Burglary reported to campus community burglary e2

To check this alert, Claude Opus 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

  Present, 25 of 25. The opening says "the MIT Police were notified" and the timely warning carries Sergeant David J. O'Connor of the MIT Police as issuer.

  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 MIT Police are named and Sergeant David J. O'Connor signs the timely warning.
  2. present: "the MIT Police were notified" plus Sergeant O'Connor's signature establish the sender.
  3. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and it is signed by Sergeant David J. O'Connor.
  4. present: The notice names the MIT Police and is issued by Sergeant David J. O'Connor.
  5. present: Sergeant David J. O'Connor of the MIT Police is listed with unit and address.
  6. present: "the MIT Police" were notified and Sergeant David J. O'Connor issued this timely warning.
  7. present: Signed "Sergeant David J. O'Connor ... MIT Police", plus "the MIT Police were notified".
  8. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and "Sergeant David J. O'Connor" signs the warning.
  9. present: The sender is Sergeant David J. O'Connor, Crime Prevention Unit, MIT Police.
  10. present: MIT Police were notified and Sergeant David J. O'Connor is named as issuer.
  11. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and Sergeant O'Connor's signature establish the issuing authority.
  12. present: MIT Police were notified and Sergeant David J. O'Connor signs the timely warning.
  13. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and Sergeant David J. O'Connor signs, naming the source.
  14. present: Sergeant David J. O'Connor of the MIT Police signs this timely warning.
  15. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and Sergeant O'Connor's block name the authority behind it.
  16. present: Issued by "Sergeant David J. O'Connor, Crime Prevention/Community Policing Unit, MIT Police".
  17. present: The issuer is "Sergeant David J. O'Connor" of the "MIT Police", named at the close.
  18. present: The MIT Police were notified and Sergeant O'Connor signs the timely warning.
  19. present: "The MIT Police were notified" and Sergeant David J. O'Connor signs the warning.
  20. present: Signed by "Sergeant David J. O'Connor, Crime Prevention/Community Policing Unit, MIT Police".
  21. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and "Issued by Sergeant David J. O'Connor" identify the source.
  22. present: The MIT Police were notified and Sergeant David J. O'Connor issues the warning.
  23. present: Sergeant David J. O'Connor of the MIT Police is identified as the issuing officer.
  24. present: "The MIT Police were notified" and the notice is issued by Sergeant David J. O'Connor.
  25. present: "the MIT Police were notified" and Sergeant David J. O'Connor is the named signer.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25, unanimous. It reports "two burglaries" at a residence hall, one where a resident "awoke to find an unknown person in their dormitory room".

  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: Two burglaries are reported, including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  2. present: Two burglaries are described, including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  3. present: It describes "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside a dorm room.
  4. present: It reports "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  5. present: It describes "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  6. present: It describes "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
  7. present: Two burglaries are described, one with "an unknown person in their dormitory room" while occupied.
  8. present: It reports "two burglaries" including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  9. present: It announces "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  10. present: Two burglaries are described, one with an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  11. present: The subject is "two burglaries", one with an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  12. present: It documents "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
  13. present: It reports "two burglaries" including a stranger found inside an occupied dormitory room.
  14. present: It reports "two burglaries", one where a resident awoke to an unknown person in the room.
  15. present: It reports "two burglaries", one with an unknown person found inside a room.
  16. present: It reports "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside a dormitory room.
  17. present: It reports "two burglaries", one with an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  18. present: It reports "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
  19. present: It reports "two burglaries", including a suspect found inside an occupied dorm room.
  20. present: It reports "two burglaries", one with an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
  21. present: It reports "two burglaries", including an unknown person found inside an occupied dorm room.
  22. present: It reports "two burglaries" at a residential hall, including an intruder in an occupied room.
  23. present: The notice covers "two burglaries", one with an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
  24. present: It reports "two burglaries" at a residential hall, including an intruder in an occupied room.
  25. present: Two burglaries are reported, one with an unknown person found inside an occupied room.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. The alert names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", adding that both rooms are on an upper floor and adjacent.

  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 identifies "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  2. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA."
  3. present: The site is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  4. present: The hall is identified as "located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", upper floor rooms.
  5. present: The hall is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  6. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  7. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", upper floor.
  8. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  9. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  10. present: An MIT residential hall at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA is specified.
  11. present: It names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  12. present: The residence hall is "located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", adjacent upper floor rooms.
  13. present: It cites "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", two adjacent upper floor rooms.
  14. present: The site is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  15. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  16. present: It gives "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", upper floor rooms.
  17. present: The building is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  18. present: The site is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  19. present: It names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  20. present: It names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  21. present: The place is "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA."
  22. present: The hall is "located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA", rooms on an upper floor.
  23. present: It names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  24. present: It places both at "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
  25. present: It names "an MIT residential hall located at 70 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA".
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. Residents are told to "Always lock your office and residential doors and windows", to lock up even briefly, and to report suspicious people to MIT Police.

