Wildfires burned 26,000 acres nearby; campus opened an emergency shelter

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.

• Sourcepresent18/25

  Final assessment

  Majority finds the source present, naming "public safety" as the authority to follow; a minority notes there is no branded sender tag.

  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 refers to direction "by public safety", identifying public safety as the authority.
  2. absent: No sender or branded signature appears, only "public safety" referenced for guidance.
  3. present: It references "public safety", a named authority.
  4. present: It names "public safety" as the authority whose direction to follow.
  5. absent: No sender tag or university name appears; "public safety" is referenced only as who may give instructions.
  6. present: It refers to "public safety" whose instructions to follow as the responding authority.
  7. present: Refers to "public safety" directing actions, identifying responding authority.
  8. present: It references "public safety" who may give directions, a named authority.
  9. present: References "public safety", an identified responding agency.
  10. absent: No sender tag or issuing authority is named; "public safety" is referenced only as who may give other directions.
  11. absent: No sender tag or self-naming authority; "public safety" is referenced only as who may instruct.
  12. absent: No sender tag or issuing authority is named; "public safety" appears only as those who may instruct.
  13. present: It references "public safety" directing actions, the responding authority.
  14. absent: No sender tag or named issuing authority appears, though it cites "public safety".
  15. present: Identifies "public safety" as the authority that may give instructions.
  16. absent: No sender name or branded signature appears, only "public safety" referenced, not the sender tag.
  17. present: Names "public safety" as the authority whose instructions to follow.
  18. present: It references "public safety", naming a responding authority.
  19. present: It references "public safety" giving directions, a responding authority.
  20. present: It references "public safety" giving directions, the responding authority.
  21. present: Names "public safety", the responding authority.
  22. present: It references "public safety" giving instructions, identifying the issuing authority.
  23. present: It references "public safety" giving direction, a named responding authority.
  24. present: Refers to "public safety" giving direction, a responding authority.
  25. present: It references "public safety", identifying a responding authority.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that specific hazards are named, "Extreme wind" and reported "Fires".

  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 names "Extreme wind" and "Fires have been reported", specific threats.
  2. present: It names "Extreme wind" and "Fires", specific hazards.
  3. present: It cites "Extreme wind" and reported "Fires", specific hazards.
  4. present: It names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "flying debris", specific hazards.
  5. present: It names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", "Fires", and "power outages" as specific hazards.
  6. present: It names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", and "Fires" in Payne County, specific weather hazards.
  7. present: Names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", and "Fires", specific hazards.
  8. present: It names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  9. present: Names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  10. present: It names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  11. present: Names "Extreme wind" and "Fires have been reported in Payne County", specific hazards.
  12. present: It names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  13. present: It names the threat specifically: "Extreme wind" and "Fires have been reported in Payne County".
  14. present: Names the hazard specifically as "Extreme wind" and "Fires have been reported in Payne County".
  15. present: Names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  16. present: Names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  17. present: Names "Extreme wind" and "Fires", specific hazards.
  18. present: It names "Extreme wind" and "Fires have been reported in Payne County", specific hazards.
  19. present: It names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", and "Fires", specific hazards.
  20. present: It names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  21. present: Names "Extreme wind", "Fires", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  22. present: It names "Extreme wind", "Fires ... in Payne County", and "power outages", specific hazards.
  23. present: It names "Extreme wind", "flying debris", and "Fires ... in Payne County", specific hazards.
  24. present: Names "Fires" and "Extreme wind", specific hazards.
  25. present: It cites "Extreme wind", "flying debris", and "Fires have been reported in Payne County", specific hazards.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree a specific location is named, "Payne County".

  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 names "Payne County", a specific location.
  2. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  3. present: It names "Payne County" where fires have been reported.
  4. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  5. present: It names "Payne County" where fires were reported.
  6. present: It names "Payne County", a specific area.
  7. present: Names "Payne County", a specific place.
  8. present: It names "Payne County", a location reference.
  9. present: Names "Payne County", a specific place where fires were reported.
  10. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  11. present: Names "Payne County", a specific location.
  12. present: It names "Payne County", a specific location.
  13. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  14. present: Specifies "Payne County", a named place.
  15. present: Names "Payne County", a specific location.
  16. present: Names "Payne County", a specific area.
  17. present: Names "Payne County", a specific place.
  18. present: It names "Payne County", a specific location.
  19. present: It says "Fires have been reported in Payne County", a specific location.
  20. present: It says "Fires have been reported in Payne County", a specific place.
  21. present: Names "Payne County", a specific place.
  22. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  23. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
  24. present: Names "Payne County", a specific location.
  25. present: It names "Payne County", a specific place.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that protective actions are given: "Stay inside unless told" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris".

