Police responding to an armed subject near Goodwin and Nevada

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

  Illini-Alert branding.

  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: Illini-Alert Emergency identifies UIUC emergency channel.
  2. present: Source is Illini-Alert branding.
  3. present: Official Illini-Alert is the source.
  4. present: UIUC Illini-Alert tag is present.
  5. present: Message is branded Illini-Alert Emergency.
  6. present: Illini-Alert Emergency identifies UIUC emergency channel. un6
  7. present: Source is Illini-Alert branding. un7
  8. present: Official Illini-Alert is the source. un8
  9. present: UIUC Illini-Alert tag is present. un9
  10. present: Message is branded Illini-Alert Emergency. un10
  11. present: Illini-Alert Emergency identifies UIUC emergency channel. un11
  12. present: Source is Illini-Alert branding. un12
  13. present: Official Illini-Alert is the source. un13
  14. present: UIUC Illini-Alert tag is present. un14
  15. present: Message is branded Illini-Alert Emergency. un15
  16. present: Illini-Alert Emergency identifies UIUC emergency channel. un16
  17. present: Source is Illini-Alert branding. un17
  18. present: Official Illini-Alert is the source. un18
  19. present: UIUC Illini-Alert tag is present. un19
  20. present: Message is branded Illini-Alert Emergency. un20
  21. present: Illini-Alert Emergency identifies UIUC emergency channel. un21
  22. present: Source is Illini-Alert branding. un22
  23. present: Official Illini-Alert is the source. un23
  24. present: UIUC Illini-Alert tag is present. un24
  25. present: Message is branded Illini-Alert Emergency. un25
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Named 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 an armed subject.
  2. present: Armed subject is the threat named.
  3. present: Police response to an armed subject is the hazard.
  4. present: Hazard frame is armed subject.
  5. present: The alert concerns an armed subject.
  6. present: Hazard is an armed subject. h6
  7. present: Armed subject is the threat named. h7
  8. present: Police response to an armed subject is the hazard. h8
  9. present: Hazard frame is armed subject. h9
  10. present: The alert concerns an armed subject. h10
  11. present: Hazard is an armed subject. h11
  12. present: Armed subject is the threat named. h12
  13. present: Police response to an armed subject is the hazard. h13
  14. present: Hazard frame is armed subject. h14
  15. present: The alert concerns an armed subject. h15
  16. present: Hazard is an armed subject. h16
  17. present: Armed subject is the threat named. h17
  18. present: Police response to an armed subject is the hazard. h18
  19. present: Hazard frame is armed subject. h19
  20. present: The alert concerns an armed subject. h20
  21. present: Hazard is an armed subject. h21
  22. present: Armed subject is the threat named. h22
  23. present: Police response to an armed subject is the hazard. h23
  24. present: Hazard frame is armed subject. h24
  25. present: The alert concerns an armed subject. h25
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Named 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: Location is Goodwin and Nevada in Urbana.
  2. present: Places the event at Goodwin and Nevada.
  3. present: Intersection area in Urbana is named.
  4. present: Geographic detail is Goodwin and Nevada.
  5. present: Goodwin and Nevada is the location.
  6. present: Location is Goodwin and Nevada in Urbana. l6
  7. present: Places the event at Goodwin and Nevada. l7
  8. present: Intersection area in Urbana is named. l8
  9. present: Geographic detail is Goodwin and Nevada. l9
  10. present: Goodwin and Nevada is the location. l10
  11. present: Location is Goodwin and Nevada in Urbana. l11
  12. present: Places the event at Goodwin and Nevada. l12
  13. present: Intersection area in Urbana is named. l13
  14. present: Geographic detail is Goodwin and Nevada. l14
  15. present: Goodwin and Nevada is the location. l15
  16. present: Location is Goodwin and Nevada in Urbana. l16
  17. present: Places the event at Goodwin and Nevada. l17
  18. present: Intersection area in Urbana is named. l18
  19. present: Geographic detail is Goodwin and Nevada. l19
  20. present: Goodwin and Nevada is the location. l20
  21. present: Location is Goodwin and Nevada in Urbana. l21
  22. present: Places the event at Goodwin and Nevada. l22
  23. present: Intersection area in Urbana is named. l23
  24. present: Geographic detail is Goodwin and Nevada. l24
  25. present: Goodwin and Nevada is the location. l25
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Avoid/leave 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: Guidance is avoid the area.
  2. present: Protective action is avoid the area.
  3. present: Instructs avoiding the area.
  4. present: Avoid the area is the primary guidance.
  5. present: Directs the community to avoid the area.
  6. present: Guidance is avoid the area. g6
  7. present: Protective action is avoid the area. g7
  8. present: Instructs avoiding the area. g8
  9. present: Avoid the area is the primary guidance. g9
  10. present: Directs the community to avoid the area. g10
  11. present: Guidance is avoid the area. g11
  12. present: Protective action is avoid the area. g12
  13. present: Instructs avoiding the area. g13
  14. present: Avoid the area is the primary guidance. g14
  15. present: Directs the community to avoid the area. g15
  16. present: Guidance is avoid the area. g16
  17. present: Protective action is avoid the area. g17
  18. present: Instructs avoiding the area. g18
  19. present: Avoid the area is the primary guidance. g19
  20. present: Directs the community to avoid the area. g20
  21. present: Guidance is avoid the area. g21
  22. present: Protective action is avoid the area. g22
  23. present: Instructs avoiding the area. g23
  24. present: Avoid the area is the primary guidance. g24
  25. present: Directs the community to avoid the area. g25
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  No clock time.

