active-threat campus emergency notice — threatening person

To check this alert, Claude Opus 5 (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

  Present, 25 of 25. Entries carry the "MU Alert" tag and credit "the University of Missouri Police Department", with the Columbia Police Department noted as assisting.

  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: Messages are tagged "MU Alert" and the "University of Missouri Police Department" is named as responder.
  2. present: "the University of Missouri Police Department" and the "MU Alert" signature identify the issuing authority.
  3. present: "MU Alert" tags each message and the University of Missouri Police Department is named.
  4. present: "MU Alert" tags the messages and "the University of Missouri Police Department" is named.
  5. present: "MU Alert" branding plus the University of Missouri Police Department identify the authority.
  6. present: Messages are branded "MU Alert" and name the University of Missouri Police Department.
  7. present: Both the "MU Alert" tag and the "University of Missouri Police Department" appear as senders.
  8. present: "MU Alert" tags the messages and the University of Missouri Police Department is named.
  9. present: "MU Alert" branding plus "the University of Missouri Police Department" identify the source.
  10. present: It cites the "University of Missouri Police Department" and stamps each message "MU Alert".
  11. present: "MU Alert" tags the messages and the "University of Missouri Police Department" is named.
  12. present: It is signed "MU Alert" and cites the University of Missouri Police Department.
  13. present: Messages are signed "MU Alert" and credit the "University of Missouri Police Department".
  14. present: "University of Missouri Police Department" and the "MU Alert" tag identify the sender.
  15. present: "MU Alert" tags the messages and the University of Missouri Police Department is named.
  16. present: "MU Alert" signs the messages and the University of Missouri Police Department is named.
  17. present: "MU Alert" and "the University of Missouri Police Department" identify the issuing authority.
  18. present: "MU Alert" and the "University of Missouri Police Department" are both named as issuing the messages.
  19. present: The tag MU Alert appears with the University of Missouri Police Department as responder.
  20. present: "MU Alert" branding plus "the University of Missouri Police Department" name the sender.
  21. present: Attributed to "the University of Missouri Police Department" and the "MU Alert" branded messages.
  22. present: "MU Alert" and "the University of Missouri Police Department" both appear as issuing authorities.
  23. present: "MU Alert" and "the University of Missouri Police Department" are both named as sources.
  24. present: "MU Alert" and the "University of Missouri Police Department" are both identified as sources.
  25. present: It is signed "MU Alert" and attributes action to the "University of Missouri Police Department".
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. The hazard is named twice over: "Threatening person with knife" in the initial alert and "a report of a man with a knife" in the recap.

  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: The threat is specific: a "Threatening person with knife" and a man carrying a knife.
  2. present: It names a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  3. present: It names a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  4. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific threat.
  5. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  6. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  7. present: It reports a "man with a knife" and a "Threatening person with knife".
  8. present: The hazard is a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  9. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  10. present: The threat is a "Threatening person with knife", an armed subject specifically described.
  11. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  12. present: The named threat is a "Threatening person with knife" and later a man carrying a knife.
  13. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", naming an armed hazard specifically.
  14. present: It reports a "man with a knife" and a "Threatening person with knife".
  15. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  16. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife," a specific armed threat.
  17. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife," a specific armed threat.
  18. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", naming the weapon and threat precisely.
  19. present: It reports a threatening person with a knife, a specific armed threat.
  20. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  21. present: Describes a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  22. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", naming both weapon and threat.
  23. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  24. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
  25. present: It reports a "Threatening person with knife", a specific armed threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. Streets are given: the subject was "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and was taken into custody "near Ripley and Pratt streets".

  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: Locations given include "College Avenue and Anthony Street" and "Ripley and Pratt streets".
  2. present: The location is given as "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt.
  3. present: Located "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  4. present: The location is "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  5. present: It places him "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  6. present: The location is "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  7. present: The location is given as "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  8. present: It is placed "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt.
  9. present: It locates him "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  10. present: It gives "the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  11. present: The place is "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  12. present: The location is given as "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt.
  13. present: The location is "near College Avenue and Anthony Street", later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  14. present: The place is "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  15. present: The threat is placed "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" with custody at Ripley and Pratt.
  16. present: It gives "College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  17. present: The location given is "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street."
  18. present: The person is placed "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and the arrest at Ripley and Pratt streets.
  19. present: The location is given as College Avenue and Anthony Street, later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  20. present: The location given is "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  21. present: Locates the man "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt.
  22. present: The threat is placed "near College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  23. present: The location is given as "College Avenue and Anthony Street" and later Ripley and Pratt streets.
  24. present: The knife carrier is placed "near College Avenue and Anthony Street".
  25. present: The location is given as "near the intersection of College Avenue and Anthony Street".
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. The instruction is unambiguous: "Evacuate and stay away from area. Police are responding", repeated as "Stay away from area" in the update.

