Suspicious device prompts Old Main evacuation; item was a wildlife telemetry collar

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.

• Sourcepresent21/25

  Final assessment

  Majority finds emergency personnel named as the responding authority; a minority read them only as people whose instructions to follow, not a named issuer.

  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 tells recipients to "Follow instructions from emergency personnel", identifying responding authority as source.
  2. present: It references "emergency personnel" and "your department's evacuation area", institutional authority.
  3. present: It references "emergency personnel" and "your department", identifying institutional authority.
  4. present: It names "emergency personnel" as the authority to follow.
  5. absent: No sender tag or university name appears; "emergency personnel" is only whose instructions to follow.
  6. present: It refers to "emergency personnel" as the responding authority whose instructions to follow.
  7. present: Refers to "emergency personnel" and "your department", identifying responding authority and institution.
  8. present: It refers to "emergency personnel" whose instructions to follow, a named authority.
  9. present: References "emergency personnel" and "your department", identifying the issuing institution context.
  10. present: It references "your department's evacuation area" and "emergency personnel" but mainly an institutional ordered evacuation; the issuing authority is implied by the ordered evacuation directive.
  11. absent: No sender tag or self-naming authority; "emergency personnel" are only people to follow.
  12. present: Refers to "emergency personnel" and "your department's evacuation area", indicating an institutional issuer.
  13. present: It references "emergency personnel" and "your department's evacuation area", identifying an issuing authority.
  14. absent: No sender tag is given, though it refers to "emergency personnel".
  15. present: Identifies "emergency personnel" and references a departmental evacuation order, an issuing authority.
  16. absent: No sender name or branded signature appears, only "emergency personnel" to follow, not the sender.
  17. present: Names "emergency personnel" as the authority to follow.
  18. present: It references "emergency personnel" and "your department's evacuation area", naming responding authority.
  19. present: It references "emergency personnel" whose instructions to follow, a responding authority.
  20. present: It references "your department" and "emergency personnel" and a campus, indicating an institutional sender.
  21. present: Names "emergency personnel" and refers to a department, the responding authority.
  22. present: It names "emergency personnel" and a "department's evacuation area", identifying the issuing authority.
  23. present: It references "emergency personnel" and "your department", indicating the institution and responders as source.
  24. present: Refers to "emergency personnel", a responding authority.
  25. present: It references "emergency personnel" and a "department's evacuation area", indicating an issuing authority.
• Hazardabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the message orders an evacuation but never names the underlying threat.

  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: It announces "An evacuation has been ordered" but never names the underlying threat.
  2. absent: No specific hazard is named; an evacuation is ordered without stating the threat.
  3. absent: No specific threat is named, only that an evacuation has been ordered.
  4. absent: It orders an evacuation but names no specific hazard or threat.
  5. absent: It says an evacuation was ordered but never names the specific hazard.
  6. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only references "An evacuation has been ordered".
  7. absent: Orders an evacuation but names no specific threat behind it.
  8. absent: It orders an evacuation but names no specific threat behind it.
  9. absent: No specific hazard is named, only that an evacuation has been ordered.
  10. absent: No specific threat is named; only "An evacuation has been ordered" without stating the hazard.
  11. absent: No specific hazard is named; only an evacuation is described without stating the threat.
  12. absent: No specific hazard is named; it only orders an evacuation.
  13. absent: No specific threat is named; the message orders evacuation without stating the hazard.
  14. absent: No specific hazard is named; only "An evacuation has been ordered" without stating why.
  15. absent: No specific threat is named; it only states an evacuation has been ordered.
  16. absent: No specific hazard is named, only that an "evacuation has been ordered".
  17. absent: No specific hazard is named, only an evacuation order without stating the threat.
  18. absent: It orders an evacuation but names no specific hazard or threat.
  19. absent: It states an "evacuation has been ordered" but names no specific hazard.
  20. absent: No specific hazard is named; an evacuation is ordered without stating the threat.
  21. absent: No specific hazard named; only an evacuation order without stating the threat.
  22. absent: No specific hazard is named; an evacuation is ordered without stating fire, bomb, or threat.
  23. absent: No specific hazard is named; only that "An evacuation has been ordered".
  24. absent: No specific threat is named; only an "evacuation" is ordered without a hazard.
  25. absent: It orders an evacuation but names no specific hazard such as fire or bomb.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree on a specific location, the Old Main building on Logan campus.

  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 names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific location.
  2. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  3. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific location.
  4. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  5. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  6. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific building and campus.
  7. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific building and campus.
  8. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  9. present: Names "Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  10. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  11. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  12. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  13. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  14. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  15. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific location.
  16. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific building.
  17. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  18. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific location.
  19. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  20. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus" as the location.
  21. present: Names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  22. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  23. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
  24. present: Names the "Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific location.
  25. present: It names "the Old Main building on Logan campus", a specific place.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous: the alert instructs recipients to leave immediately, use stairs, and follow instructions, protective actions.

