Phoned threat targeting a cafe in the Reed Union Building prompts shelter-in-place

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.

• Sourceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree the source is absent; no sender tag or named authority appears in the text.

  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. absent: No sender tag or named authority appears in the text.
  2. absent: No branded signature, sender, or named authority appears in the text.
  3. absent: No sender tag, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
  4. absent: No sender, branded signature, or responding authority is identified.
  5. absent: No sender, branded signature, or issuing authority is identified in the text.
  6. absent: No sender, branded signature, or agency is identified in the text.
  7. absent: No sender tag, university name, or named authority appears in the text.
  8. absent: No sender tag, university name, or named authority appears in the text.
  9. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
  10. absent: No sender, branded signature, or responding authority is named in the text.
  11. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
  12. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature appears in the text.
  13. absent: No sender tag, signature, or issuing authority is named in the text.
  14. absent: No sender tag, university name, or agency identifies who sent it.
  15. absent: No sender, signature, or named authority appears in this message.
  16. absent: No sender, authority, or branded signature is identified in the text.
  17. absent: No sender, branded tag, or named agency appears in the text.
  18. absent: No sender tag, university name, or named agency is identified in the text.
  19. absent: No sender, branded tag, or authority is named in the text.
  20. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature is identified in the text.
  21. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority identifies who issued this message.
  22. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority is identified in the text.
  23. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
  24. absent: No sender tag or issuing authority is identified in the text.
  25. absent: No sender tag, agency, or institution names itself in the text.
• Hazardpresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Strong consensus that the hazard is present; the alert names "Threats issued to campus", with one read calling that generic.

  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. absent: "Threats issued to campus" is generic and names no specific hazard.
  2. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a threat statement.
  3. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a threat hazard.
  4. present: It names a specific threat: "Threats issued to campus".
  5. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat reference.
  6. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", which is generic, so no specific hazard type is named.
  7. present: It states "Threats issued to campus", indicating a threat, and shelter guidance follows.
  8. present: It names "Threats issued to campus" paired with shelter guidance, but threats is generic, so I code it absent.
  9. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat.
  10. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat type.
  11. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", referencing a threat.
  12. present: It states "Threats issued to campus", naming a threat hazard.
  13. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", and "threat" here is the named hazard with operations suspended.
  14. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat.
  15. present: "Threats issued to campus" names a threat; here only "Threats", arguably generic, but it does indicate a threat hazard, so present.
  16. present: It states "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat type.
  17. present: It states "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat type.
  18. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a threat hazard.
  19. present: "Threats issued to campus" names a threat to campus.
  20. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", and avoiding a building implies a specific threat.
  21. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", referencing a threat, though somewhat generic, paired with the action it implies a danger.
  22. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", reasonably specific as a threat hazard.
  23. present: It names "Threats issued to campus" naming a threat; arguably generic, but "Threats" plus "Avoid Reed Building" implies a threat to campus. Borderline; counting present as the threat is named.
  24. present: It names "Threats issued to campus", a threat to campus.
  25. present: It states "Threats issued to campus", a specific threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree specific locations are given: campus and Reed Building.

  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 cites "campus" and "Reed Building", places.
  2. present: It specifies "campus" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  3. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building", specific places.
  4. present: It specifies "campus" and "Reed Building".
  5. present: It refers to "campus" and "Reed Building".
  6. present: It says "campus" and "Reed Building", specific places.
  7. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building".
  8. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building".
  9. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building".
  10. present: It specifies "Reed Building" and "campus", named places.
  11. present: It refers to "campus" and to "Avoid Reed Building".
  12. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building", specific places.
  13. present: It refers to "campus" and instructs to "Avoid Reed Building".
  14. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building".
  15. present: "campus" and "Avoid Reed Building" specify locations.
  16. present: It says "campus" and "Avoid Reed Building", specific locations.
  17. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building".
  18. present: It names "Reed Building" and "campus".
  19. present: It names "campus" and "Reed Building."
  20. present: It specifies "campus" and "Reed Building", named places.
  21. present: It cites "campus" and "Reed Building", specific places.
  22. present: It cites "campus" and "Reed Building", location references.
  23. present: It cites "Reed Building" and "campus", specific places.
  24. present: It names "Reed Building" and "campus", specific locations.
  25. present: It cites "campus" and "Reed Building", specific locations.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads agree guidance is present; the alert instructs recipients to shelter in place and avoid Reed Building.

