Robbery suspect flees onto campus, prompting an hour-long precautionary lockdown

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 present. Every read notes the branded Mustang Alert tag and the named college police responding.

  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 opens with the branded tag Mustang Alert and names San Joaquin Delta College police responding.
  2. present: It opens with the branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "Police," identifying the sender.
  3. present: It opens with the branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the sender.
  4. present: Opens with branded "Mustang Alert" tag and names "Police", identifying the sender and authority.
  5. present: It opens "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the branded sender and authority.
  6. present: Opens with branded Mustang Alert tag identifying the sender.
  7. present: It opens with the branded signature Mustang Alert, identifying the sender.
  8. present: Branded 'Mustang Alert:' tag identifies the sender; also references 'Police'.
  9. present: It opens with branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the sender.
  10. present: Opens with Mustang Alert branded signature, identifying the sender.
  11. present: "Mustang Alert" is a branded signature and "San Joaquin Delta College" names the issuer.
  12. present: Opens with branded signature "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the source.
  13. present: Opens with branded tag "Mustang Alert:" identifying the sender.
  14. present: It opens with the branded signature Mustang Alert, identifying the sender.
  15. present: It opens with "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the source.
  16. present: Opens with branded tag 'Mustang Alert' and names 'Police'.
  17. present: Opens with branded signature "Mustang Alert" identifying the sender.
  18. present: It opens with "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the sender.
  19. present: It opens with the branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "San Joaquin Delta College" and "Police".
  20. present: 'Mustang Alert' branded tag and 'San Joaquin Delta College' identify the sender.
  21. present: It opens "Mustang Alert:" and names "San Joaquin Delta College" and "Police".
  22. present: It opens with the branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "Police", identifying the sender.
  23. present: Opens with branded tag "Mustang Alert" and names "Police".
  24. present: Opens with the branded signature Mustang Alert, identifying the sender.
  25. present: Opens with 'Mustang Alert' tag and names 'Police are responding', identifying the source.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. All reads name a specific threat, a person with a gun.

  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 a specific threat, a person with a gun.
  2. present: It names "Person with a gun," a specific armed-person threat.
  3. present: It names the specific hazard, a "Person with a gun".
  4. present: Names the specific hazard "Person with a gun".
  5. present: It names "Person with a gun", a specific armed-threat hazard.
  6. present: It names a person with a gun, a specific armed person threat.
  7. present: It names a person with a gun, a specific armed-person hazard.
  8. present: Names 'Person with a gun', a specific armed-person threat.
  9. present: It names "Person with a gun", a specific armed-person threat.
  10. present: Names a person with a gun, a specific threat.
  11. present: It names a "Person with a gun," a specific armed-person threat.
  12. present: Names "Person with a gun", a specific threat.
  13. present: Names hazard "Person with a gun", a specific armed-person threat.
  14. present: It names a person with a gun, a specific armed-person threat.
  15. present: It names "Person with a gun", a specific threat.
  16. present: Names specific hazard 'Person with a gun'.
  17. present: Names "Person with a gun", a specific threat.
  18. present: It names the hazard specifically, "Person with a gun".
  19. present: It names a specific threat "Person with a gun".
  20. present: It names 'Person with a gun', a specific hazard.
  21. present: It names "Person with a gun", a specific armed-person hazard.
  22. present: It names the specific hazard "Person with a gun" on campus.
  23. present: Names the specific threat "Person with a gun".
  24. present: Names a person with a gun, a specific threat.
  25. present: Names 'Person with a gun', a specific armed-person hazard.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. Every read cites the Stockton campus near the Cunningham lots as the 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 cites the Stockton campus near Cunningham lots as the location.
  2. present: It names "the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots," specific locations.
  3. present: It names "Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots".
  4. present: Names "Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots", specific places.
  5. present: It cites "the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots", specific locations.
  6. present: It names the Stockton campus near Cunningham lots, specific locations.
  7. present: It names the Stockton campus near Cunningham lots, a specific location.
  8. present: Names 'the Stockton campus' and 'near Cunningham lots', specific locations.
  9. present: It locates it "on the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots".
  10. present: Names Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots.
  11. present: It cites "the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots," specific places.
  12. present: Names "Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots", specific locations.
  13. present: Names "Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots".
  14. present: It cites the Stockton campus and near Cunningham lots as locations.
  15. present: It names the "Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots", specific places.
  16. present: Specifies 'Stockton campus' and 'near Cunningham lots'.
  17. present: Says "Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots".
  18. present: It names "the Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots".
  19. present: It names "the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots".
  20. present: It names 'Stockton campus' and 'near Cunningham lots', specific places.
  21. present: It names "Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots", specific locations.
  22. present: It specifies "Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots".
  23. present: Names "the Stockton campus" and "near Cunningham lots".
  24. present: Names the Stockton campus near Cunningham lots.
  25. present: Says 'the Stockton campus of San Joaquin Delta College near Cunningham lots', specific places.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. All reads find the protective command Lockdown directed at recipients.