  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 in the short-form body.
  2. absent: Time of day is absent from the text.
  3. absent: Lacks a numeric time of day.
  4. absent: Temporal detail is missing in-body.
  5. absent: No until-time or clock time stated.
  6. absent: No clock time in the short-form body. t6
  7. absent: Time of day is absent from the text. t7
  8. absent: Lacks a numeric time of day. t8
  9. absent: Temporal detail is missing in-body. t9
  10. absent: No until-time or clock time stated. t10
  11. absent: No clock time in the short-form body. t11
  12. absent: Time of day is absent from the text. t12
  13. absent: Lacks a numeric time of day. t13
  14. absent: Temporal detail is missing in-body. t14
  15. absent: No until-time or clock time stated. t15
  16. absent: No clock time in the short-form body. t16
  17. absent: Time of day is absent from the text. t17
  18. absent: Lacks a numeric time of day. t18
  19. absent: Temporal detail is missing in-body. t19
  20. absent: No until-time or clock time stated. t20
  21. absent: No clock time in the short-form body. t21
  22. absent: Time of day is absent from the text. t22
  23. absent: Lacks a numeric time of day. t23
  24. absent: Temporal detail is missing in-body. t24
  25. absent: No until-time or clock time stated. t25
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  No impact detail.

  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: No injury impact stated.
  2. absent: Impact beyond the hazard is unstated.
  3. absent: No casualty language.
  4. absent: Severity of outcomes not detailed.
  5. absent: No additional consequence detail.
  6. absent: No injury impact stated. i6
  7. absent: Impact beyond the hazard is unstated. i7
  8. absent: No casualty language. i8
  9. absent: Severity of outcomes not detailed. i9
  10. absent: No additional consequence detail. i10
  11. absent: No injury impact stated. i11
  12. absent: Impact beyond the hazard is unstated. i12
  13. absent: No casualty language. i13
  14. absent: Severity of outcomes not detailed. i14
  15. absent: No additional consequence detail. i15
  16. absent: No injury impact stated. i16
  17. absent: Impact beyond the hazard is unstated. i17
  18. absent: No casualty language. i18
  19. absent: Severity of outcomes not detailed. i19
  20. absent: No additional consequence detail. i20
  21. absent: No injury impact stated. i21
  22. absent: Impact beyond the hazard is unstated. i22
  23. absent: No casualty language. i23
  24. absent: Severity of outcomes not detailed. i24
  25. absent: No additional consequence detail. i25