  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: "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building" instruct protective actions.
  2. present: It instructs "Shelter in place. Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  3. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  4. present: It instructs recipients to "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  5. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  6. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  7. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  8. present: "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building" are protective instructions.
  9. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  10. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  11. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  12. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  13. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  14. present: It instructs "Shelter in place. Avoid Reed Building".
  15. present: "Shelter in place. Avoid Reed Building" are protective instructions.
  16. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  17. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  18. present: It instructs to "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building".
  19. present: "Shelter in place," "Avoid Reed Building" are protective actions.
  20. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  21. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  22. present: It instructs recipients to "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  23. present: It instructs "Shelter in place" and "Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  24. present: It instructs "Shelter in place. Avoid Reed Building", protective actions.
  25. present: "Shelter in place. Avoid Reed Building" are protective action instructions.
• Timepresent24/25

  Final assessment

  Strong consensus that timing is present via "until further notice", a duration cue; one read counts only clock times and dissents.

  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: "until further notice" conveys duration timing, a time cue.
  2. present: "until further notice" conveys a duration/recency cue.
  3. present: "until further notice" conveys a time/duration cue.
  4. present: The phrase "until further notice" conveys a duration/recency cue.
  5. present: The phrase "until further notice" conveys a time reference.
  6. present: It says "until further notice", a recency cue.
  7. present: "until further notice" conveys a recency/duration cue.
  8. present: "until further notice" conveys timing.
  9. present: "until further notice" conveys a time/duration cue.
  10. present: "until further notice" conveys a duration/recency cue.
  11. present: It conveys time with "until further notice".
  12. present: It says "until further notice", a duration time cue.
  13. present: "until further notice" conveys a recency/duration cue.
  14. present: "until further notice" conveys a duration/recency cue.
  15. present: "until further notice" conveys a duration/recency cue.
  16. present: It says "until further notice", a recency cue.
  17. absent: No clock time or date appears; "until further notice" is a duration, not a recency cue.
  18. present: "until further notice" is a time reference.
  19. present: "until further notice" conveys timing.
  20. present: "until further notice" conveys a recency/duration timing cue.
  21. present: "until further notice" conveys a time cue.
  22. present: "until further notice" conveys a time cue.
  23. present: "until further notice" is a recency or duration cue.
  24. present: "until further notice" conveys a duration or recency cue.
  25. present: "until further notice" conveys a timing reference.
• Impactpresent15/25

  Final assessment

  Present, with agreement (15 of 25). The alert states threats were issued to campus with shelter-in-place and suspended operations, conveying a stated threat to people; dissenters held it named the threat without stating harm or severity.

  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: Threats issued to campus with shelter-in-place is named but states no consequence or specific harm.
  2. present: Reports threats issued to campus and suspends operations, an explicit stated threat of harm.
  3. absent: Reports threats issued to campus and orders shelter in place but states no explicit harm or severity.
  4. present: Reports threats issued to campus with shelter-in-place and suspended operations, conveying a threat to safety.
  5. present: It states threats were issued to campus and directs shelter in place, an explicit statement of a threat to people.
  6. present: It reports threats issued to campus prompting shelter in place and suspended operations, a stated danger to people.
  7. absent: Reports threats and orders shelter but states no potential harm or how serious the threat is.
  8. present: Reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community.
  9. present: Reports threats issued to campus and orders shelter, conveying a stated threat to people.
  10. absent: Threats issued to campus with shelter-in-place and suspended operations names the threat but states no harm or consequence.
  11. absent: It reports threats issued to campus and shelter-in-place but states no specific harm or severity.
  12. absent: Reports threats issued with shelter and avoid-building instructions but does not state any harm or severity.
  13. absent: Threats with shelter-in-place and avoid-building guidance state no consequence or severity of harm.
  14. present: States threats issued to campus and directs shelter in place, conveying a stated threat to people.
  15. present: It reports threats issued to campus and orders shelter and operations suspension, conveying a stated threat.
  16. present: States threats issued to campus with shelter and avoid-building directives, an explicit stated threat.
  17. absent: Reports threats issued and shelter in place but states no explicit harm or potential consequence.
  18. absent: It cites threats and orders shelter but states no specific harm or severity of those threats.
  19. present: Threats issued to campus with shelter-in-place and suspended operations conveys a danger to people.
  20. present: States threats issued to campus and orders shelter in place, conveying a stated danger to people.
  21. present: It reports threats issued to campus and orders shelter in place, conveying a danger to people.
  22. present: It states threats were issued to campus with shelter and operations suspended, conveying a stated threat to people.
  23. present: States threats were issued to campus and orders shelter in place, an explicit stated threat to people.
  24. absent: Reports threats and orders shelter in place but states no specific harm or severity.
  25. present: States threats were issued to campus, an explicit stated danger.