  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 Lockdown, a protective action for recipients.
  2. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective action to recipients.
  3. present: It instructs "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  4. present: Issues "Lockdown!", a protective action instruction to recipients.
  5. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective instruction to recipients.
  6. present: It commands Lockdown, a protective action for recipients.
  7. present: It says Lockdown, a protective instruction to recipients.
  8. present: 'Lockdown!' instructs the protective action to lock down.
  9. present: It instructs "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  10. present: Says Lockdown, a protective action instruction.
  11. present: It commands "Lockdown!" a protective action for recipients.
  12. present: Instructs "Lockdown!", a protective action to recipients.
  13. present: Issues "Lockdown!" as an instruction, a protective action.
  14. present: The command Lockdown is a protective instruction to recipients.
  15. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  16. present: Commands 'Lockdown!', a protective action instruction.
  17. present: Instructs "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  18. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  19. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective action to recipients.
  20. present: It says 'Lockdown!', a protective instruction to recipients.
  21. present: It commands "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  22. present: It instructs "Lockdown!", a protective action for recipients.
  23. present: Instructs recipients via "Lockdown!", a protective action.
  24. present: Issues a Lockdown instruction to recipients.
  25. present: Instructs 'Lockdown!', a protective action to recipients.
• Timeabsent11/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by a narrow majority. No clock time or date appears, and the split turns on whether currently counts as a timing cue, which most reads do not accept.

  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 like now or immediately appears.
  2. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word; "Police are responding" describes responders, not a time.
  3. present: It says "currently", a recency cue indicating the threat is ongoing now.
  4. present: Says the person is "currently" present via "Police are responding" and "Emergency!"; "currently" wording conveys recency.
  5. present: "currently" and "are responding" convey ongoing recency.
  6. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word like now appears, only Emergency.
  7. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word like now appears; Emergency is not a time cue.
  8. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue; 'Police are responding' describes action not time.
  9. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as "now" is present.
  10. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now appears.
  11. present: "currently" and "Police are responding" convey recency of an ongoing situation.
  12. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" appears in the text.
  13. present: Says "currently" via "Police are responding" and "Emergency!"; "currently" not present but responding implies now.
  14. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
  15. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
  16. present: States police 'are responding' and 'currently', conveying now.
  17. present: Says "currently" via "Police are responding" and "Emergency!", with currently implied now.
  18. present: "currently" and "Police are responding" convey ongoing recency.
  19. present: It uses "currently" via "Police are responding" and the urgent present-tense "Emergency!" implying now.
  20. present: It says 'currently' via 'Police are responding' present action, but explicitly 'currently' wording absent; 'Emergency!' implies now.
  21. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue like "now" appears in the text.
  22. present: "currently" conveys recency about the ongoing armed-person situation.
  23. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word like "now" is present.
  24. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word like now appears in the text.
  25. absent: No clock time, date, or recency word like 'now' appears.
• Impactpresent23/25

  Final assessment

  Present (23 of 2). A person with a gun on campus prompting police response and lockdown conveys a clear potential for violent harm; the few dissenters wanted explicit stated injury.

  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: States there is a person with a gun and orders lockdown, conveying a clear armed lethal danger.
  2. present: It declares an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, an explicit armed threat to people.
  3. present: It reports a person with a gun and directs lockdown, with the armed person posing a clear violent danger.
  4. present: It reports an emergency with a person with a gun and orders lockdown, with the armed person and emergency framing conveying danger.
  5. present: Reports a person with a gun and orders lockdown, where an armed person conveys a deadly threat.
  6. present: Labels it an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, conveying clear danger to life.
  7. present: States there is a person with a gun on campus and declares an emergency with lockdown, conveying an armed threat to safety.
  8. present: It uses the word Emergency and reports a person with a gun while police respond, but it names the hazard without stating a consequence; the urgency markers alone do not state harm.
  9. present: Reports a person with a gun and declares an emergency lockdown, where the emergency declaration implies danger to people.
  10. present: It labels the situation an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, and the emergency framing of an armed person conveys danger.
  11. present: States an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and a lockdown, the armed person on campus implying a clear danger.
  12. present: It declares an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and instructs lockdown, conveying a clear danger of armed violence.
  13. present: States there is a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, and an armed person is a clearly stated danger though borderline.
  14. present: It labels the situation an emergency with a person with a gun and a lockdown, conveying danger from an armed person.
  15. present: The text reports a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, with the armed person conveying a violent danger.
  16. present: Reports a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, with an armed person conveying potential lethal danger.
  17. present: It reports a person with a gun on campus with an emergency and lockdown, conveying a present armed danger.
  18. present: States a person with a gun is on campus and directs lockdown, conveying an immediate stated danger to people.
  19. present: States there is a person with a gun on campus and declares an emergency lockdown, and an armed person conveys a clear danger of harm.
  20. absent: Names a person with a gun and instructs lockdown but states no specific harm or severity beyond the hazard name.
  21. present: Labels the situation an emergency with a person with a gun and orders lockdown, with the armed-person emergency conveying serious danger.
  22. present: Declares an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, with an armed person implying danger to life.
  23. present: It states an emergency with a person with a gun on campus and orders lockdown, conveying an active armed danger in progress.
  24. present: States a person with a gun is on campus and declares an emergency with lockdown, implying a serious threat of harm.
  25. absent: It reports a person with a gun and orders lockdown but states no harm or injury.