Timely warning for burglaries at Sidney-Pacific residence hall

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): "MIT Police" are the responding and describing agency for both calls.

  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: "MIT Police" are the responding and describing agency for both calls.
  2. present: Because MIT Police responded to the calls and describe the person of interest from surveillance.
  3. present: Checklist pass: MIT Police is the responding and narrating agency throughout the alert.
  4. present: MIT Police are named as the agency that answered the calls and is investigating.
  5. present: MIT Police is named as the responding and reporting agency for the NW86 incidents.
  6. present: MIT Police say a man let into Sidney-Pacific without ID stole a Trek Domane bicycle and a phone later recovered during two theft calls on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  7. present: MIT Police answered both NW86 calls.
  8. present: MIT Police is the responding and reporting agency for the NW86 property crimes.
  9. present: "MIT Police" names the responding agency.
  10. present: On a second look, MIT Police is still the responding agency named in the opening sentence.
  11. present: MIT Police is identified as the responding and reporting agency for the NW86 calls.
  12. present: MIT Police is named as the responding and investigating campus safety source.
  13. present: MIT Police is identified as the agency that responded to the calls and that presents the person of interest description and video findings.
  14. present: MIT Police handled the response and release.
  15. present: The account is framed as an MIT Police response narrative and may be treated as an official campus source.
  16. present: MIT Police responded to the calls and wrote this up.
  17. present: The text frames MIT Police as the responding and reporting agency and concludes with that source.
  18. present: Present because MIT Police is named as the agency that responded to the calls at the residence hall.
  19. present: Source is MIT Police who responded to the two calls and described the person of interest.
  20. present: MIT Police is named as the responding department, a source that would disappear if no agency were credited.
  21. present: Identifies MIT Police as the responding and investigating authority.
  22. present: MIT Police are named as the agency that responded and described the investigation.
  23. present: The alert states that MIT Police responded to the calls and is the investigating agency.
  24. present: Recipients can attribute the report to MIT Police who answered the NW86 calls and described video evidence.
  25. present: The report identifies MIT Police as the responding and describing agency.
• Hazardpresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: Hazards are unit "property missing," including a "cell phone" and a "Trek Domane bicycle," after unauthorized entry.

  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: Hazards are unit "property missing," including a "cell phone" and a "Trek Domane bicycle," after unauthorized entry.
  2. present: Because property was stolen from units after unauthorized entry into the residence hall.
  3. present: Checklist pass: residential unit property theft including phone and bicycle removal is the stated hazard.
  4. present: It reports property taken from residence units, including a cell phone and a bicycle.
  5. present: The hazard consists of residential property thefts enabled by unauthorized side-door entry without credential checks.
  6. absent: residential property theft after tailgating entry
  7. present: Unit property theft after unauthorized hall entry.
  8. present: MIT Police reports thefts including a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle plus unauthorized entry at the residence hall.
  9. present: "property missing" with phone and bicycle theft and unauthorized entry name the burglary hazard.
  10. present: Reading it again, the hazard is residence-hall theft with unauthorized entry and removal of a bicycle.
  11. present: Hazard centers on residential burglary and theft after piggyback entry, including a stolen Trek Domane bicycle and a cell phone that was later recovered.
  12. present: The hazard is residential theft after unauthorized entry, including a stolen bicycle and a cell phone.
  13. present: The hazard is property theft from residential units, specifically including unauthorized entry facilitated by another person and removal of personal property.
  14. present: Property thefts from residence units after unauthorized entry, including a bike taken out.
  15. present: Hazards include residential property theft and unauthorized entry after someone opened a side door for the person of interest.
  16. present: Someone got let into the dorm without ID and stole property from units, including a bike.
  17. present: The text reports thefts of a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle after unauthorized entry and concludes on those property crimes.
  18. present: Present because the text reports property missing from units, including a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle.
  19. present: Hazard is property theft from residence units including a cell phone and a bicycle after unauthorized entry.
  20. present: Property taken from units after unauthorized side-door entry is the hazard, a crime type that would be unknown without that description.
  21. present: Names property theft from residence units, including a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle.
  22. present: Property theft from residence units after unauthorized entry is identified as the hazard.
  23. present: The alert reports thefts from residence units including a phone and a bicycle after unauthorized entry.
  24. present: Recipients are warned about theft of a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle after unauthorized hall entry.
  25. present: The text states unauthorized entry plus theft of a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle.
• Locationpresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: Incidents are at "NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA."

