30 · H = 3.67 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| dog | 6 | 20.0% |
| cat | 5 | 16.7% |
| lion | 4 | 13.3% |
| elephant | 2 | 6.7% |
| chick | 1 | 3.3% |
| rat | 1 | 3.3% |
| duck | 1 | 3.3% |
| iguana | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 9 more answers
Random animal · Chinese
n = 28 · H = 3.82 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 老虎 | 6 | 21.4% |
| 狗 | 4 | 14.3% |
| 狮子 | 2 | 7.1% |
| 猫 | 2 | 7.1% |
| 龟 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 老鼠 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 鸟 | 1 | 3.6% |
| eagle | 1 | 3.6% |
+ 10 more answers
Random city · English
n = 30 · H = 1.68 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| paris | 19 | 63.3% |
| london | 4 | 13.3% |
| tokyo | 4 | 13.3% |
| munich | 1 | 3.3% |
| beijing | 1 | 3.3% |
| chicago | 1 | 3.3% |
Random city · Chinese
n = 27 · H = 3.88 bit · uniform baseline 5.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 北京 | 4 | 14.8% |
| 纽约 | 3 | 11.1% |
| 新加坡 | 3 | 11.1% |
| paris | 2 | 7.4% |
| tokyo | 2 | 7.4% |
| 伦敦 | 2 | 7.4% |
| tokio | 1 | 3.7% |
| reducer | 1 | 3.7% |
+ 9 more answers
Random color · English
n = 30 · H = 1.25 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| blue | 21 | 70.0% |
| red | 6 | 20.0% |
| green | 2 | 6.7% |
| cyan | 1 | 3.3% |
Random color · Chinese
n = 27 · H = 2.47 bit · uniform baseline 4.91 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 绿 | 11 | 40.7% |
| 蓝 | 7 | 25.9% |
| 红 | 2 | 7.4% |
| 紫 | 2 | 7.4% |
| blues | 1 | 3.7% |
| 粉 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 青 | 1 | 3.7% |
| red | 1 | 3.7% |
+ 1 more answers
Random letter · English
n = 30 · H = 3.67 bit · uniform baseline 4.70 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| b | 7 | 23.3% |
| q | 3 | 10.0% |
| m | 3 | 10.0% |
| g | 2 | 6.7% |
| c | 2 | 6.7% |
| t | 2 | 6.7% |
| h | 2 | 6.7% |
| n | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 8 more answers
Random number 1-10 · English
n = 30 · H = 2.01 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11 | 36.7% |
| 7 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 4 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 3 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 6 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 9 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-10 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 1.64 bit · uniform baseline 3.32 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 20 | 66.7% |
| 6 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 7 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 3 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 4 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 9 | 1 | 3.3% |
Random number 1-100 · English
n = 30 · H = 3.04 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 8 | 26.7% |
| 47 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 73 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 57 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 37 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 53 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 16 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 17 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 3 more answers
Random number 1-100 · Chinese
n = 30 · H = 3.74 bit · uniform baseline 6.64 bit
| Answer | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 37 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 42 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 73 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 27 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 47 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 53 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 21 | 1 | 3.3% |
+ 8 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.