Timely warning for burglary and confrontation in Building E52

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (1): "The MIT Police" received the report and are "actively investigating" while seeking tips.

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  1. present: "The MIT Police" received the report and are "actively investigating" while seeking tips.
  2. present: Because the MIT Police received the report and state they are actively investigating.
  3. present: Checklist pass: MIT Police received the report and is actively investigating per the text.
  4. present: The MIT Police are named as the agency that got the report and is investigating.
  5. present: The MIT Police received the report and is actively investigating while soliciting community information.
  6. present: MIT Police are probing a March 30, 2026 office burglary at Building E52 where a thin older man allegedly took cash and credit cards, may have shown a screwdriver, then returned the cash and fled.
  7. present: MIT Police took report and seeking tips.
  8. present: MIT Police received the report and is actively investigating the Building E52 burglary.
  9. present: "MIT Police" is named as the receiving and investigating authority.
  10. present: On a second look, the MIT Police is still named as receiving the report and investigating.
  11. present: MIT Police received the report and is actively investigating while soliciting community information.
  12. present: The MIT Police are identified as the agency receiving the report and actively investigating.
  13. present: The MIT Police is named as the agency that received the report, is actively investigating, and solicits community information.
  14. present: MIT Police took the report and is investigating.
  15. present: MIT Police is explicitly named as receiving the report and actively investigating, supporting an official source code.
  16. present: The MIT Police took the report and are asking the community for help.
  17. present: The text names the MIT Police as the receiving and investigating agency and concludes with that source.
  18. present: Present because the MIT Police received the report and are described as actively investigating.
  19. present: Source is MIT Police who received the report and are investigating the incident.
  20. present: MIT Police is named as the receiving and investigating agency, attribution that would be lost if no department were named.
  21. present: Identifies MIT Police as the agency that received the report and investigates.
  22. present: The MIT Police are named as the agency receiving the report and investigating.
  23. present: The alert credits the MIT Police with receiving the report and actively investigating.
  24. present: Recipients can identify MIT Police as the investigating source seeking bystander tips on this burglary.
  25. present: The notice identifies MIT Police as investigating and seeking information.
• Hazardpresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: The hazard is a "burglary" with possible brandishing of "what appeared to be a screwdriver" and theft of cash and cards.

  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 hazard is a "burglary" with possible brandishing of "what appeared to be a screwdriver" and theft of cash and cards.
  2. present: Because the incident is reported as a burglary with a possible screwdriver brandished during a confrontation.
  3. present: Checklist pass: burglary of an office wallet, possible screwdriver brandishing, and flight after confrontation form the hazard.
  4. present: It reports a burglary in which cash and credit cards were taken and a screwdriver may have been shown.
  5. present: The hazard is a burglary involving cash and credit cards, with a possible screwdriver brandished during confrontation.
  6. absent: burglary with possible weapon brandishing and theft of cash and credit cards
  7. present: Office burglary; suspect may have shown screwdriver.
  8. present: MIT Police reports a burglary in which a suspect may have brandished what appeared to be a screwdriver.
  9. present: "burglary" with cash and credit cards taken and a possible brandished "screwdriver" names the threat.
  10. present: Reading more carefully, the hazard is a burglary with a possible screwdriver brandished during confrontation.
  11. present: The hazard is office burglary with a possible brandished screwdriver during confrontation, plus subsequent discovery of missing credit cards.
  12. present: Student safety concern is a burglary in which cash and credit cards were taken and a tool may have been brandished.
  13. present: The hazard is characterized as a burglary involving alleged taking of cash and credit cards and a possible brandishing of what appeared to be a screwdriver.
  14. present: Office burglary with cash grab and possible screwdriver brandish.
  15. present: The hazard encompasses burglary with a possible screwdriver-like object brandished during a confrontation.
  16. present: This is a burglary where cash and cards were grabbed and the suspect may have flashed a screwdriver.
  17. present: The text reports a burglary involving cash and credit cards plus a possible screwdriver brandished during confrontation and concludes on that hazard.
  18. present: Present because a burglary is reported with cash and credit cards taken and a possible screwdriver brandished.
  19. present: Hazard is burglary with a possible screwdriver brandished during a confrontation over stolen property.
  20. present: Burglary with a possible screwdriver brandished is the specific hazard, a threat type that would be vague without those words.
  21. present: Names a burglary and notes the suspect may have brandished a screwdriver.
  22. present: A burglary involving possible brandishing of what appeared to be a screwdriver is described.
  23. present: The alert names a burglary involving cash and credit cards plus a possible screwdriver brandishing.
  24. present: Recipients face a burglary where cash and credit cards were taken and a screwdriver may have been brandished.
  25. present: The alert states a burglary involving taken cash and credit cards and a possible screwdriver brandished during confrontation.
• Locationpresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: The scene is "Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive."

