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Sourness conditioning guide

Target: EmoNet Sourness strength. reward = (genu + blend + 1.25·emo)/(1+WER).

TL;DR. Best with the LoRA at 50% (reward 0.585), but note the plain neutral prompt (BASE, 0.494) beats the evolved steering prompt (0.470) — the steering prompt hurts here, so use BASE + 50% merge. Sourness never registers numerically (emo ~0 in every condition), so LoRA50's win comes entirely from higher blend (0.485) and lower WER (0.179), not added emotion. The price is quality: the proxy drops from 0.625 (BASE) to 0.489, and delivery leans on Disgust/Contempt/Embarrassment correlations, so let the text carry the sour meaning and use the LoRA only for delivery; avoid 100%+ (reward collapses to 0.32).

Without a LoRA

Best: neutral prompt, no LoRA → reward 0.49
GENERAL: A voice intensely expressing sourness, a sour, grumbling voice, peevish and put-out, curdled with displeasure, with every word. SCRIPT: (sourly, grumbling and peevish) "<neutral sentence>" · temp 1.2 top_p 0.9 top_k 30

With the emotion LoRA (dose)

50% ★ — reward 0.58 · emo -0.00
genu 0.16 · blend 0.49 · qual 0.49 · WER 0.18
100% — reward 0.32 · emo 0.00
genu 0.11 · blend 0.28 · qual 0.48 · WER 0.31
150% — reward 0.39 · emo 0.00
genu 0.14 · blend 0.34 · qual 0.44 · WER 0.25

Conditions

conditionrewardemotiongenublendqualityWER
neutral prompt, no LoRA0.490.000.110.450.630.27
evolved prompt, no LoRA0.47-0.000.130.440.580.30
evolved prompt + LoRA 50%0.58-0.000.160.490.490.18
evolved prompt + LoRA 100%0.320.000.110.280.480.31
evolved prompt + LoRA 150%0.390.000.140.340.440.25

Side effects & correlations (LoRA @ 100%)

↑ pushed up: Impatience and Irritability (+0.91), Malevolence Malice (+0.30), Anger (+0.30)
↓ pushed down: Concentration (-0.67), Fullness (-0.23), Warmth (-0.19)
+ correlates: Elation (+0.81), Hope Enthusiasm Optimism (+0.77), Teasing (+0.69)
− anti-correlates: Contemplation (-0.45), Monologue Style (-0.33), Mixed Resonance (-0.25)

Conclusion

Best with the LoRA at 50% (reward 0.585), but note the plain neutral prompt (BASE, 0.494) beats the evolved steering prompt (0.470) — the steering prompt hurts here, so use BASE + 50% merge. Sourness never registers numerically (emo ~0 in every condition), so LoRA50's win comes entirely from higher blend (0.485) and lower WER (0.179), not added emotion. The price is quality: the proxy drops from 0.625 (BASE) to 0.489, and delivery leans on Disgust/Contempt/Embarrassment correlations, so let the text carry the sour meaning and use the LoRA only for delivery; avoid 100%+ (reward collapses to 0.32).