  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 "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  2. present: The alert directs recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  3. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  4. present: Recipients are instructed to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  5. present: It instructs the community to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  6. present: It instructs the community to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  7. present: The alert instructs recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  8. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  9. present: It orders recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  10. present: It tells recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area", an explicit protective instruction.
  11. present: It orders recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  12. present: It directs recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  13. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area", two protective actions.
  14. present: It orders recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  15. present: It instructs recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  16. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area."
  17. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area."
  18. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area", two protective actions.
  19. present: The initial alert instructs recipients to evacuate and stay away from the area.
  20. present: It orders recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  21. present: Instructs the community to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  22. present: The alert orders recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  23. present: It instructs the community to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  24. present: It directs recipients to "Evacuate and stay away from area".
  25. present: Recipients are told to "Evacuate and stay away from area", a direct protective instruction.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25. Timestamps run 2:30 a.m., 2:40 a.m., 2:53 a.m. and 3:34 a.m. on "Thursday, Sept. 24", and the arrest is placed "about 25 minutes later".

  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: Times from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Thursday, Sept. 24 are given.
  2. present: Entries are timed at 2:30, 2:40, 2:53 and 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  3. present: Timestamps run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Sept. 24.
  4. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on "Sept. 24, 2020".
  5. present: Precise times "2:30 a.m." through "3:34 a.m." on Sept. 24 are included.
  6. present: Entries are timed 2:30 a.m. through 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  7. present: Segments are stamped 2:30, 2:40, 2:53 and 3:34 a.m. on Sept. 24, 2020.
  8. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  9. present: Messages are timed at "2:30 a.m.", "2:40 a.m." and "2:53 a.m." on Sept. 24.
  10. present: Times run from the 2:30 a.m. alert to the 2:53 a.m. all clear on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  11. present: Times from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Sept. 24, 2020 are given.
  12. present: Times are precise: the alert at "2:30 a.m." with updates at 2:40 and 2:53 a.m.
  13. present: Times are given for each entry, from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Sept. 24.
  14. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  15. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on "Sept. 24, 2020".
  16. present: Clock times of 2:30, 2:40, 2:53 and 3:34 a.m. on Sept. 24 appear.
  17. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." through "3:34 a.m." on Sept. 24.
  18. present: Times run from "2:30 a.m." to "3:34 a.m." on "Thursday, Sept. 24".
  19. present: Times from 2:30 a.m. to 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24 are stamped on each entry.
  20. present: Times run from 2:30 a.m. to 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  21. present: Timestamped "2:30 a.m." through "3:34 a.m." on Thursday, Sept. 24.
  22. present: Successive timestamps from 2:30 a.m. to 3:34 a.m. on Sept. 24 are given.
  23. present: Times are given, including "2:30 a.m." and "about 3 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24".
  24. present: Timestamps of 2:30, 2:40, 2:53 and 3:34 a.m. on Sept. 24 are given.
  25. present: Times are given from "2:30 a.m." through "3:34 a.m." on "Sept. 24, 2020".
• Impactpresent20/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 20 of 25. Calling the man a "Threatening person with knife" and listing "assault in the fourth degree" conveys the harm at stake; five reads held that only charges, not potential harm, were stated.

  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 statement of potential harm appears; the wording stays at arrest charges and status updates.
  2. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and listing an assault arrest conveys that he could injure people.
  3. present: Charges listed include "assault in the fourth degree", conveying the harm the subject posed.
  4. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault charges conveys potential harm to people.
  5. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  6. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault charges conveys danger to people, not just the hazard label.
  7. present: Charges of "unlawful use of a weapon, assault in the fourth degree" convey real danger to people.
  8. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  9. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  10. present: Calling the man "threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys risk of bodily harm.
  11. present: Calling him a "Threatening person" with a knife, plus the assault charge, conveys risk of bodily harm.
  12. absent: No statement of what the knife could do to people; only arrest charges are recited afterward.
  13. present: Describing the man as "threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  14. absent: No statement of what the knife threat could do to people appears in the text.
  15. present: Calling the man "Threatening" with a knife conveys danger to people, plus charges of assault.
  16. absent: Beyond naming the armed subject, no statement of possible harm or severity is offered.
  17. present: Calling the man "Threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  18. present: Charges of "unlawful use of a weapon, assault in the fourth degree" convey the harm this person posed.
  19. present: Calling the man threatening and citing assault and unlawful use of a weapon implies danger to people.
  20. present: Calling the man "Threatening" plus charges of assault conveys danger to people nearby.
  21. present: Calls him a "Threatening person" and cites arrest for "unlawful use of a weapon, assault in the fourth degree", conveying danger.
  22. present: Calling the man "Threatening" plus the assault and weapon charges conveys danger to people nearby.
  23. present: Calling the man "threatening" and citing assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.
  24. absent: Beyond calling him threatening, no consequence or severity of the knife threat is spelled out.
  25. present: Calling the man "Threatening" plus charges of assault and unlawful weapon use conveys danger to people.