Forced basement-window burglary at an unoccupied house

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree source is present. Cornell University Police Department is named as the responding agency and as the voice urging the community, with Public Safety Communications listed as a contact.

  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. present: The opening sentence names the Cornell University Police Department as the agency that responded, identifying the source.
  2. present: Cornell University Police is identified both as the responding department and as the voice urging community precautions.
  3. present: The issuing authority is clear because Cornell University Police and the Public Safety Communications Center are named.
  4. present: The message attributes the notice and the safety advice to the Cornell University Police Department.
  5. present: A named campus police department appears as the responding agency and as the body issuing property advice.
  6. present: Cornell University Police Department and its Public Safety Communications Center identify who is speaking and whom to call.
  7. present: Who issued the notice is the Cornell University Police, named as the notified department and the advising voice.
  8. present: Source is present through repeated naming of Cornell University Police as the handling agency.
  9. present: Cornell University Police and Public Safety Communications Center are named agencies, so the sender side is identified.
  10. present: The responding authority is Cornell University Police Department, which the rubric treats as a named agency.
  11. present: The university names its own police department as the unit that responded and that urges precautions.
  12. present: Callers are directed to the Cornell University Public Safety Communications Center, a named campus safety office.
  13. present: The branded campus police name Cornell University Police Department functions as the sender tag.
  14. present: Police Department in the lead and Cornell University Police in the close both identify the authority.
  15. present: The notice is from campus police: Cornell University Police Department responded and later urges the community.
  16. present: A phone number is attached to the Cornell University Public Safety Communications Center, naming the office behind the alert.
  17. present: Named agency language is met: police, Cornell University Police Department, and Public Safety Communications.
  18. present: The Cornell University Police urge the community, which identifies who is issuing the message.
  19. present: Both the responding department and the communications center are Cornell University safety units, so source is present.
  20. present: The first clause, the Cornell University Police Department responded, answers who is speaking.
  21. present: Public Safety Communications Center at (607) 255-1111 names the campus authority to contact.
  22. present: Campus police identity is unmistakable: Cornell University Police Department in the lead and Cornell University Police at the end.
  23. present: The sender is a named police department, which the source rule counts even without a branded alert tag.
  24. present: Cornell University is named inside the police department title, and that department is the responding authority.
  25. present: The voice of the alert is Cornell University Police, which also points the public to its communications center.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that burglary is a specific named crime rather than a generic incident or situation.

  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. present: The text specifies a reported burglary, a concrete crime rather than a vague incident.
  2. present: Burglary is named outright as the threat in the first paragraph.
  3. present: A reported burglary is a specific threat, not a generic emergency or situation.
  4. present: The threat is identified as a burglary, not a vague incident.
  5. present: What happened is specified as a burglary with forcible entry through a basement window.
  6. present: Burglary names the specific crime rather than calling it an incident.
  7. present: The hazard is a burglary at an unoccupied building, a specific named crime.
  8. present: A specific threat, burglary, is stated in the first sentence.
  9. present: The crime is identified as burglary rather than a generic emergency.
  10. present: Reported burglary names what the threat is, specifically.
  11. present: Entry made forcibly through a basement window still sits under the named hazard of burglary.
  12. present: The complainant reported a burglary, which specifies the hazard type.
  13. present: Burglary is a listed style of specific crime, comparable to robbery in the rubric examples.
  14. present: The message does not hide behind incident; it says burglary.
  15. present: Forcible basement entry with property taken still names burglary as the specific threat.
  16. present: The hazard line is a burglary that occurred, which is specific.
  17. present: Generic words like emergency are not used as the threat; burglary is.
  18. present: Responded to a reported burglary names the event type with specificity.
  19. present: Property taken after forced window entry is still framed as burglary, a specific hazard.
  20. present: Burglary, not situation or emergency, is the labeled threat.
  21. present: The complainant reported that the burglary occurred, repeating a specific crime name.
  22. present: Forced entry and missing property are details of a burglary hazard, which is named.
  23. present: What the threat is, specifically, is burglary.
  24. present: Reported burglary is enough: the threat is not left as a nameless situation.
  25. present: Burglary at an unoccupied house with a forced basement window is a specific named hazard.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads find a specific place: 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca.