  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 "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and go to evacuation areas, protective actions.
  2. present: It instructs "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", and "Follow instructions".
  3. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", use stairs, and take essential items.
  4. present: It instructs "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Go to your department's evacuation area", protective actions.
  5. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions from emergency personnel".
  6. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and follow procedures, protective actions.
  7. present: Gives detailed protective instructions: "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", "follow instructions".
  8. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Go to your department's evacuation area", protective actions.
  9. present: Instructs "Leave immediately using the nearest exit" and "Use stairs, not elevators", protective actions.
  10. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", use stairs, and follow personnel, protective actions.
  11. present: Instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions", protective actions.
  12. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Go to your department's evacuation area".
  13. present: It instructs "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", and "Follow instructions", protective actions.
  14. present: Gives detailed protective actions: "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", "Go to your department's evacuation area".
  15. present: Instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", use stairs, and follow instructions, protective actions.
  16. present: Gives multiple protective instructions including "Leave immediately" and "Use stairs, not elevators".
  17. present: Instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions".
  18. present: It instructs people to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and follow other protective actions.
  19. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", use stairs, and follow personnel, protective actions.
  20. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", and "Follow instructions".
  21. present: Instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions".
  22. present: It instructs "Leave immediately", "Use stairs, not elevators", and "Follow instructions", clear protective actions.
  23. present: It instructs "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions", protective actions.
  24. present: Instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", "Use stairs", and "Follow instructions", protective actions.
  25. present: It instructs recipients to "Leave immediately", use stairs, and follow personnel, protective actions.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree the word immediately supplies a recency cue.

  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: It says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  2. present: "immediately" conveys recency and urgency.
  3. present: The word "immediately" conveys urgency and recency.
  4. present: It says "Leave immediately", a recency cue.
  5. present: It uses the recency cue "Leave immediately".
  6. present: It says "immediately", conveying urgency and recency.
  7. present: Says to "Leave immediately", a recency and urgency cue.
  8. present: It says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  9. present: Says "immediately", conveying urgency and recency.
  10. present: It says "immediately", a recency cue.
  11. present: Says "immediately", a recency cue.
  12. present: It says "immediately", a recency cue.
  13. present: It says "immediately", a recency cue.
  14. present: Says "Leave immediately", a recency cue directing prompt action.
  15. present: Says "immediately", conveying urgency and recency.
  16. present: Uses "immediately", a recency cue.
  17. present: Says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  18. present: It says "immediately", a recency cue.
  19. present: It says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  20. present: It says leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  21. present: Says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  22. present: It says "immediately", conveying urgency and recency.
  23. present: It says "Leave immediately", a recency cue.
  24. present: Says to leave "immediately", a recency cue.
  25. present: It says "immediately", a recency cue.
• Impactabsent2/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by near-unanimous read (23 of 25): it orders evacuation with detailed exit instructions but states no harm, danger, or reason for the evacuation.

  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: Orders a building evacuation with procedural instructions but states no explicit danger, harm, or hazard.
  2. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no specific hazard, harm, or danger.
  3. absent: An evacuation order with exit instructions states no explicit harm or why the building is dangerous.
  4. present: It orders immediate evacuation using stairs not elevators and taking only essential items, conveying urgency that implies a serious hazard to occupants.
  5. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no danger, harm, or hazard severity at all.
  6. absent: It orders an evacuation with instructions to use stairs and take essential items but states no hazard, harm, or danger.
  7. absent: Orders an evacuation with procedural instructions but states no danger, harm, or severity.
  8. absent: It orders an evacuation with instructions but states no danger, harm, or reason conveying severity.
  9. absent: Orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no harm, danger, or potential consequence.
  10. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no harm, hazard, or consequence.
  11. absent: This orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no danger, cause, or potential harm.
  12. absent: Orders an evacuation with procedural instructions but states no danger, consequence, or severity.
  13. absent: Orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but does not state any danger, harm, or reason indicating severity.
  14. absent: Orders an evacuation with procedural directions but states no harm, danger, or severity.
  15. absent: Orders evacuation with procedural instructions but states no harm or explicit danger.
  16. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no explicit harm, danger, or severity.
  17. present: An ordered evacuation with instructions to use stairs not elevators and take only essential items conveys a hazard requiring urgent departure.
  18. absent: An evacuation order with detailed exit instructions is guidance without a stated specific danger or potential harm.
  19. absent: Orders an evacuation with procedural instructions but states no explicit danger, harm, or consequence.
  20. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no hazard, harm, or potential consequence.
  21. absent: Orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no danger, cause, or potential harm.
  22. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no reason, harm, or danger.
  23. absent: It orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no danger or potential harm.
  24. absent: This orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no specific danger or potential harm.
  25. absent: Orders an evacuation with detailed instructions but states no explicit danger or potential harm.