A language model is generating text one token at a time using a multi-stage process. After processing the input 'The sky is', the model's first stage is to generate a set of potential next tokens. Which of the following options best represents the direct output of this initial generation stage?

Initial Step in Text Generation

In a multi-stage text generation process, the initial 'expansion' stage is responsible for analyzing the probabilities of all potential next tokens and selecting only the single most probable token to continue the sequence.