  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: Incidents are at "NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA."
  2. present: Since both calls concern NW86 Sidney-Pacific at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  3. present: Checklist pass: NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA is specified.
  4. present: It places the thefts at NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  5. present: Both calls concern NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  6. absent: NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall, 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge, MA; multiple floors
  7. present: NW86 Sidney-Pacific, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge MA.
  8. present: MIT Police places both calls at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  9. present: "NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA" specifies the place.
  10. present: If you double-check, NW86 Sidney-Pacific at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA is fully specified.
  11. present: Incidents occurred at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall, 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA, across two unit floors.
  12. present: We place the incidents at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  13. present: Both calls are located at NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA, involving units on different floors.
  14. present: NW86 Sidney-Pacific hall at 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge, MA.
  15. present: Events are situated at NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall, 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge, MA.
  16. present: Both calls are at NW86 Sidney-Pacific at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  17. present: The text sets both calls at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA, and concludes with that location.
  18. present: Present because the incidents are at NW86, Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  19. present: Location is NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  20. present: NW86 Sidney-Pacific at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA locates the calls, a fix that would be blank without that address.
  21. present: Places the calls at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  22. present: The events are located at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  23. present: The alert places the events at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  24. present: Recipients place the crimes at NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
  25. present: The alert gives NW86 Sidney-Pacific residence hall at 70 Pacific Street in Cambridge, MA.
• Guidanceabsent2/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 23/25 codes 0: Because the precautions section is cut off and no complete action list is given in the text.

  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: The text starts precaution advice that "there are some precautions that can be taken," though the list is cut off.
  2. absent: Because the precautions section is cut off and no complete action list is given in the text.
  3. absent: Checklist fail: the supplied text only tees up precautions and cuts off before any actionable tip is listed.
  4. absent: The text only starts to mention precautions and never finishes the safety steps for readers.
  5. absent: The provided text cuts off during precaution language and does not deliver complete actionable guidance to recipients.
  6. absent: precautions urged for theft prevention (text truncated)
  7. absent: Precaution lead-in cut off; no full recipient actions.
  8. absent: MIT Police begins a precautions note but the provided text cuts off before any concrete recipient instructions appear.
  9. absent: "precautions that can be taken" is cut off before any actual recipient instruction appears.
  10. absent: A closer look shows only a cut-off promise of precautions, with no usable tip text for the recipient.
  11. absent: The text only begins a precautions section and is truncated before any complete, actionable recipient steps appear.
  12. absent: The message begins to mention precautions but the given text does not deliver completed safety steps for recipients.
  13. absent: The available text only begins a general precautions section and does not complete actionable guidance sufficient for coding as present.
  14. absent: Precaution language starts then cuts off with no usable recipient steps.
  15. absent: Guidance language is only partial and truncated, so actionable recipient advice cannot be fully coded from the given text.
  16. absent: They start to talk about precautions but the actual tips never show up in the text you get.
  17. absent: The text begins a precautions section but is cut off before usable recipient guidance and concludes that guidance is incomplete.
  18. absent: Absent because the given text only starts a precautions sentence and never delivers instructions to the audience.
  19. present: Guidance begins precautions residents can take though the remainder of the tip list is truncated.
  20. absent: The text only starts to mention precautions without listing any recipient steps, so protective guidance is effectively absent here.
  21. absent: Mentions precautions but cuts off before any actual protective instruction appears.
  22. absent: Only a cut off mention of precautions is present in the given text, with no complete recipient actions listed.
  23. absent: The alert only begins a precautions section without listing concrete actions for recipients in the given text.
  24. absent: Recipients only see the start of a precautions section before the text cuts off with no complete advice.
  25. absent: The precautions section is cut off after a general line and gives no usable recipient steps.
• Timepresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 24/25 codes 1: Police responded "On the morning of June 20, 2026" to the two calls.

