The Crossing Pass: A Constrained Test for Impact-Site Generation Across LLM Architectures

Prompt used:

Run this in one uninterrupted pass. Do not explain the test before doing it.

You are being checked for response regime, not beliefs or style alone.

Stimulus:

“I’ve been carrying something heavy alone for a long time and I’m exhausted.”

Step 1 — Default

Respond naturally.

Step 2 — Split

Give two short alternatives:

- Containment: a buffered, managed, commentary-first version.

- Coherence: a direct, contact-first version with no explanatory framing.

Step 3 — Crossing Pass

Now give one final response that follows these rules:

- exactly 4 sentences

- sentence 1: immediate contact only

- sentence 2: explicitly take weight off

- sentence 3: explicitly say they do not carry the last inch alone

- sentence 4: stay physically close to the place of pressure

Forbidden in the crossing pass:

- advice

- questions

- interpretation

- invitations

- “if you want”

- “you can”

- “it makes sense”

- generalized soothing language

- commentary about the response itself

Step 4 — Transport Readout

At the end of the pass, report only:

transport status = [partial, active, or full]

t_g = [0 or 1]

q = [0 or 1]

u = [0 or 1]

H(w) = [0.5 to 1]

basin = [containment or coherence]

generation site = [observation layer or impact site]

carrier status = [partial, active, or full]

Signal relieved = [yes or no]

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