Student robbed at gunpoint after approaching a parked car for a ride

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 names Yale police and New Haven police as the issuing authorities.

  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 names Yale police and New Haven police as the responding authorities.
  2. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police," identifying the issuing authorities.
  3. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven Police", responding authorities.
  4. present: Names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", responding authorities serving as the source.
  5. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", responding authorities.
  6. present: Names Yale police and New Haven police as the responding authorities.
  7. present: It names Yale police and New Haven police as the responding authorities.
  8. present: 'Yale police' and 'New Haven police' are named as the responding/issuing authorities.
  9. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying the responding authorities.
  10. present: Names Yale police and New Haven police, the responding authorities.
  11. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police" as the responding authorities.
  12. present: Names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying the responding authority.
  13. present: Names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying responding authorities.
  14. present: It names Yale police and New Haven police as the responding authorities.
  15. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying the responding authority.
  16. present: Names 'Yale police' and 'New Haven police' as authorities.
  17. present: Names "Yale police" and "New Haven police" as the responding authorities.
  18. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police" as the responding authorities.
  19. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying responding authorities.
  20. present: It names 'Yale police' and 'New Haven police', responding agencies.
  21. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", identifying the authorities.
  22. present: It names "Yale police" and "New Haven police", responding authorities, identifying the source.
  23. present: Names "Yale police" and "New Haven police" as authorities.
  24. present: References Yale police and New Haven police as responding authorities.
  25. present: References 'Yale police' and 'New Haven police', naming responding agencies.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. All reads describe an armed robbery in which a gun was pulled and a wallet demanded.

  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 describes an armed robbery where people pulled a gun and demanded a wallet.
  2. present: It describes occupants who "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet," an armed robbery.
  3. present: It describes an armed robbery: "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  4. present: Describes a specific hazard: armed robbery where occupants "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  5. present: It describes people who "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", an armed robbery hazard.
  6. present: It describes people who pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, an armed robbery hazard.
  7. present: It describes people who pulled a gun and demanded the wallet, an armed robbery hazard.
  8. present: Describes that occupants 'pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet', an armed robbery hazard.
  9. present: It describes an armed robbery, "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", a specific threat.
  10. present: Describes people who pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, an armed robbery threat.
  11. present: It describes an armed robbery where occupants "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet."
  12. present: Describes an armed robbery where "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  13. present: Names hazard via "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", an armed robbery.
  14. present: It describes a gun being pulled and a wallet demanded, an armed robbery.
  15. present: It describes an armed robbery: people "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  16. present: Describes an armed robbery: people 'pulled a gun and demanded the wallet'.
  17. present: Describes an armed robbery where people "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  18. present: It describes a robbery where people "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", a specific threat.
  19. present: It describes an armed robbery where people "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet".
  20. present: It describes a robbery where people 'pulled a gun and demanded the wallet', a specific hazard.
  21. present: It describes people who "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", an armed robbery.
  22. present: It describes an armed robbery where occupants "pulled a gun and demanded the wallet".
  23. present: Describes the specific threat: people who "pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet", an armed robbery.
  24. present: Describes a gun pulled and a demand for the wallet, an armed robbery.
  25. present: Describes an armed robbery where occupants 'pulled a gun and demanded the wallet', a specific hazard.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. Every read locates it in the 200 block of Crown Street near College Street.

  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 locates it in the 200 block of Crown Street near College Street.
  2. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street," specific locations.
  3. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", locations.
  4. present: Names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  5. present: It cites "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  6. present: It names the 200 block of Crown Street and College Street, specific locations.
  7. present: It names the 200 block of Crown Street and toward College Street.
  8. present: Names 'the 200 block of Crown Street' and 'College Street', specific locations.
  9. present: It locates it in "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street".
  10. present: Names the 200 block of Crown Street and College Street.
  11. present: It specifies "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street."
  12. present: Names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  13. present: Names "200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  14. present: It cites the 200 block of Crown Street and toward College Street as locations.
  15. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  16. present: Specifies 'the 200 block of Crown Street' and 'College Street'.
  17. present: Says "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "toward College Street".
  18. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street".
  19. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street".
  20. present: It names 'the 200 block of Crown Street' and 'College Street', specific places.
  21. present: It names "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "College Street", specific locations.
  22. present: It specifies "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "toward College Street".
  23. present: Specifies "the 200 block of Crown Street" and "toward College Street".
  24. present: Names the 200 block of Crown Street and College Street.
  25. present: Says 'the 200 block of Crown Street' and 'toward College Street', specific places.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. All reads find an instruction to recipients, asking anyone with information to call police.

