Unhealthy air quality alert advises limiting outdoor activity

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 reads agree source is present via the branded UIC ALERT tag on the first-burst line.

  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: UIC ALERT in brackets is a clear branded institutional sender label.
  2. present: The UIC ALERT prefix supplies branded source identification for the campus system.
  3. present: Source scores because UIC ALERT is an explicit branded channel name.
  4. present: Branded sender is present as the UIC ALERT tagline.
  5. present: The bracketed UIC ALERT header meets the branded source criterion cleanly.
  6. present: Who is sending is indicated by the UIC ALERT product tag.
  7. present: Source satisfied by the UIC ALERT label on the first-burst line.
  8. present: The alert opens with UIC ALERT as the campus channel tag.
  9. present: UIC branding on the alert identifies the originator institution.
  10. present: Named campus product UIC ALERT establishes source.
  11. present: Institutional source appears as UIC ALERT before the air quality notice.
  12. present: Sender identification is the UIC ALERT header.
  13. present: Clear source from the UIC ALERT branded open.
  14. present: UIC ALERT is an explicit university alert signature.
  15. present: The message attributes itself via UIC ALERT branding.
  16. present: Source cue is UIC ALERT framing at the start of the blast.
  17. present: University alert branding identifies the issuer channel.
  18. present: UIC ALERT names the campus system issuing the update.
  19. present: Issuing brand UIC ALERT is present at the start.
  20. present: Readers see UIC ALERT as the official campus voice.
  21. present: Source present via UIC ALERT product name.
  22. present: The text begins with UIC ALERT, a campus sender tag.
  23. present: UIC ALERT is enough branded source without a separate office name.
  24. present: Campus alert branding UIC ALERT meets the source element.
  25. present: Who sent it is conveyed by UIC ALERT on the air quality notice.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present: air quality at unhealthy levels is specifically named as the environmental 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: Hazard is unhealthy air quality, a specific environmental health threat.
  2. present: Air quality at unhealthy levels names the threat type explicitly.
  3. present: The problem is unhealthy air quality, not a bare emergency label.
  4. present: Named hazard: air quality at unhealthy levels.
  5. present: Hazard present because unhealthy air quality is a specific incident type.
  6. present: What is wrong is air quality at unhealthy levels.
  7. present: The alert labels the condition unhealthy air quality.
  8. present: Specific hazard language: air quality is at unhealthy levels.
  9. present: Poor outdoor air quality is a concrete environmental hazard.
  10. present: The message concerns unhealthy air quality for the community.
  11. present: Hazard is unhealthy air quality, stated after the brand.
  12. present: Named threat is air quality at unhealthy levels.
  13. present: Unhealthy air quality is named clearly as the condition.
  14. present: Names unhealthy air quality rather than a generic incident.
  15. present: Hazard wording is air quality at unhealthy levels.
  16. present: Unhealthy levels of air quality identify the underlying threat.
  17. present: Readers learn the problem is unhealthy air quality.
  18. present: Specific air hazard: air quality at unhealthy levels.
  19. present: The threat type is degraded air quality described as unhealthy.
  20. present: Unhealthy air quality is the stated reason for the alert.
  21. present: Hazard present: air quality at unhealthy levels with health context.
  22. present: Air quality language specifies a concrete environmental safety threat.
  23. present: The body states unhealthy air quality as the event.
  24. present: Named threat unhealthy air quality satisfies the hazard element.
  25. present: What the community is warned about is unhealthy air quality.
• Locationabsent9/25

  Final assessment

  Majority absent (16 of 25): no street, campus, city, or region place phrase appears. Minority treat UIC ALERT branding as campus-area 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. absent: No street, building, campus, city, or region place name appears in the body.
  2. present: UIC ALERT implies the University of Illinois Chicago community as the locale.
  3. absent: Location fails because unhealthy air quality is stated without a where clause.
  4. absent: Nothing pins the air quality problem to a named geographic place.
  5. present: Campus-system branding UIC ALERT situates the notice for the UIC area.
  6. absent: Strict reading: brand tags are source, not a location element.
  7. present: Readers reasonably treat UIC as the place scope for the outdoor advice.
  8. absent: Air quality is described without campus, city, or regional place language.
  9. absent: Where is unanswered: no Taylor Street, no Chicago, no campus phrase.
  10. present: The UIC channel name supplies institutional place context for recipients.
  11. absent: Location element fails when only the sender brand is present.
  12. absent: No address, intersection, or campus landmark localizes the air risk.
  13. present: UIC ALERT functions as both sender and campus-area location cue for some readers.
  14. absent: The body never names a place where outdoor activity should be limited.
  15. absent: Geographic detail is missing beyond the institutional product label.
  16. present: University of Illinois Chicago branding implies the affected community locale.
  17. absent: Location absent under a rule that requires an explicit place string.
  18. absent: AirNow link is a resource, not a location of the unhealthy air.
  19. present: The alert is scoped to UIC audiences, which some coders count as L present.
  20. absent: No place word such as campus, Chicago, or region appears after the brand.
  21. absent: Unhealthy levels are stated without tying them to a named site.
  22. present: Loose rubric: UIC product identity is enough campus location for this blast.
  23. absent: Strict rubric: without a place phrase, location scores zero.
  24. present: UIC in the alert header is read as the geographic community of interest.
  25. absent: Majority-style strict pass: location is not explicitly written in the text.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads find guidance in limiting outdoor activity is strongly advised.

