Bomb threat on the first day of Black History Month; campus swept, no devices found

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.

• Sourcepresent18/25

  Final assessment

  A solid majority finds the source present, citing Emergency officials as the responding authority, though several dissent that this is generic with no branded sender.

  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 branded signature or named sender appears, only generic "Emergency officials".
  2. absent: No sender tag or named issuing authority is identified.
  3. present: It names "Emergency officials" as the responding authority.
  4. present: It references "Emergency officials are evaluating the campus", naming a responding authority.
  5. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus, a named authority.
  6. present: It names "Emergency officials" as the responding authority.
  7. present: "Emergency officials" are named as the issuing/responding authority.
  8. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus, naming a responding authority.
  9. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating and will provide updates, naming a responding authority.
  10. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus, identifying the responding authority.
  11. present: It refers to "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus, a responding authority.
  12. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus, a responding authority.
  13. present: It references "Emergency officials" as the responding authority evaluating the campus.
  14. present: The reference to "Emergency officials" who "are evaluating the campus" identifies a responding authority.
  15. present: It names "Emergency officials", the responding authority.
  16. absent: No sender tag or named authority is identified; "Emergency officials" is generic.
  17. absent: No sender tag, agency, or institution name is present, only "Emergency officials" without naming the sender.
  18. present: "Emergency officials" are named as evaluating the campus and providing updates.
  19. present: It references "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus as the responding authority.
  20. absent: No sender name, agency, or branded signature appears; "Emergency officials" is generic and not the sender.
  21. present: It refers to "Emergency officials" who are evaluating the campus as the responding authority.
  22. absent: No sender name, branded signature, or named agency appears; only generic "Emergency officials."
  23. present: It names "Emergency officials" as the responding authority who are evaluating the campus.
  24. absent: No sender name, agency, or branded signature is given in the text.
  25. present: It references "Emergency officials", an issuing authority.
• Hazardabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that the hazard is absent; the message only says officials are evaluating the campus and names no specific threat.

  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: It names no specific threat, referring only to evaluating the campus without stating a hazard.
  2. absent: No specific hazard is named; "Emergency officials are evaluating" does not state the threat.
  3. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only references an unspecified situation being evaluated.
  4. absent: No specific hazard is named, only a generic instruction to shelter and wait.
  5. absent: It names no specific threat, only references unstated "emergency" conditions.
  6. absent: No specific hazard is named; only "the campus" being evaluated is mentioned.
  7. absent: No specific threat is named; the text only references "the campus" being evaluated.
  8. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only references evaluating the campus without stating the threat.
  9. absent: No specific hazard is named; only that officials are evaluating the campus.
  10. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only says emergency officials are evaluating without stating the threat.
  11. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only references unspecified "updates" and evaluation.
  12. absent: No specific hazard is named; the message does not state what the threat is.
  13. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only mentions sheltering and officials evaluating the campus.
  14. absent: No specific hazard is named; the text gives only shelter guidance without stating the threat.
  15. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only refers to "the campus" being evaluated.
  16. absent: No specific threat is named; only the generic implication of an emergency appears.
  17. absent: It refers only generically to officials "evaluating the campus" and never names a specific threat.
  18. absent: No specific hazard is named; the text never states what the threat is.
  19. absent: No specific threat is named; it only references evaluating "the campus" without stating a hazard.
  20. absent: No specific hazard is named; the text only says officials "are evaluating the campus".
  21. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only references "further instructions" and evaluation without saying what the threat is.
  22. absent: It names no specific hazard, only that officials are evaluating the campus.
  23. absent: It refers only to officials "evaluating the campus" without naming any specific threat.
  24. absent: No specific hazard is named; "Emergency officials are evaluating" gives no threat type.
  25. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only refers to officials "evaluating the campus" without stating the threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree location is present; the alert references on campus and the 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: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location reference.
  2. present: It references "on campus" and "the campus", a location cue.
  3. present: It references "campus", a location.
  4. present: It specifies "on campus" and "the campus".
  5. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location reference.
  6. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location.
  7. present: It references "campus", a location.
  8. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location.
  9. present: It refers to "on campus" and "the campus", a location.
  10. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", location references.
  11. present: It references "campus" as the area being evaluated.
  12. present: It refers to being "on campus" and "the campus", a location reference.
  13. present: It refers to being "on campus", a location reference.
  14. present: It refers to being "on campus" and evaluating "the campus", a location cue.
  15. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location reference.
  16. present: It references "on campus" as the location.
  17. present: It references being "on campus", a location.
  18. present: It refers to "on campus" and "the campus," a location.
  19. present: It says "If you are on campus", a location reference.
  20. present: It references being "on campus".
  21. present: It says "on campus" and "the campus", a location reference.
  22. present: It references "on campus" and "the campus", a location cue.
  23. present: It says "if you are on campus" and officials evaluating "the campus", a location.
  24. present: It references being "on campus", a location.
  25. present: It mentions "on campus" and "the campus", a location cue.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that guidance is present; recipients are told to shelter in place and wait for further instructions.

