Report of a rifle in a backpack prompts a four-hour lockdown; air guns recovered

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

• Sourceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that no sender, branded tag, or named agency appears in the message.

  Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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  1. absent: No sender, branded tag, or named agency appears in the message.
  2. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature identifies who issued the message.
  3. absent: No university, agency, or branded sender is named in the text.
  4. absent: No sender, agency name, or branded signature appears in the text.
  5. absent: No sender signature, university name, or named agency appears in the text.
  6. absent: No sender tag, agency, or university name appears in the text.
  7. absent: No branded signature, university name, or named agency identifies the sender.
  8. absent: No branded signature, university name, or named agency appears in the text.
  9. absent: No branded signature, university name, or issuing agency is stated in the text.
  10. absent: No branded sender or named issuing authority appears in the text.
  11. absent: No sender or authority is identified, no branded tag appears.
  12. absent: No branded tag or named issuing authority appears.
  13. absent: No sender, branded signature, or responding authority is named in the text.
  14. absent: No sender tag, university name, or agency identifies who issued this alert.
  15. absent: No sender signature, agency, or institution is named in the text.
  16. absent: No agency, university name, or branded sender tag appears in the text.
  17. absent: No sender tag or named issuing authority appears in the text.
  18. absent: No sender, institution, or agency is named anywhere in the text.
  19. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature is identified in the text.
  20. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
  21. absent: No sender, branded signature, or issuing authority is identified in the text.
  22. absent: Names no sender, agency, or branded signature in the text.
  23. absent: No sender, branded signature, or agency is identified in the text.
  24. absent: No sender signature, institution name, or agency is identified in the text.
  25. absent: No sender, branded signature, or authority is named in the text.
• Hazardabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  Strong majority finds no specific threat named; the message calls for a lockdown but states no concrete hazard.

  What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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  1. absent: Calls for lockdown but names no specific threat.
  2. absent: States "Lockdown" without naming a specific threat behind it.
  3. absent: Calls a "Lockdown" but names no specific threat.
  4. absent: Only a "Lockdown" is announced; no specific hazard such as shooter is named.
  5. absent: Says only "Lockdown" without naming the specific threat causing it.
  6. absent: It orders a lockdown but names no specific hazard.
  7. absent: A "Lockdown" is ordered but no specific threat or hazard is named.
  8. absent: It announces a "Lockdown" but names no specific threat or hazard.
  9. absent: Calls a "Lockdown" but names no specific hazard or threat.
  10. absent: Calls a lockdown but names no specific hazard.
  11. absent: No specific hazard named, only "Lockdown" without stating the underlying threat.
  12. absent: Calls a lockdown but names no specific threat or hazard.
  13. absent: Names a "Lockdown" but no specific threat causing it.
  14. absent: It orders a lockdown but never names the specific threat.
  15. absent: Calls a "Lockdown" but names no specific threat behind it.
  16. absent: Orders a "Lockdown" but names no specific threat or hazard.
  17. absent: Says "Lockdown" but names no specific threat behind it.
  18. absent: No specific hazard is named, only a generic "Lockdown".
  19. absent: Calls a lockdown but names no specific threat.
  20. present: Names a specific situation, a "Lockdown at the Warwick campus" reflecting a security threat.
  21. absent: It orders a lockdown but never names the actual hazard prompting it.
  22. absent: Announces a lockdown but names no specific hazard such as shooter or armed person.
  23. absent: States a "Lockdown" but names no specific threat behind it.
  24. absent: States a "Lockdown" but names no specific hazard.
  25. absent: Orders a "Lockdown" but never names the actual hazard or threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree the location is the Warwick campus.

  Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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  1. present: Gives location "at the Warwick campus."
  2. present: Locates it at "the Warwick campus".
  3. present: Locates it at "the Warwick campus", a campus location.
  4. present: Gives the location, "the Warwick campus".
  5. present: States it is at "the Warwick campus", a named campus.
  6. present: It locates it "at the Warwick campus", a specific campus.
  7. present: Says "at the Warwick campus", a specific location.
  8. present: It locates it "at the Warwick campus", a place.
  9. present: Locates it at "the Warwick campus", a named campus.
  10. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus".
  11. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus".
  12. present: Locates it "at the Warwick campus".
  13. present: Says it is "at the Warwick campus", a specific location.
  14. present: It locates it "at the Warwick campus."
  15. present: Locates it "at the Warwick campus", a specific place.
  16. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus".
  17. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus".
  18. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus", a location.
  19. present: Says "at the Warwick campus", a named campus.
  20. present: States the location, "the Warwick campus".
  21. present: It locates the "Lockdown at the Warwick campus", a campus location.
  22. present: Says it is "at the Warwick campus", a named campus.
  23. present: Specifies "the Warwick campus".
  24. present: Says "the Warwick campus", a specific location.
  25. present: Locates it "at the Warwick campus".
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that recipients are told to run, hide, or fight, seek shelter, and turn off lights.