  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: Limiting outdoor activity is strongly advised is a direct protective instruction.
  2. present: Guidance tells people to limit outdoor activity.
  3. present: Protective action is reducing time outdoors under unhealthy air.
  4. present: Recipients are strongly advised to limit outdoor activity.
  5. present: Guidance present via limiting outdoor activity is strongly advised.
  6. present: The alert directs the audience to reduce outdoor exposure.
  7. present: Action language: limit outdoor activity.
  8. present: Readers are told what to do: limit outdoor activity.
  9. present: Guidance element met by the outdoor-activity limitation advice.
  10. present: Strongly advised outdoor limits are explicit protective instruction.
  11. present: The body tells people to limit outdoor activity.
  12. present: Limit outdoor activity is actionable guidance for the community.
  13. present: Protective guidance is present as outdoor activity advice.
  14. present: The notice gives a clear do-this step: limit outdoor activity.
  15. present: Instructional content is the strongly advised outdoor activity limit.
  16. present: Guidance is not missing; limiting outdoor activity is explicit.
  17. present: Recipients get a concrete behavioral instruction about outdoor time.
  18. present: Limiting outdoor activity functions as the guidance clause.
  19. present: The blast includes recipient-facing action language on outdoor activity.
  20. present: Actionable tip: limit outdoor activity while air quality is unhealthy.
  21. present: Guidance scores on the outdoor activity advice alone.
  22. present: Outdoor-activity instruction tells people how to respond.
  23. present: The message includes protective guidance to limit outdoor activity.
  24. present: Community members are directed to limit outdoor activity.
  25. present: Guidance present through the explicit limit outdoor activity advice.
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous absent: no clock time, date, duration, or recency phrase appears in the message.

  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, duration, or recency phrase appears in the message.
  2. absent: When air quality became unhealthy is left unstated.
  3. absent: Time element fails with zero mention of schedule, start, or clock.
  4. absent: Nothing timestamps the air quality episode or signals how recent it is.
  5. absent: Absence of any when language keeps time at zero.
  6. absent: No minute-level clock time of hazard onset is given.
  7. absent: The text has no date, hour, or until-when timing.
  8. absent: Temporal cues such as this morning or currently are missing.
  9. absent: Time fails because the blast never says when levels turned unhealthy.
  10. absent: No calendar date or clock stamp is present.
  11. absent: Readers cannot tell when the unhealthy air quality began.
  12. absent: Time is unscored: no AM or PM reference and no date.
  13. absent: The short alert omits all temporal markers.
  14. absent: Nothing indicates how fresh the air quality report is.
  15. absent: Time remains absent without clock or date content.
  16. absent: No occurrence time is written in the first-burst line.
  17. absent: The message never answers when outdoor limits should start or end.
  18. absent: Temporal content is wholly missing from this short alert.
  19. absent: No start time, report time, or expected duration is stated.
  20. absent: When language is not present anywhere in the body.
  21. absent: Time element is zero with no schedule or recency wording.
  22. absent: The alert lacks any timestamp for the air quality condition.
  23. absent: No date string or clock time supports a positive time score.
  24. absent: Strict reading: without a when phrase, time is absent.
  25. absent: Time fails completely on this wording.
• Impactpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present: may pose health risks to everyone is explicit consequence language for people beyond the hazard name.

  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: May pose health risks to everyone is explicit consequence language for people.
  2. present: Health risks to everyone states impact beyond naming unhealthy air quality.
  3. present: Impact present: the air may pose health risks to the whole population.
  4. present: Severity is conveyed by health risks language applied to everyone.
  5. present: The phrase may pose health risks is clear harm potential wording.
  6. present: Impact element met by health risks to everyone, not just a hazard label.
  7. present: Everyone is a named-population impact scope with health risk consequences.
  8. present: Consequence language: unhealthy levels may pose health risks.
  9. present: The body states what the hazard could do: pose health risks to people.
  10. present: Impact scores because health risks are spelled out for all people.
  11. present: May pose health risks is separate severity wording beyond air quality levels.
  12. present: Readers learn the air can harm health, which is impact not mere hazard naming.
  13. present: Community-wide health risk language satisfies the impact rubric.
  14. present: Impact is present via health risks to everyone under unhealthy air.
  15. present: The alert adds consequence framing, not only the unhealthy levels label.
  16. present: Health risks wording is the impact layer on top of the air quality hazard.
  17. present: To everyone expands impact across the full exposed population.
  18. present: Explicit harm potential: health risks from the air condition.
  19. present: Impact present under a reading that requires stated effects on people.
  20. present: Unhealthy levels plus may pose health risks together convey severity for people.
  21. present: The notice does not stop at the hazard name; it states health risk impact.
  22. present: Population-level health risk language is classic impact content.
  23. present: I is present because the text says the condition may pose health risks.
  24. present: Consequence for people is written as health risks to everyone.
  25. present: Impact scores unanimous-style: health risks to everyone is unambiguous.