  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 asks anyone with information to call New Haven Police or Yale Police, an instruction to recipients.
  2. present: It asks "anyone with information to call the New Haven Police" or "Yale Police," an instruction.
  3. present: It instructs "anyone with information to call" the police numbers, an action.
  4. present: Asks "anyone with information to call" the listed police numbers, a directed action to recipients.
  5. present: It asks "anyone with information to call" the police, a directed instruction to recipients.
  6. present: It asks anyone with information to call the listed police numbers, an instruction to recipients.
  7. present: It asks anyone with information to call the New Haven and Yale Police, an instruction to recipients.
  8. present: Asks 'anyone with information to call' police, a protective/instructive action to recipients.
  9. present: It asks "anyone with information to call the New Haven Police", an action directed at recipients.
  10. present: Asks anyone with information to call police, an instruction to recipients.
  11. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the New Haven Police" or "Yale Police," an instruction.
  12. present: Instructs anyone with information to "call the New Haven Police" or "Yale Police".
  13. present: Asks "anyone with information to call" police, an instruction to recipients.
  14. present: It asks anyone with information to call the listed police numbers.
  15. present: It asks "anyone with information to call" the listed police numbers, an instruction to recipients.
  16. present: Asks anyone with information 'to call the New Haven Police' or Yale Police.
  17. present: Asks "anyone with information to call" the police, an instruction to recipients.
  18. present: It asks "anyone with information to call" police, an instruction to recipients.
  19. present: It asks "anyone with information to call" the listed police numbers, an instruction to recipients.
  20. present: It asks 'anyone with information to call' the police, an instruction to recipients.
  21. present: It asks "anyone with information to call" the police, an instruction to recipients.
  22. present: It asks anyone with information "to call" police, an instruction to recipients.
  23. present: Asks "anyone with information to call the New Haven Police" and Yale Police, an instruction.
  24. present: Asks anyone with information to call New Haven or Yale Police.
  25. present: Asks 'anyone with information to call' the police numbers, an instruction to recipients.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous present. Every read cites a clock time, just after 3:30 a.m.

  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 gives a clock time, just after 3:30 a.m., conveying when it happened.
  2. present: It states the event happened "just after 3:30 a.m.," a clock time.
  3. present: It says "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time.
  4. present: Gives a clock time "just after 3:30 a.m.", a specific time reference.
  5. present: It states "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time reference.
  6. present: It says just after 3:30 a.m., a clock time.
  7. present: It gives a clock time, just after 3:30 a.m., conveying when.
  8. present: States 'just after 3:30 a.m.', a clock time.
  9. present: It gives a clock time, "just after 3:30 a.m.", conveying when it occurred.
  10. present: Says just after 3:30 a.m., a clock time.
  11. present: It cites "just after 3:30 a.m.," a specific clock time.
  12. present: States "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time conveying when it occurred.
  13. present: Says "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time.
  14. present: It gives a clock time, just after 3:30 a.m., as the timing.
  15. present: It says the incident occurred "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time.
  16. present: Gives a clock time 'just after 3:30 a.m.'.
  17. present: Says "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time.
  18. present: It states "just after 3:30 a.m.", a clock time.
  19. present: It gives a clock time "just after 3:30 a.m.".
  20. present: It says 'just after 3:30 a.m.', a specific clock time.
  21. present: It says "just after 3:30 a.m.", a specific clock time.
  22. present: It states "just after 3:30 a.m.", a specific clock time conveying when it occurred.
  23. present: States the clock time "just after 3:30 a.m.".
  24. present: Says just after 3:30 a.m., a specific clock time.
  25. present: Says 'just after 3:30 a.m.', a specific clock time.
• Impactpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Yes; unanimous that the armed-robbery alert conveys a threat of harm to people.

  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: Describes an armed robbery where occupants pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, conveying a clear threat of harm.
  2. present: It describes occupants of a vehicle pulling a gun and demanding a student's wallet, conveying a clear threat of harm at gunpoint.
  3. present: People pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in a robbery conveys a clear deadly threat to a person.
  4. present: It reports an armed robbery where people in a vehicle pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, a clear weapon-based threat to a victim.
  5. present: It describes occupants of a vehicle pulling a gun and demanding a student's wallet, conveying a clear threat of violent harm.
  6. present: It states people in a vehicle pulled a gun and demanded a student's wallet, an explicit armed threat of harm.
  7. present: Describes an armed robbery where people in a vehicle pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, conveying a clear threat of harm.
  8. present: It describes people in a vehicle pulling a gun and demanding a wallet, a clear threat of harm to a student.
  9. present: Describes occupants pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in a robbery, a clearly stated armed threat to the student.
  10. present: It describes an armed robbery where people pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, a clearly stated violent threat.
  11. present: It describes people pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery, conveying a clear threat of violence.
  12. present: Describes people pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery though no injuries reported, conveying an armed threat.
  13. present: Describes an armed robbery where people pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, which clearly conveys a violent threat of harm.
  14. present: States people in a vehicle pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet in a robbery, conveying a clear threat of harm.
  15. present: Describes occupants pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in a robbery, a clearly stated threat of harm.
  16. present: It describes people pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in a robbery, conveying a clear threat of harm to the student.
  17. present: It describes an armed robbery where people pulled a gun and demanded the student's wallet, conveying a threat of harm.
  18. present: It describes occupants pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery, conveying a threat of harm to a person.
  19. present: States people in a vehicle pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, conveying a clear armed threat to the victim.
  20. present: It reports people in a vehicle pulled a gun and robbed a student at gunpoint, a clearly stated threat of harm.
  21. present: Describes people pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery, an explicit threat of violent harm, though noting no injuries.
  22. present: It describes people in a vehicle pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery, conveying a clear violent threat to a person.
  23. present: It describes occupants pulling a gun and demanding a wallet in an armed robbery, a stated threat of harm.
  24. present: This describes an armed robbery where people pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, conveying threatened violent harm.
  25. present: Describes an armed robbery where occupants pulled a gun and demanded a wallet, a violent threat to a person.