One person shot outside the student center; none of those involved were students

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

  Unanimous: it names UPD, the University Police Department, on scene, identifying the source.

  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: It names "UPD" (University Police Department) as on scene.
  2. present: It names "UPD on scene" as the responding authority.
  3. present: It names "UPD" as the responding police authority.
  4. present: It names "UPD on scene", the responding police authority.
  5. present: It names "UPD", the university police department, as on scene.
  6. present: It names "UPD" (University Police) on scene, identifying the responding authority.
  7. present: It names "UPD on scene", a responding police authority.
  8. present: It names "UPD" as the authority on scene.
  9. present: The text names "UPD", the university police, as on scene.
  10. present: It names "UPD", the police department, as "on scene".
  11. present: It names "UPD" (University Police) as on scene.
  12. present: It names "UPD", the university police, as on scene.
  13. present: It names "UPD", the university police, as on scene.
  14. present: It names "UPD" on scene, identifying the responding authority.
  15. present: It names "UPD" as the responders on scene.
  16. present: It names "UPD" (university police department) as on scene.
  17. present: It names "UPD", the responding police authority.
  18. present: It names "UPD" as the responding police authority.
  19. present: It names "UPD" (university police department) as on scene.
  20. present: It names "UPD" as on scene.
  21. present: It names "UPD" (police) as on scene, identifying responding authority.
  22. present: Names "UPD" as the responding authority "on scene".
  23. present: Names "UPD" as the police authority on scene.
  24. present: "UPD on scene" names the responding police authority.
  25. present: It names "UPD" as on scene.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: it states shots fired, a specific hazard.

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

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: it locates it at the rear of the Student Center, a stated location.

  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 locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  2. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  3. present: It locates it at "the rear of Student Center".
  4. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  5. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  6. present: It specifies "the rear of Student Center", a location.
  7. present: It locates it at "the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  8. present: It gives the place "the rear of Student Center".
  9. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  10. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  11. present: It specifies "the rear of Student Center".
  12. present: It locates it at "the rear of Student Center".
  13. present: It locates it at "the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  14. present: It says "area of the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  15. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  16. present: It says "in the area of the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  17. present: It says "the area of the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  18. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  19. present: It locates it at "the rear of Student Center" and "the area".
  20. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  21. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  22. present: Locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  23. present: Locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
  24. present: It says "in the area of the rear of Student Center", a specific place.
  25. present: It locates it "in the area of the rear of Student Center".
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: it instructs recipients to avoid the area at this time, protective 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: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  2. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area".
  3. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time".
  4. present: It instructs "Avoid the area".
  5. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  6. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time", a protective action.
  7. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area", a protective action.
  8. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time".
  9. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area".
  10. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  11. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area".
  12. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area".
  13. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  14. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time", a protective action.
  15. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  16. present: It instructs to "Avoid the area at this time", a protective action.
  17. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time", protective action.
  18. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time".
  19. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  20. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time".
  21. present: It instructs "Avoid the area at this time", a protective action.
  22. present: Instructs "Avoid the area at this time".
  23. present: Instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
  24. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time", a protective action.
  25. present: It instructs recipients to "Avoid the area at this time".
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the phrase at this time conveys current recency, so timing is present.

  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 phrase "at this time" conveys current recency.
  2. present: The phrase "at this time" conveys current recency.
  3. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  4. present: It uses the recency phrase "at this time".
  5. present: The phrase "at this time" conveys recency.
  6. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  7. present: It conveys recency with "at this time".
  8. present: It uses "at this time" as a recency cue.
  9. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  10. present: It uses "at this time", a recency cue.
  11. present: It uses the recency cue "at this time".
  12. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  13. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  14. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  15. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  16. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  17. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  18. present: It uses the recency phrase "at this time".
  19. present: The phrase "at this time" conveys recency.
  20. present: It says "at this time", a recency cue.
  21. present: It uses "at this time", a recency cue.
  22. present: Says "at this time", a recency cue.
  23. present: Conveys recency with "at this time".
  24. present: "at this time" conveys recency, a time cue.
  25. present: It conveys recency with "at this time".
• Impactpresent15/25

  Final assessment

  Present by a clear majority; dissenters noted no explicit injury, but shots fired with an avoid-the-area instruction conveys a gunfire hazard and danger to people.

  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: Shots fired with avoid-the-area instructions names the hazard but states no consequence or stated harm.
  2. absent: Reports shots fired and says avoid the area but states no harm, injury, or potential consequence.
  3. absent: Reports shots fired and tells people to avoid the area but states no harm or severity.
  4. present: Reports shots fired with avoid-the-area instruction, conveying gunfire danger to people.
  5. absent: It reports shots fired and to avoid the area but states no injury or stated danger.
  6. present: It reports shots fired and to avoid the area, implying the danger of being shot.
  7. present: Reports shots fired in a campus area, conveying a clear weapon-based harm event.
  8. absent: Shots fired with instruction to avoid the area but no stated harm or severity.
  9. absent: Reports shots fired and tells people to avoid the area but states no injury or stated severity.
  10. present: Shots fired with an avoid-the-area instruction conveys a deadly hazard to people.
  11. absent: It reports shots fired and says avoid the area but states no injuries or what the danger could do.
  12. absent: Reports shots fired with avoid-area guidance but does not state any harm, injury, or how dangerous it is.
  13. present: It reports shots fired in a campus area, a weapon hazard near people.
  14. present: Reports shots fired and directs people to avoid the area, conveying gunfire danger.
  15. present: It reports shots fired in an area, an armed danger to people.
  16. present: Reports shots fired with avoid-the-area directive, conveying threat of gunfire to people.
  17. present: Reports shots fired in an area, a stated act of violence.
  18. present: It reports shots fired in a campus area, a stated act of gun violence.
  19. present: Shots fired in an area with avoid-the-area guidance conveys the danger of gunfire.
  20. present: Reports shots fired in an area and to avoid it, conveying a violent armed threat.
  21. absent: It reports shots fired and asks people to avoid the area but states no injury or potential harm.
  22. absent: It reports shots fired and tells people to avoid the area but states no harm or injuries.
  23. present: Reports shots fired and tells people to avoid the area, a violent event conveying potential harm.
  24. present: Reports shots fired and tells people to avoid the area, conveying gun-violence danger.
  25. present: Reports shots fired in the area, an explicit weapon-discharge event implying danger.