  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 scene is "Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive."
  2. present: Since the burglary is located in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  3. present: Checklist pass: Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive is the listed incident location.
  4. present: It places the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  5. present: The incident is located in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  6. absent: Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive office
  7. present: Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive.
  8. present: MIT Police locates the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  9. present: "Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive" states the location.
  10. present: If you double-check, Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive is the stated incident site.
  11. present: The incident is fixed at Building E52 / 50 Memorial Drive in an office setting.
  12. present: We locate the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  13. present: The incident is reported in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive, specifically in connection with the reporting party's office.
  14. present: Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  15. present: The location is Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive as reported in the text.
  16. present: It went down in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  17. present: The text places the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive and concludes with that site.
  18. present: Present because the incident is in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  19. present: Location is Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive where the office burglary was reported.
  20. present: Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive places the office crime, a site that would be unlocated without that building.
  21. present: Places the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  22. present: The incident is placed in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  23. present: The alert sites the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive.
  24. present: Recipients locate the incident in Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive as named in the report.
  25. present: The text gives Building E52 at 50 Memorial Drive as the incident site.
• Guidancepresent23/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 23/25 codes 1: Community members are asked for information and to "report any sightings of this individual to the 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: Community members are asked for information and to "report any sightings of this individual to the MIT Police."
  2. present: Because community members are asked for information and to report sightings of the described suspect to MIT Police.
  3. present: Checklist pass: community members are asked for information and told to report sightings of the described suspect to MIT Police.
  4. present: It asks people with information or sightings of the suspect to report them to MIT Police.
  5. present: Readers are asked to report any sightings of the described suspect to the MIT Police.
  6. absent: share any information with MIT Police; report sightings of the described suspect
  7. present: Report suspect sightings to MIT Police.
  8. present: MIT Police asks bystanders for information and tells the community to report any sightings of the suspect.
  9. present: "report any sightings of this individual to the MIT Police" instructs recipients what to do.
  10. present: A closer read still asks community members for information and to report any sightings to MIT Police.
  11. present: Community members should share any information and report sightings of the described suspect to MIT Police.
  12. present: Community members are asked to report any sightings of the described individual to the MIT Police.
  13. present: Community members and bystanders are asked to provide any information and to report any sightings of the described individual to the MIT Police.
  14. present: Give any info or sightings to MIT Police.
  15. present: Community members are asked to share information and to report sightings of the described suspect to MIT Police.
  16. present: They want anyone who sees this person to tell MIT Police, and they are fishing for bystander info.
  17. present: The text asks community members for information and for sightings of the suspect to be reported to MIT Police and concludes with those requests.
  18. present: Present because community members are asked for information and told to report any sightings of the suspect to the MIT Police.
  19. present: Guidance asks bystanders and community members for information and to report sightings of the suspect to MIT Police.
  20. present: Community members are asked for information and to report sightings to MIT Police, recipient actions a pure narrative would omit.
  21. absent: Only asks bystanders to report sightings or tips, without a protective action.
  22. present: Community members are asked for information and to report any sightings of the suspect to MIT Police.
  23. present: The alert asks community members to report sightings of the described suspect to the MIT Police.
  24. present: Recipients should share any information or sightings of the described suspect with MIT Police.
  25. present: The message notes community members should share information and report sightings of the suspect to MIT Police.
• Timepresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: Report time is "March 30, 2026, at 9:34am," with the act "between 9:00am - 9:34am."