  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: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  2. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  3. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  4. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions".
  5. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  6. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  7. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  8. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions".
  9. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  10. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", protective actions.
  11. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  12. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  13. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  14. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  15. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  16. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  17. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  18. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions."
  19. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  20. present: It instructs "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions".
  21. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  22. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions."
  23. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", protective actions.
  24. present: It instructs people to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", a protective action.
  25. present: It instructs recipients to "shelter in place, and wait for further instructions", protective actions.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree timing is present; as soon as possible conveys a recency cue toward updates.

  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: It says "as soon as possible", a recency/timing cue.
  2. present: "as soon as possible" conveys timing toward updates.
  3. present: It says "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  4. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency cue about updates.
  5. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  6. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency cue.
  7. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency/timing reference for updates.
  8. present: "as soon as possible" conveys recency about updates.
  9. present: "as soon as possible" conveys recency/timing.
  10. present: It says "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  11. present: It uses "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  12. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a timing cue.
  13. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  14. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency cue about updates.
  15. present: "As soon as possible" conveys a recency cue for updates.
  16. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  17. present: It promises updates "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  18. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible," a recency cue.
  19. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  20. present: It uses "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  21. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  22. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency cue about updates.
  23. present: It says updates will come "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
  24. present: "as soon as possible" conveys a recency or timing cue about updates.
  25. present: It says updates "as soon as possible", a recency cue.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent unanimously across all 25 reads. The alert directs sheltering while officials evaluate the campus but states no hazard, harm, or potential consequence.

  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 tells people to shelter in place while officials evaluate but states no explicit harm or severity.
  2. absent: This gives shelter-in-place guidance and notes officials are evaluating but states no explicit harm or danger.
  3. absent: Instructs shelter in place and waiting for instructions but states no explicit harm or consequence.
  4. absent: It directs shelter and says officials are evaluating but names no hazard and states no consequence or danger.
  5. absent: Shelter in place guidance with no stated hazard, harm, or consequence.
  6. absent: This gives shelter guidance and says officials are evaluating but states no explicit harm or consequence.
  7. absent: Gives shelter and wait guidance but states no specific harm, danger, or potential consequence.
  8. absent: Shelter and wait guidance with no stated hazard, harm, or severity.
  9. absent: Shelter-in-place guidance with no stated threat, harm, or consequence.
  10. absent: It only tells people to shelter in place and await instructions without stating any specific danger.
  11. absent: Tells people to shelter in place and await instructions but states no specific danger or potential harm.
  12. absent: It gives shelter guidance while officials evaluate the campus but states no explicit harm or danger.
  13. absent: Shelter in place and wait for instructions is guidance and names no hazard, harm, or severity.
  14. absent: Gives shelter-in-place guidance while officials evaluate but states no specific harm or what the threat could do.
  15. absent: Instructs to shelter in place and await instructions but names no threat or its potential harm.
  16. absent: Directs shelter in place while officials evaluate but states no specific danger or potential harm.
  17. absent: Gives shelter guidance during evaluation but states no specific harm or consequence.
  18. absent: Guidance to shelter in place and wait while officials evaluate, with no stated danger or harm.
  19. absent: Says shelter in place and wait but states no harm or what the threat could do.
  20. absent: Directs shelter in place and waiting but states no specific harm or danger.
  21. absent: Shelter in place and await instructions guidance with no statement of the danger or its severity.
  22. absent: Gives shelter guidance for a bomb threat evaluation but states no explicit harm or potential consequence.
  23. absent: Shelter guidance while officials evaluate but no stated hazard or potential consequence.
  24. absent: Shelter and wait guidance with no stated harm or consequence.
  25. absent: It gives shelter guidance and says officials are evaluating but does not state any specific harm or severity.