@article{linearprobesdetecttaskformatnotreasoning, title = {Linear Probes Detect Task Format, Not Reasoning Mode in Language Model Hidden States}, author = {Subramanyam Sahoo and Vinija Jain and Aman Chadha and Divya Chaudhary}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.02907}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02907}, }