Timely warning for hand-grab harassments at 116th and Broadway

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (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

  All 25 reads find Source present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify the issuing authority.

  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: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informing authority, identifying the sender.
  2. present: The text names Columbia University Public Safety as the informing authority and is titled Clery Crime Alert.
  3. present: The message is a Clery Crime Alert from Columbia University Public Safety, which names the issuing authority.
  4. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority in the opening line and in the reporting contacts.
  5. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, and the Department of Public Safety is listed as the contact.
  6. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informed issuing authority, and the message is labeled a Clery Crime Alert.
  7. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, and the message opens with the branded Clery Crime Alert label.
  8. present: The branded "Clery Crime Alert" header and "Columbia University Public Safety" name the issuing authority.
  9. present: The message is a Clery Crime Alert from Columbia University Public Safety, which names the issuing authority.
  10. present: The message is a Clery Crime Alert from Columbia University Public Safety, which names the issuing campus authority.
  11. present: The message names Columbia University Public Safety as the issuing agency and opens with the Clery Crime Alert label.
  12. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informing authority on this Clery Crime Alert.
  13. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, and the heading is a Clery Crime Alert.
  14. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, along with the Clery Crime Alert header and Department of Public Safety.
  15. present: The message is a Clery Crime Alert from Columbia University Public Safety, which names the issuing authority.
  16. present: The message names Columbia University Public Safety as the informing authority and is titled Clery Crime Alert.
  17. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the authority, and the message is labeled a Clery Crime Alert.
  18. present: The sender is identified as Columbia University Public Safety under a Clery Crime Alert header.
  19. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, and the message is labeled a Clery Crime Alert.
  20. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, with a Clery Crime Alert header.
  21. present: The message is labeled Clery Crime Alert and names Columbia University Public Safety as the informing authority.
  22. present: The message is labeled Clery Crime Alert and names Columbia University Public Safety as the issuing authority.
  23. present: The header Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify who is issuing the warning.
  24. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the authority, and the Clery Crime Alert header brands the sender.
  25. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the issuing authority, and the header is a Clery Crime Alert.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads find Hazard present because the text names harassments, following, a hand grab, an attempted grab, and an aggressive approach.

  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 alert names a string of harassments, including following and grabbing a student's hand, as the specific threat.
  2. present: It identifies Harassments as the specific threat, including following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
  3. present: It names harassments as the crime and describes following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  4. present: The alert names harassments as the threat and describes following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
  5. present: The alert names harassments as the specific threat, including following students, grabbing a hand, and trespassing.
  6. present: The alert names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
  7. present: The text names harassments as the threat and describes following, grabbing, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  8. present: The text names "Harassments" as the threat and describes following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
  9. present: It names a string of harassments, including following students, grabbing a hand, and trespassing.
  10. present: It names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  11. present: It names harassments and describes following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  12. present: The alert names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, and trespassing.
  13. present: The text names harassments as the threat and describes following students and grabbing their hands.
  14. present: The text names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  15. present: It specifies harassments, including following students, grabbing a hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  16. present: It names harassments as the threat, including following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  17. present: The alert names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, and trespassing.
  18. present: The text names harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  19. present: The text names harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  20. present: The text names harassments, including following students and grabbing hands, as the specific threat.
  21. present: It names a string of Harassments plus following, grabbing a student's hand, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  22. present: It names a string of harassments, including following students, grabbing a hand, and trespassing.
  23. present: It names a string of harassments, including following, grabbing a student's hands, trespassing, and an aggressive approach.
  24. present: The alert names Harassments as the threat and describes following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
  25. present: The alert names harassments as the threat, including following, grabbing a student's hand, and an aggressive approach.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads find Location present: both incidents are placed at West 116th Street and Broadway.

  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: Both incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and on campus at that intersection.
  2. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing into campus at that intersection.
  3. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and on campus at that intersection.
  4. present: It places both incidents at West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus at that corner.
  5. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and notes trespassing onto campus at that intersection.
  6. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and notes trespassing onto campus at that intersection.
  7. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing onto campus at that intersection.
  8. present: Both incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus at that corner.
  9. present: Both incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus.
  10. present: It places both incidents at West 116th Street and Broadway and notes trespass onto campus at that intersection.
  11. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and refers to campus.
  12. present: It places both incidents at West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus.
  13. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and on campus at that corner.
  14. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing into campus at that intersection.
  15. present: Both incidents are located at West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus there.
  16. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and notes trespass onto campus at that intersection.
  17. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and on campus at that intersection.
  18. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing onto campus at that intersection.
  19. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing onto campus at that intersection.
  20. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing onto campus.
  21. present: It places both incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and refers to campus and CU buildings.
  22. present: Incidents are placed near West 116th Street and Broadway and as trespassing onto campus.
  23. present: Both incidents are placed at West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespassing into campus at that corner.
  24. present: It places the incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway and on campus at that intersection.
  25. present: It places both incidents near West 116th Street and Broadway, including trespass onto campus at that intersection.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads find Guidance present: harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, trust instincts, and seek others or a CU building.