  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 "Stay inside unless told" and "exercise caution", protective actions.
  2. present: It instructs "Stay inside unless told", "exercise caution and watch for flying debris".
  3. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside unless told by public safety to do otherwise".
  4. present: It instructs "Stay inside" and to "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  5. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside unless told by public safety to do otherwise" and to "exercise caution".
  6. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  7. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  8. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  9. present: Instructs "Stay inside unless told", "exercise caution", and "watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  10. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  11. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside unless told" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  12. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris".
  13. present: It instructs "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  14. present: Instructs "Stay inside unless told by public safety" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  15. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  16. present: Instructs to "Stay inside" and to "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  17. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside", "exercise caution and watch for flying debris".
  18. present: It instructs people to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  19. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside unless told" and "exercise caution", protective actions.
  20. present: It tells recipients to "Stay inside unless told by public safety to do otherwise".
  21. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution" if going out.
  22. present: It instructs "Stay inside unless told ... otherwise" and "exercise caution and watch for flying debris", protective actions.
  23. present: It instructs "Stay inside unless told by public safety", a protective action.
  24. present: Instructs recipients to "Stay inside unless told ... otherwise" and "exercise caution", protective actions.
  25. present: It instructs recipients to "Stay inside" and "exercise caution", protective actions.
• Timeabsent2/25

  Final assessment

  Majority finds no clock time, date, or recency cue; a couple of reads count present-tense reporting as recency.

  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. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" appears.
  2. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  3. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
  4. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  5. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
  6. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
  7. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  8. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word appears.
  9. present: Says "at this time" by context and "are reporting", current-condition recency cues.
  10. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; the hazards are described without a time reference.
  11. present: Says "at this time" via "Stay inside" and present-tense reports, conveying recency.
  12. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  13. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  14. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
  15. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
  16. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word appears in the message.
  17. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  18. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  19. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word appears in the text.
  20. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word appears in the message.
  21. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  22. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
  23. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  24. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
  25. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
• Impactpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by unanimous agreement. The alert states extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit stated dangers.

  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: Extreme wind causing hazardous conditions and flying debris conveys an explicit destructive danger.
  2. present: Warns of extreme wind causing hazardous conditions and flying debris, an explicit statement of danger.
  3. present: States extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and reported fires and outages, explicit dangers.
  4. present: Warns of extreme wind, hazardous conditions, flying debris, and fires, explicit dangers to people.
  5. present: It warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and reported fires and power outages, conveying clear danger.
  6. present: It warns of hazardous conditions from extreme wind and to watch for flying debris, an explicit statement of danger.
  7. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and fires, an explicit danger statement.
  8. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris, an explicit danger.
  9. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and fires reported, conveying explicit dangers.
  10. present: The text states extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions and to watch for flying debris, an explicit danger.
  11. present: It warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions and to watch for flying debris, an explicit danger.
  12. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and power outages, an explicit statement of danger.
  13. present: It warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris, an explicit danger.
  14. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and fires reported, explicit harm statements.
  15. present: It warns of extreme wind causing hazardous conditions, flying debris, fires, and outages, explicit dangers.
  16. present: States extreme wind causing hazardous conditions, flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit dangers.
  17. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit stated dangers.
  18. present: It warns of extreme wind causing hazardous conditions and flying debris, a clearly stated danger.
  19. present: Extreme wind causing hazardous conditions with watch-for-flying-debris explicitly conveys danger.
  20. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and fires, an explicit danger.
  21. present: It warns of hazardous conditions from extreme wind, flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit stated dangers.
  22. present: It states extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris and power outages, a stated danger.
  23. present: Warns of extreme wind causing hazardous conditions, flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit stated dangers.
  24. present: Warns of hazardous extreme wind, flying debris, and fires, explicit dangers to people and property.
  25. present: Warns extreme wind is causing hazardous conditions with flying debris, fires, and power outages, explicit stated dangers.