Gas leak in an academic building knocks out heat and internet service

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: no sender, branded tag, or named agency identifies who issued 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 given.
  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.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree: a specific hazard is named, a gas leak.

  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: States the hazard specifically: "a gas leak."
  2. present: Names the hazard, "a gas leak".
  3. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  4. present: Names a specific hazard, a "gas leak".
  5. present: Names a specific hazard: a "gas leak."
  6. present: It names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  7. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  8. present: It names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  9. present: Names a specific hazard: "a gas leak".
  10. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  11. present: Names a specific hazard, "a gas leak".
  12. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  13. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  14. present: It names a specific hazard, "a gas leak."
  15. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  16. present: Names a specific hazard, "a gas leak".
  17. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  18. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  19. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  20. present: Names a specific hazard, "a gas leak".
  21. present: It names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  22. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  23. present: Names a specific hazard: "a gas leak".
  24. present: Names "a gas leak", a specific hazard.
  25. present: Names a specific hazard, "a gas leak".
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: a specific building is given, the Marietta Academic Building (H).

  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 "Marietta Academic Building (H)."
  2. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  3. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  4. present: Gives the location, "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  5. present: States the location is "Marietta Academic Building (H)."
  6. present: It locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  7. present: Locates it at the "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  8. present: It locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  9. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  10. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  11. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  12. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  13. present: Says it concerns the "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  14. present: It locates it as "Marietta Academic Building (H)."
  15. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific place.
  16. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  17. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  18. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a location.
  19. present: Says "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a named building.
  20. present: States the location, "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  21. present: It locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  22. present: Says "Marietta Academic Building (H) is closed", a specific building.
  23. present: Specifies "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
  24. present: Says "Marietta Academic Building (H)", a specific building.
  25. present: Locates it at "Marietta Academic Building (H)".
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the message announces a closure but directs no protective action to recipients.

  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. absent: Announces a closure but gives no protective action instruction.
  2. absent: Notes the building is closed but gives no protective action directed to recipients.
  3. absent: Announces a closure but gives recipients no direct protective instruction.
  4. absent: Notes the building is closed but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  5. absent: Notes the building "is closed" but gives recipients no protective action instruction.
  6. absent: It states the building is closed but gives no protective action to recipients.
  7. absent: States the building is closed but gives no protective instruction to recipients.
  8. absent: It announces a closure but gives no protective instruction to recipients.
  9. absent: States the building is closed but gives recipients no protective action.
  10. absent: Announces a closure but gives no protective-action instruction to recipients.
  11. absent: No protective action is instructed to recipients, it only announces the building is closed.
  12. absent: Announces a closure but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  13. absent: States the building is closed but gives no protective instruction to recipients.
  14. absent: It announces a building closure but gives no protective instruction to recipients.
  15. absent: States the building is closed but gives no protective-action instruction to recipients.
  16. absent: Announces the building is closed but gives no protective action to recipients.
  17. absent: Announces a closure but directs no protective action to recipients.
  18. absent: States the building is closed but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  19. absent: Announces closure but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  20. absent: No protective action is directed to recipients, the text states a closure but gives no instruction.
  21. absent: It announces a closure but gives recipients no protective action instruction.
  22. absent: States the building is closed but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  23. absent: Announces a closure but gives recipients no protective-action instruction.
  24. absent: Announces a closure but gives recipients no protective action instruction.
  25. absent: Announces a closure but gives no protective action to recipients.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree the phrase closed until further notice supplies 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 "closed until further notice."
  2. present: Uses recency cue "until further notice".
  3. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  4. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  5. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  6. present: The phrase "until further notice" conveys a time reference.
  7. present: Says the building is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  8. present: It says "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  9. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  10. present: Says closed "until further notice", a recency cue.
  11. present: Conveys recency with "closed until further notice".
  12. present: Says the building is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  13. present: Says the building is "closed until further notice", conveying duration and recency.
  14. present: It conveys recency with "closed until further notice."
  15. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  16. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a duration/recency cue.
  17. present: Phrase "until further notice" conveys a time reference.
  18. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  19. present: Says "closed until further notice", a status/recency cue.
  20. present: Conveys recency with "closed until further notice", indicating a current ongoing situation.
  21. present: The phrase "closed until further notice" conveys ongoing recency.
  22. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  23. present: The phrase "until further notice" conveys a time reference.
  24. present: Says "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
  25. present: Says it is "closed until further notice", a recency cue.
• Impactabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by 24 to 1. The strong majority finds a building closed due to a gas leak states no danger or potential harm to people; the lone dissent inferred danger from the gas leak.

  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: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger or potential harm to people.
  2. absent: It reports a building closed due to a gas leak with no stated danger, harm, or potential consequence.
  3. absent: States a building is closed due to a gas leak but names no danger or potential harm.
  4. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no explicit danger or consequence.
  5. absent: It states a building is closed due to a gas leak but states no harm, hazard severity, or danger.
  6. absent: Says a building is closed due to a gas leak but states no danger, risk, or potential harm.
  7. absent: States a building is closed due to a gas leak without stating any danger or potential harm.
  8. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no harm or danger described.
  9. absent: States a building is closed due to a gas leak but states no potential harm or danger.
  10. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger or potential consequence.
  11. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger or harmful consequence.
  12. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger or harm to people.
  13. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no harm or danger to people.
  14. absent: States a building is closed due to a gas leak but names no danger or potential harm.
  15. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no harm, danger, or severity.
  16. absent: Closes a building due to a gas leak but states no danger or potential consequence to people.
  17. absent: It reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no specific danger such as explosion or harm.
  18. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger, harm, or potential consequence.
  19. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger, harm, or severity.
  20. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak without stating any danger, harm, or severity.
  21. absent: It reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no harm, danger, or consequence.
  22. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no danger, consequence, or severity.
  23. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no explicit harm or explosion risk.
  24. present: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak, with a gas leak implying danger that warrants closing the building.
  25. absent: Reports a building closed due to a gas leak but states no explosion risk or harm to people.