Top-K

What is Top-K? Why does it exist? Where does it appear in Generation?

Draw or describe a visual model of Top-K. What does it look like conceptually?

Work through a concrete manual example of Top-K with real numbers or pseudocode.

Implement Top-K from scratch in Python. Keep it minimal — just enough to see it work.

Try Top-K on a real example. Vary the inputs and observe what changes.

Explain Top-K in plain language using an analogy. Could a non-expert follow it?