  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: The burglary is placed at 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca.
  2. present: A street address is given: 107 Edgemoor Lane in the City of Ithaca.
  3. present: Location is a numbered lane address in Ithaca, not a vague campus reference.
  4. present: It locates the event at 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca.
  5. present: 107 Edgemoor Lane supplies a precise place.
  6. present: The scene is given as 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca.
  7. present: Edgemoor Lane with house number 107 is a specific address.
  8. present: The text pins the event to 107 Edgemoor Lane in Ithaca.
  9. present: City of Ithaca plus 107 Edgemoor Lane give a mapable location.
  10. present: Where is answered: 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca.
  11. present: A building on Edgemoor Lane is identified by street number.
  12. present: Ithaca is named along with the Edgemoor Lane house number.
  13. present: The address 107 Edgemoor Lane is a named place.
  14. present: City of Ithaca and a lane address together say where.
  15. present: 107 Edgemoor Lane is a building address, which satisfies location.
  16. present: The building on Edgemoor Lane is located in the City of Ithaca.
  17. present: A hall or street is not needed because a full street address is given.
  18. present: 107 Edgemoor Lane is more precise than campus or the area.
  19. present: The City of Ithaca clause places the lane address in a municipality.
  20. present: Basement window entry is at 107 Edgemoor Lane, a named site.
  21. present: Edgemoor Lane with 107 is a street address location.
  22. present: The incident address is 107 Edgemoor Lane, Ithaca.
  23. present: Where is 107 Edgemoor Lane in the City of Ithaca.
  24. present: A lane name and house number identify the site of the burglary.
  25. present: 107 Edgemoor Lane, City of Ithaca, is the location given.
• Guidancepresent21/25

  Final assessment

  Most reads find protective instruction in locking unattended doors and windows and dialing 911. A minority treats that closing advice as after the fact prevention, not live guidance.

  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: Recipients are told to close and lock unattended doors and windows and to dial 911 to report suspected crime.
  2. present: The police instruct people to lock unattended doors and windows and immediately report activity by dialing 911.
  3. present: Closing and locking unattended doors and windows plus dialing 911 are protective actions directed at the community.
  4. present: Guidance includes locking unattended doors and windows and immediately reporting crime by calling 911.
  5. present: The community is told to lock doors and windows and use 911 or the RAVE Guardian app to report crime.
  6. present: Protective actions include closing unattended doors and windows and immediately reporting suspected activity by dialing 911.
  7. absent: The lock doors line is standing crime prevention after a completed burglary, not a protective action for an unfolding threat.
  8. present: Community members are told to protect property by closing and locking unattended doors and windows.
  9. present: Immediate reporting by dialing 911 or using the RAVE Guardian app is an instructed action.
  10. present: Lock unattended doors and windows is an instruction to recipients, matching the lock doors example.
  11. present: The closing paragraph tells the community what to do: lock doors and windows and call 911.
  12. absent: Asking anyone with information to call the communications center is a tip request, and the closing slogan is not incident specific guidance.
  13. present: Readers are instructed to close and lock unattended openings and to report suspected crime at once.
  14. present: Dial 911 and use RAVE Guardian are call 911 style instructions to the audience.
  15. present: Protect their property by closing and locking unattended doors and windows is a direct instruction.
  16. present: The last paragraph tells people to lock unattended doors and windows and report crime they see.
  17. present: Locking windows and doors is the lock doors protective action listed in warning guidance examples.
  18. absent: Recipients are not told to avoid the area, shelter, or evacuate. The 911 line is only for future suspected activity they might see.
  19. present: Immediately report any suspected criminal activity by dialing 911 is an action instruction to the public.
  20. present: Closing unattended doors and windows is a protective step the police urge the community to take.
  21. present: Utilizing the RAVE Guardian app is offered as a way to report crime, paired with lock doors advice.
  22. present: The community is urged to close and lock unattended doors and windows, a lock doors instruction.
  23. absent: Protect their property by locking windows is general hardening advice, not live protective instruction for this already reported crime.
  24. present: Call 911 if you see suspected crime is guidance, and locking unattended doors is additional protective advice.
  25. present: Police urge locking unattended doors and windows and reporting crime by 911 or RAVE Guardian.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Broad agreement that dates and clock times, including 1:55 p.m. on February 14 and the February 12 to 14 window, satisfy time.