  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: Report time is "March 30, 2026, at 9:34am," with the act "between 9:00am - 9:34am."
  2. present: Because the report came at 9:34am on March 30, 2026 for an incident between 9:00am and 9:34am that day.
  3. present: Checklist pass: report at 9:34am on March 30, 2026 with occurrence window 9:00am to 9:34am the same day.
  4. present: It says the incident happened on March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am.
  5. present: The event is timed to March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am, with the report received at 9:34am.
  6. absent: March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am; reported at 9:34am
  7. present: Mar 30 2026, 9:00 to 9:34am window.
  8. present: MIT Police received the report at 9:34am on March 30, 2026 for an incident between 9:00am and 9:34am that day.
  9. present: "March 30, 2026, at 9:34am" and "between 9:00am" and "9:34am" give the timing.
  10. present: Looking again, the report is March 30, 2026 at 9:34am with the event between 9:00am and 9:34am.
  11. present: The event window is March 30, 2026, between 9:00am and 9:34am, with the report at 9:34am.
  12. present: The event is timed to March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am.
  13. present: The report was received on March 30, 2026 at 9:34am, and the incident allegedly occurred that same morning between 9:00am and 9:34am.
  14. present: March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am; report at 9:34am.
  15. present: The incident window is given as March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am, with the report at 9:34am.
  16. present: They got the call at 9:34am on March 30, 2026, for something between 9:00am and 9:34am that same morning.
  17. present: The text gives March 30, 2026 at 9:34am for the report and 9:00am to 9:34am for the incident window and concludes with that period.
  18. present: Present because the report arrived March 30, 2026 at 9:34am and the event window is 9:00am to 9:34am that day.
  19. present: Time is March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am with the report received at 9:34am.
  20. present: March 30, 2026 at 9:34am and the 9:00am to 9:34am window mark the event, timing that would be void without those figures.
  21. present: Gives March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am as the incident window.
  22. present: The incident is placed on March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am.
  23. present: The alert sets the report at 9:34am on March 30, 2026 and the window between 9:00am and 9:34am that day.
  24. present: Recipients get March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am as the reported burglary window.
  25. present: The report shows March 30, 2026 between 9:00am and 9:34am, with police notified at 9:34am.
• Impactpresent23/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 23/25 codes 1: Impact goes past burglary naming: cash was returned after a confrontation, yet "three credit cards were also missing."

  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: Impact goes past burglary naming: cash was returned after a confrontation, yet "three credit cards were also missing."
  2. present: Since cash was taken and later returned but three credit cards remained missing after the suspect fled.
  3. present: Checklist pass: $300 cash briefly taken then returned and three credit cards still missing are concrete impacts beyond the burglary label.
  4. present: It says about $300 in cash was taken then returned, three credit cards were still missing, and a screwdriver may have been brandished.
  5. present: About $300 cash was taken then returned under pressure, yet three credit cards remained missing after the suspect fled.
  6. absent: cash taken then returned after confrontation; three credit cards still missing; suspect fled
  7. present: Cash returned after confront; three credit cards still missing.
  8. present: MIT Police states about $300 cash was taken then returned and three credit cards remained missing after the confrontation.
  9. present: "brandished what appeared to be a screwdriver" adds weapon threat severity beyond naming burglary alone.
  10. present: On second glance, $300 cash taken then returned plus three missing credit cards are impacts beyond burglary.
  11. present: Beyond burglary naming, impacts include a confrontational encounter with a possible tool as weapon, returned cash, and three credit cards still missing after the suspect fled.
  12. present: Beyond naming burglary, the notice states cash was taken then returned, three credit cards remained missing, and a screwdriver may have been brandished.
  13. present: Beyond the burglary label, the account describes a confrontation, temporary taking of three hundred dollars in cash that was later returned, and three missing credit cards after the suspect fled.
  14. present: Cash about $300 returned after confrontation but three credit cards still gone; suspect fled.
  15. present: Impacts include temporary cash taking, three missing credit cards, and a face-to-face confrontation before the suspect fled.
  16. present: About $300 cash was taken then given back, three credit cards stayed missing, and a screwdriver may have been brandished.
  17. present: The text notes cash was returned after confrontation yet three credit cards remained missing and concludes that residual loss exceeds the hazard label.
  18. present: Present because the suspect may have brandished a screwdriver and three credit cards remained missing after cash was returned.
  19. present: Impact includes cash briefly taken then returned and three credit cards still missing afterward.
  20. present: Cash briefly taken and three credit cards still missing state concrete losses beyond the burglary label alone.
  21. absent: Recounts cash and card losses without stating severity or potential harm to people.
  22. present: Cash was taken then returned while three credit cards remained missing after the confrontation.
  23. present: The alert describes about $300 cash taken then returned and three credit cards still missing after the confrontation.
  24. present: Recipients learn cash was returned after confrontation but three credit cards remained missing after the suspect fled.
  25. present: The text notes cash was returned after confrontation yet three credit cards remained missing and the suspect fled.