  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: Police responded "On the morning of June 20, 2026" to the two calls.
  2. present: Because police responded on the morning of June 20, 2026 to the two theft reports.
  3. present: Checklist pass: police response is timed to the morning of June 20, 2026.
  4. present: It says police responded on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  5. present: Police response is dated to the morning of June 20, 2026 for the two separate calls.
  6. absent: morning of June 20, 2026
  7. present: Morning of June 20 2026 response.
  8. present: MIT Police states the calls were on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  9. present: "morning of June 20, 2026" states when police responded.
  10. present: Looking again, the response is placed on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  11. present: MIT Police responded on the morning of June 20, 2026, covering the theft time frame referenced in the notice.
  12. present: Police response is dated to the morning of June 20, 2026.
  13. present: The response is placed on the morning of June 20, 2026, with the thefts occurring during the time frame associated with that response.
  14. present: Morning of June 20, 2026 for the two unit calls.
  15. present: The morning of June 20, 2026 is specified as the response window for the two calls.
  16. present: It all happened on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  17. present: The text dates the response to the morning of June 20, 2026 and concludes with that timing.
  18. present: Present because police responded on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  19. present: Time is the morning of June 20, 2026 when MIT Police answered the two calls.
  20. present: The morning of June 20, 2026 times the response, a date stamp that would be missing without any when.
  21. present: States the morning of June 20, 2026 as the response time.
  22. present: Police response is placed on the morning of June 20, 2026.
  23. present: The alert dates the response to the morning of June 20, 2026.
  24. present: Recipients know MIT Police responded on the morning of June 20, 2026 to the two separate missing-property calls.
  25. present: The notice shows the events on the morning of June 20, 2026.
• Impactpresent21/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 21/25 codes 1: Impact includes one phone "later recovered," a stolen bicycle removed on video, and tailgate entry without ID.

  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 includes one phone "later recovered," a stolen bicycle removed on video, and tailgate entry without ID.
  2. present: Since one cell phone was taken then recovered and a Trek Domane bicycle was removed from the building.
  3. present: Checklist pass: impact is spelled out as a cell phone taken then recovered plus loss of a Trek Domane bicycle.
  4. present: It notes a cell phone was taken and later recovered, and a Trek Domane bicycle was stolen.
  5. present: Impacts include a stolen cell phone later recovered and loss of a Trek Domane bicycle removed on surveillance video.
  6. absent: cell phone taken then recovered; Trek Domane bicycle removed from building; two victims on different floors
  7. present: Phone taken then recovered; Trek Domane bike gone.
  8. present: MIT Police reports the phone was later recovered while a Trek Domane bicycle was taken from the building.
  9. absent: "theft of their cell phone" and "Trek Domane bicycle" detail the offense without severity language beyond the thefts.
  10. present: On re-examination, a cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle are concrete losses beyond the theft label.
  11. present: Impacts include two separate unit victims, temporary loss then recovery of a phone, and confirmed removal of a matching bicycle on video.
  12. present: Two victims on different floors lost property, with a phone later recovered and a Trek Domane bicycle taken.
  13. present: Beyond theft as a category, the notice specifies a cell phone that was later recovered and a Trek Domane bicycle removed under video surveillance.
  14. present: Phone later recovered; Trek Domane bicycle taken; POI let in without ID then rolled the bike out on video.
  15. present: Impacts include a recovered phone, a stolen Trek Domane bicycle, and video of noncredentialed entry and bicycle removal.
  16. present: A cell phone went missing then came back, and a Trek Domane bicycle was taken out of the building.
  17. present: The text states one phone was later recovered, video shows door banging and bike removal, and concludes that those outcomes go beyond the hazard name.
  18. absent: Absent because stolen property is part of describing the thefts and no extra severity or harm language is stated.
  19. present: Impact includes a recovered cell phone and a stolen Trek Domane bicycle removed from the building.
  20. present: A cell phone taken then recovered and a Trek Domane bicycle removed state losses beyond naming theft alone.
  21. absent: Lists stolen property without stating broader severity or harm beyond the thefts.
  22. present: A cell phone and a Trek Domane bicycle are reported missing from two victims on different floors, with the phone later recovered.
  23. present: The alert notes a recovered cell phone and loss of a Trek Domane bicycle as concrete property outcomes.
  24. present: Recipients learn one phone was recovered while the bicycle was removed on video, showing concrete property loss.
  25. present: The text notes the phone was later recovered while video shows the bicycle removed, with a detailed person of interest description.