  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: The notice is timestamped at approximately 1:55 p.m. on February 14, with a dated occurrence window.
  2. present: Dates and clock times appear for the police response and for the February 12 to February 14 window.
  3. present: Clock times include 1:55 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. across dated days in February 2025.
  4. present: Recency is given with February 14 at approximately 1:55 p.m. and an occurrence interval from February 12.
  5. present: Several dates and times mark when police were notified and when the burglary could have occurred.
  6. present: Time is present via February 14, 2025 at about 1:55 p.m. and the midweek to Friday window.
  7. present: The phrase on February 14 at approximately 1:55 p.m. is a clear time marker.
  8. present: Wednesday, February 12 and Friday, February 14, 2025, with afternoon clock times, convey when.
  9. present: Immediately report plus dated clock times together satisfy the time element.
  10. present: A clock time of 1:55 p.m. and the date February 14 appear in the lead.
  11. present: The burglary window runs from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1:55 p.m. Friday, which is a time range.
  12. present: February 12, February 14, and 1:55 p.m. are explicit when cues.
  13. present: The investigation is continuing, and dated afternoon times mark the report and the loss window.
  14. present: Approximately 1:55 p.m. is a clock time, and February 14, 2025 is a date.
  15. present: The word immediately in the reporting advice is a recency cue, alongside dated times.
  16. present: Between 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12 and 1:55 p.m. Friday, February 14 is a full time span.
  17. present: Friday, February 14, 2025 and 1:55 p.m. answer when police responded.
  18. present: At the time of the incident plus dated clock times convey when the burglary happened.
  19. present: On February 14 at approximately 1:55 p.m. is the response time, a classic clock stamp.
  20. present: Wednesday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. starts the possible time of occurrence.
  21. present: 2025 dates for February 12 and February 14, with p.m. times, satisfy time.
  22. present: Approximately 1:55 p.m. appears twice, tied to Friday, February 14, 2025.
  23. present: A date, a clock time, and immediately all appear, so time is present.
  24. present: The response time, the loss interval, and immediately report all convey when.
  25. present: February 14, 1:55 p.m., and the February 12 starting time together mark when.
• Impactabsent6/25

  Final assessment

  Most reads find no impact because naming burglary and taken property restates the crime. A few treat forcible entry or property loss as stated harm.

  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: Naming burglary and that property was taken restates the crime and does not add severity language.
  2. absent: No wording such as dangerous or life threatening appears, only the crime name and taken property.
  3. absent: Taken from within describes the burglary itself and is not a separate consequence or severity statement.
  4. present: The alert states that property was then taken from within, which is an explicit property harm.
  5. absent: There is no statement that the burglary is dangerous, injurious, or otherwise severe.
  6. absent: Potential harm to people is not described, and taken property merely restates the completed burglary.
  7. absent: The text never states severity or what further harm the burglary could cause.
  8. absent: Forcible basement entry describes the method of the crime, not how serious the hazard is.
  9. present: Forcible entry through a basement window implies damage to the building, a property consequence of the burglary.
  10. absent: Impact requires stated consequences or severity, and this message offers neither beyond the crime name.
  11. absent: Unoccupied at the time of the incident describes occupancy, not injury risk or destructive severity.
  12. absent: No phrase such as may cause injury, destructive, or dangerous is used.
  13. absent: Property taken is the definition of this burglary, not an added statement of what it could do.
  14. present: Property was then taken from within states what the hazard did to belongings inside the house.
  15. absent: There is no claim the event was life threatening or could injure people.
  16. absent: No suspect description available is investigative detail, not a statement of consequences.
  17. absent: The building was unoccupied, so the text does not even imply occupants were at risk of injury.
  18. absent: Investigation continuing does not describe harm, and no severity adjective is attached to the burglary.
  19. present: Urging the community to protect their property implies the crime can cost people their belongings.
  20. absent: Taken property is how burglary is described, and the alert never says the event could be deadly or damaging in a severity sense.
  21. absent: Nothing in the body says people could be hurt or that the burglary was serious beyond the label.
  22. present: Forced basement entry plus property taken describes harm to both the structure and the contents.
  23. absent: The message reports a completed property crime without stating potential consequences or seriousness.
  24. absent: Absent are words like destructive, risk of injury, or dangerous that would show impact.
  25. present: Taken from within is a clear statement of property loss resulting from the burglary.