  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: Harm reduction instructs recipients to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if in danger.
  2. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  3. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  4. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek a store or open CU building if they feel unsafe.
  5. present: Harm reduction tells recipients to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or a CU building if they feel in danger.
  6. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, seek a store or CU building if in danger, and report to Public Safety.
  7. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  8. present: Harm reduction tells recipients to stay alert, walk in groups, report to Public Safety, and seek others or an open CU building if in danger.
  9. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek a store or open CU building if they feel unsafe.
  10. present: It instructs readers to stay alert, walk in groups, trust their instincts, and seek a store or open CU building.
  11. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or a CU building if they feel in danger.
  12. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building.
  13. present: Recipients are told to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  14. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, trust instincts, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building.
  15. present: It instructs readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  16. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  17. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek a store or CU building if they feel in danger.
  18. present: Recipients are told to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if in danger.
  19. present: Recipients are told to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  20. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek a store or CU building if they feel in danger.
  21. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  22. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  23. present: Harm reduction tells readers to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others, a store, or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  24. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
  25. present: Harm reduction tells people to stay alert, walk in groups, and seek others or an open CU building if they feel in danger.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 reads find Time present: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM and Monday, March 23 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM, plus recently informed.

  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 dates and clock times: March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM.
  2. present: It gives Friday, March 20, 2026 at approximately 1:02 AM and Monday, March 23 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM.
  3. present: It gives Friday, March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and Monday, March 23, 2026 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM.
  4. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at about 1:02 AM and a March 23 afternoon window.
  5. present: It gives dates and clock times: Friday, March 20, 2026, at about 1:02 AM, and Monday, March 23, 2026, 2:23 to 2:45 PM.
  6. present: The first incident is timed at approximately 1:02 AM on Friday, March 20, 2026, with a second window on March 23.
  7. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM and a March 23 afternoon window.
  8. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM, and "recently."
  9. present: It gives dated clock times such as Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM, and says recently informed.
  10. present: It gives dates and clock times: March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
  11. present: It gives dates and clock times such as Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  12. present: It gives dates and clock times: March 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM.
  13. present: Clock times and dates appear, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  14. present: It gives dated clock times: Friday, March 20, 2026, at about 1:02 AM, and Monday, March 23, 2026, between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
  15. present: Clock times and dates are given: March 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM and March 23, 2026 from 2:23 to 2:45 PM.
  16. present: It gives dates and clock times such as Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM and a March 23 afternoon window.
  17. present: It gives dates and clock times: Friday, March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
  18. present: It gives dates and clock times such as Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  19. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
  20. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  21. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM and March 23 between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
  22. present: It gives dates and clock times such as Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  23. present: It timestamps the first incident Friday, March 20, 2026, at about 1:02 AM and the second on March 23 between 2:23 PM and 2:45 PM.
  24. present: It gives dates and clock times, including Friday, March 20, 2026, at approximately 1:02 AM.
  25. present: It gives dates and clock times: Friday, March 20, 2026 at about 1:02 AM, and March 23 between 2:23 and 2:45 PM.
• Impactabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  24 of 25 reads find Impact absent. Naming harassments and a hand grab states the hazard. The line about feeling you may be in danger is generic advice, not a stated consequence of these incidents.

  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: The text recounts the harassment acts but never states consequences or severity such as injury, danger, or lasting harm.
  2. absent: The harassment is described without stating injury, damage, or how serious the threat is beyond the crime name.
  3. absent: It recounts the contacts but never states injury, a deadly or dangerous outcome, or other consequences of the harassment.
  4. absent: The text recounts the harassment acts but never states a consequence or severity such as danger, injury, or harm.
  5. absent: The text describes the harassment acts but does not state consequences or severity such as injury, danger, or harm to people.
  6. absent: The text recounts past grabbing and following but never states consequences or severity such as injury risk or that the threat is dangerous.
  7. absent: The message does not state consequences or severity such as injury or danger from the harassment beyond naming the crime itself.
  8. absent: It recounts past grabbing and following but does not state what the harassment could do or how severe the harm is.
  9. absent: Acts are described, but the text never states a consequence or severity such as injury, danger, or harm.
  10. absent: It describes the acts but does not state consequences or severity such as injury, danger, or how serious the threat is.
  11. absent: It does not state consequences or severity such as injury or that this suspect is dangerous to the community.
  12. absent: Grabbing and an aggressive approach describe the crime itself, with no statement of injury, danger, or other harm.
  13. absent: The harassment is described, but no consequence or severity such as injury or a dangerous outcome is stated.
  14. absent: The harassment is described, but the text never states consequences or severity such as danger, injury, or how serious the threat is.
  15. absent: No injury, damage, or severity is stated. Grabbing a hand describes the crime, not what harm it could cause.
  16. absent: It describes the harassment acts but does not state consequences or severity such as injury, danger to life, or how serious the harm is.
  17. absent: It describes the harassment acts but does not state consequences or severity such as injury or danger to the community.
  18. absent: It does not state what the harassment could do or how severe it is, only describing the acts themselves.
  19. absent: It does not state what the harassment could do or how serious it is, such as injury or a dangerous suspect.
  20. absent: The notice does not state consequences or severity such as injury or that the harassment is dangerous.
  21. absent: Grabbing and following describe the crime itself, with no statement of injury, danger, or other consequences of the harassment.
  22. absent: It describes past grabbing and following but never states consequences or severity such as dangerous or may cause injury.
  23. absent: It does not state what the harassment could do or how severe it is, such as dangerous, injury, or a threat to safety.
  24. absent: The text does not state what the harassment could do or how severe it is, such as injury or a deadly outcome.
  25. present: It warns people they may be in danger and the Clery disclaimer calls these crimes a serious or continuous threat to the community.