  The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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  1. present: Instructs recipients: "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights."
  2. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  3. present: Instructs "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter", protective actions.
  4. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  5. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight", "Seek shelter, turn off lights and silence your cell phone."
  6. present: It instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and seek shelter, protective actions.
  7. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  8. present: It instructs "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  9. present: Tells recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  10. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  11. present: Instructs recipients to "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights".
  12. present: Instructs to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  13. present: Instructs "run, hide, or fight", "Seek shelter, turn off lights", protective actions.
  14. present: It instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights."
  15. present: Instructs, "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights", protective actions.
  16. present: Instructs to "run, hide, or fight", "Seek shelter, turn off lights".
  17. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  18. present: Directs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  19. present: Instructs, "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights".
  20. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter, turn off lights", protective actions.
  21. present: It instructs "run, hide, or fight" and to "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  22. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter".
  23. present: Instructs recipients: "decide to run, hide, or fight. Seek shelter, turn off lights".
  24. present: Instructs "run, hide, or fight", "Seek shelter", protective actions.
  25. present: Instructs recipients to "run, hide, or fight" and "Seek shelter, turn off lights".
• Timeabsent6/25

  Final assessment

  Majority finds no clock time or date, with a minority citing "wait for all-clear" as a recency cue.

  When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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  1. present: Conveys recency with "Wait for all-clear" and current lockdown.
  2. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  3. present: Says "Wait for all-clear", implying an ongoing situation, a recency cue.
  4. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; "Wait for all-clear" is not a time stamp.
  5. absent: "Wait for all-clear" references a future event, not a present time cue.
  6. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears, only "Wait for all-clear".
  7. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; "Wait for all-clear" is not a time.
  8. present: It says "Wait for all-clear", and lockdown framing implies present timing; "Wait for all-clear" is a recency-related cue.
  9. present: Says "Wait for all-clear", an ongoing recency cue.
  10. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  11. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  12. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  13. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  14. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; "Wait for all-clear" is not a time.
  15. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  16. absent: "Wait for all-clear" is future-oriented; no clock time or recency cue appears.
  17. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  18. present: Says to "Wait for all-clear", a recency-related cue.
  19. absent: "Wait for all-clear" is not a time cue; no clock time or recency appears.
  20. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue is given, "Wait for all-clear" is not a current time cue.
  21. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue beyond "Wait for all-clear" is present.
  22. present: Says "Wait for all-clear", and the lockdown is current, conveying recency.
  23. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word appears.
  24. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  25. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
• Impactabsent5/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by a strong 20 to 5 majority. The alert gives run, hide, or fight lockdown guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause; the minority read the run-hide-fight framing as implying a violent danger.

  What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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  1. absent: It names a lockdown and gives run hide fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  2. absent: This names a lockdown and gives run/hide/fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence the hazard could cause.
  3. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence.
  4. absent: It names a lockdown and gives run/hide/fight and shelter guidance but states no consequence or how dangerous the threat is.
  5. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run hide fight guidance but states no consequence or harm the threat could cause.
  6. present: The run-hide-fight directive and instruction to wait for all-clear implies a threat to personal safety but the text names a lockdown and gives guidance without stating a specific harm so it is borderline; the fight option implies danger to people.
  7. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  8. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run/hide/fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  9. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no consequence or harm the threat could cause.
  10. present: The run-hide-fight instruction and shelter directive imply a deadly threat to people, conveying potential harm.
  11. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no harm or consequence of the threat.
  12. present: The run-hide-fight framing implies a deadly threat and the guidance is paired with the dangerous lockdown context conveying harm.
  13. present: The run, hide, or fight directive paired with seek shelter and silence your phone strongly implies a violent armed threat capable of harming people.
  14. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight and shelter guidance but states no specific harm or consequence the hazard could cause.
  15. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run/hide/fight guidance but states no consequence or harm the threat could cause.
  16. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run hide fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  17. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run/hide/fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence.
  18. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the hazard could cause.
  19. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run hide fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  20. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  21. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run hide fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the threat could cause.
  22. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no harm or potential consequence of the hazard.
  23. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no specific harm or consequence.
  24. absent: Names a lockdown and gives run-hide-fight guidance but states no harm or consequence the hazard could cause.
  25. present: The run hide or fight directive and shelter instructions strongly imply a life-threatening armed lockdown situation.