  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: Readers are told to lock residential doors and windows and to report suspicious people.
  2. present: Residents are told to lock residential doors and windows even briefly and report suspicious people.
  3. present: Recipients are told to lock residential doors and windows and report suspicious people.
  4. present: It instructs readers to lock residential doors, report suspicious people and notify police immediately.
  5. present: It instructs readers to lock residential doors and windows and report suspicious people.
  6. present: It advises locking residential doors, closing doors tightly, and reporting suspicious people.
  7. present: Readers are instructed to lock residential doors even briefly and report suspicious people.
  8. present: It instructs residents to lock doors even briefly and to report suspicious people and tailgaters.
  9. present: Recipients are told to lock residential doors even briefly and to report suspicious people.
  10. present: Readers are told to lock residential doors and windows even briefly and to report suspicious people.
  11. present: It tells readers to lock residential doors, close doors tightly, and report suspicious people.
  12. present: Readers are told to lock residential doors and report suspicious people and tailgaters.
  13. present: Recipients are instructed to lock residential doors and windows and report suspicious people and tailgaters.
  14. present: It tells readers to lock residential doors, report suspicious people, and notify police.
  15. present: It instructs residents to lock doors, report suspicious people, and call police.
  16. present: It instructs readers to lock residential doors even briefly and report suspicious people.
  17. present: It tells readers to lock residential doors and windows and to report suspicious people.
  18. present: Residents are told to lock residential doors and windows and report suspicious people.
  19. present: Readers are instructed to lock residential doors and report suspicious people or tailgaters.
  20. present: Readers are told to lock residential doors, report suspicious people, and call MIT Police.
  21. present: Readers are told to lock residential doors even briefly and to report suspicious people.
  22. present: Readers are told to lock residential doors and report suspicious people or tailgaters.
  23. present: Readers are instructed to lock residential doors and report suspicious people and tailgaters.
  24. present: It tells readers to lock residential doors and windows and report suspicious people.
  25. present: Guidance includes locking residential doors and windows and reporting suspicious people to police.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. Dates and hours are explicit, from "between Thursday, April 11, 2019 and Tuesday, April 16, 2019" to "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".

  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: Specific dates and hours appear, such as "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  2. present: Dates and hours are given, including Saturday, April 13, 2019 between 10 p.m. and midnight.
  3. present: Dates are given, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  4. present: Dates run April 11 through April 16, 2019, with one incident "between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  5. present: Dates run from "Thursday, April 11, 2019" through Tuesday, April 16, plus a 10 p.m. to midnight window.
  6. present: Dates run from April 11 to April 16, 2019, with one incident "between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  7. present: Dates span April 11 to April 16, with the second incident "between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  8. present: Dates are given for both incidents, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  9. present: Dates span April 11 to April 16, 2019, with a second incident April 13 between 10 p.m. and midnight.
  10. present: Dates run April 11 to April 16, 2019, with the second incident April 13 between 10 p.m. and midnight.
  11. present: Dates are supplied, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  12. present: Dates are supplied for both incidents, including April 13 "between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  13. present: Dates are detailed, including April 11 to April 16 and April 13 between 10 p.m. and midnight.
  14. present: Specific dates are given, such as "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  15. present: Dates like "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight" appear.
  16. present: Dates are given, including April 11 to April 16 and April 13 between 10 p.m. and midnight.
  17. present: Dates are specific, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  18. present: Dates are given, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  19. present: Dates are given, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  20. present: Dates like "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight" are supplied.
  21. present: Dates are given, including "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight."
  22. present: Windows include April 11 to April 16 and "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  23. present: Dates are given, including April 13, 2019 "between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  24. present: It gives April 11 to April 16, 2019 and "Saturday, April 13, 2019 between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight".
  25. present: Dates run from "Thursday, April 11, 2019" through April 16, with a 10 p.m. to midnight window.
• Impactpresent16/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 16 of 25, a genuine split. The majority points to "two laptop computers and $200 cash" removed and an intruder in an occupied room; nine reads object that no harm or degree of danger is ever stated.

  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. present: Consequences are stated: "two laptop computers and $200 cash" taken, plus a stranger in an occupied room.
  2. absent: Although someone entered an occupied room, the notice offers no statement of danger or severity.
  3. absent: The notice reports losses and an intrusion without saying what harm might follow.
  4. present: Losses are stated: "two laptop computers and $200 cash", plus a stranger in an occupied bedroom.
  5. absent: Although a resident awoke to an intruder, no harm or seriousness is explicitly stated.
  6. present: It reports concrete loss: "two laptop computers and $200 cash" taken from a room.
  7. present: It quantifies the loss: "two laptop computers and $200 cash", and a resident waking to an intruder.
  8. present: The first incident cost the resident "two laptop computers and $200 cash", a stated loss.
  9. present: It reports someone "removed two laptop computers and $200 cash", a stated loss to residents.
  10. present: Two laptops and 200 dollars cash were taken and a sleeping resident woke to an intruder in the room.
  11. absent: The intruder left at once and the notice never says what harm could have followed.
  12. present: One victim lost "two laptop computers and $200 cash", and another awoke to a stranger in the room.
  13. present: Someone "removed two laptop computers and $200 cash", and a resident awoke to an intruder present.
  14. absent: Neither incident is framed with any statement of danger or potential harm.
  15. present: Losing "two laptop computers and $200 cash" and waking to a stranger in the room states the harm.
  16. present: Losses are specific: "two laptop computers and $200 cash" were removed from a room.
  17. absent: Cash and laptops were lost, but no injury, danger, or severity is asserted.
  18. present: It reports the loss of "two laptop computers and $200 cash" from a dorm room.
  19. present: The harm includes stolen "two laptop computers and $200 cash" and an intruder in an occupied room.
  20. absent: Although someone entered an occupied room, no harm or severity is actually stated.
  21. absent: Although a resident awoke to an intruder, no harm or severity is actually stated.
  22. present: Someone "removed two laptop computers and $200 cash", and a resident woke to an intruder.
  23. absent: Someone woke to a stranger in the room, yet no danger or severity is asserted.
  24. present: Two laptops and $200 cash were taken, and a resident awoke to a stranger in the room.
  25. present: Losses include "two laptop computers and $200 cash", and a resident awoke to a stranger in the room.