Armed robbery on 700 block of S 5th

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, because "Illini-Alert Emergency" opens the message and marks it as an official campus alert.

  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 the issuing alert system.
  2. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" brands the message as an official alert.
  3. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" is the branded sender identifier.
  4. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opener identifies the sending system.
  5. present: The branded opener "Illini-Alert Emergency" identifies the issuing system.
  6. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" is the branded sender identification.
  7. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opener identifies the sender.
  8. present: The "Illini-Alert Emergency" prefix identifies the university alerting system as sender.
  9. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opener identifies who sent the message.
  10. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opening identifies the alert system.
  11. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opening identifies the alert system.
  12. present: Branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" identifies the sending system.
  13. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" header names the issuing system.
  14. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" marks the campus alert system as the sender.
  15. present: It is issued under the "Illini-Alert Emergency" branded heading.
  16. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" tag marks the sender.
  17. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" is the branded signature of the sending system.
  18. present: The message is branded "Illini-Alert Emergency", naming the sending system.
  19. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" tag marks the sender.
  20. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" tag identifies the sender.
  21. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opening identifies the sender.
  22. present: The message is branded "Illini-Alert Emergency".
  23. present: The branded "Illini-Alert Emergency" opener identifies the sending system.
  24. present: "Illini-Alert Emergency" identifies the sender of the message.
  25. present: The branded signature "Illini-Alert Emergency" identifies the sending system.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by 25 of 25: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names the crime and the weapon together, an unusually precise hazard statement.

  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: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names crime and weapon precisely.
  2. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names crime and weapon specifically.
  3. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names both the crime and the weapon.
  4. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a precise weapons threat.
  5. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names a specific weapon crime.
  6. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names a specific armed threat.
  7. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a specific violent threat.
  8. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names the threat and the weapon.
  9. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a precisely named violent threat.
  10. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names crime and weapon precisely.
  11. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names a specific armed crime.
  12. present: Specifies "An Armed Robbery with a firearm".
  13. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies both crime and weapon.
  14. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a specific armed crime.
  15. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names crime and weapon precisely.
  16. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies crime and weapon.
  17. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a specifically named threat.
  18. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies the crime and weapon involved.
  19. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies the crime and weapon.
  20. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names both the crime and the weapon.
  21. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies the threat clearly.
  22. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names a specific armed crime.
  23. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" specifies both the crime and the weapon.
  24. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" is a specific violent crime with weapon named.
  25. present: "An Armed Robbery with a firearm" names both crime and weapon specifically.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present at 25 of 25, since the robbery is placed at the "700 block of S 5th", a defined block of a named 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 occurred at the "700 block of S 5th".
  2. present: It locates the crime at the "700 block of S 5th".
  3. present: The "700 block of S 5th" locates the incident.
  4. present: The "700 block of S 5th" gives the place.
  5. present: The location is "700 block of S 5th", a stated block address.
  6. present: It occurred at the "700 block of S 5th", a specific block.
  7. present: The "700 block of S 5th" locates the crime.
  8. present: The robbery is placed at the "700 block of S 5th".
  9. present: The "700 block of S 5th" gives the location.
  10. present: It locates the robbery at the "700 block of S 5th".
  11. present: It places the crime at the "700 block of S 5th".
  12. present: Gives the "700 block of S 5th" as the location.
  13. present: It cites the "700 block of S 5th" as the scene.
  14. present: It happened "at 700 block of S 5th".
  15. present: The place is the "700 block of S 5th".
  16. present: It locates the crime at the "700 block of S 5th".
  17. present: It occurred at the "700 block of S 5th".
  18. present: It cites the "700 block of S 5th" as the scene.
  19. present: It occurred at the "700 block of S 5th".
  20. present: The "700 block of S 5th" gives the location.
  21. present: It cites the "700 block of S 5th" as the scene.
  22. present: It gives the "700 block of S 5th" as the place.
  23. present: The "700 block of S 5th" gives a concrete block address.
  24. present: It happened at the "700 block of S 5th."
  25. present: It cites the "700 block of S 5th" as the location.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by 25 of 25: readers are directed to "Use caution and avoid the area" and to "Check email for more information".

  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: "Use caution and avoid the area" is an instruction to recipients.
  2. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
  3. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
  4. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
  5. present: It directs recipients to "Use caution and avoid the area".
  6. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" instructs recipients directly.
  7. present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
  8. present: Readers are told to "Use caution and avoid the area".
  9. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" directs a protective response.
  10. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
  11. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" directs recipients to act.
  12. present: Tells readers to "Use caution and avoid the area".
  13. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is an explicit instruction to recipients.
  14. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" plus checking email are instructions to recipients.
  15. present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
  16. present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
  17. present: Readers are told to use caution and avoid the area.
  18. present: Recipients are told to "Use caution and avoid the area".
  19. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is an explicit protective instruction.
  20. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is a clear protective instruction.
  21. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is explicit protective guidance.
  22. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" instructs recipients directly.
  23. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
  24. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" gives a direct protective instruction.
  25. present: "Use caution and avoid the area" is direct protective guidance.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present at 25 of 25, on the strength of "just occurred", which marks the armed robbery as having happened moments before the alert.

  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: "just occurred" marks the crime as immediately recent.
  2. present: "Just occurred" marks the event as having happened moments ago.
  3. present: "Just occurred" marks the event as very recent.
  4. present: "just occurred" places the event moments before the alert.
  5. present: "just occurred" signals that the robbery happened moments before the alert.
  6. present: "Just occurred" indicates the crime happened very recently.
  7. present: "just occurred" places the event moments before the alert.
  8. present: "just occurred" places the robbery in the immediate past.
  9. present: "just occurred" explicitly marks the event as immediately recent.
  10. present: "just occurred" shows the robbery happened moments before the alert.
  11. present: "just occurred" marks the event as very recent.
  12. present: "just occurred" marks the crime as very recent.
  13. present: "just occurred" places the crime moments before the message.
  14. present: "just occurred" conveys that the robbery was moments ago.
  15. present: "just occurred" marks the event as very recent.
  16. present: "just occurred" marks the event as very recent.
  17. present: "Just occurred" places the robbery moments in the past.
  18. present: "just occurred" marks the event as having happened moments ago.
  19. present: "just occurred" indicates the robbery happened moments earlier.
  20. present: "just occurred" signals the crime happened moments earlier.
  21. present: "just occurred" indicates the crime happened moments ago.
  22. present: "just occurred" indicates the crime happened moments before.
  23. present: "just occurred" marks the event as very recent.
  24. present: "just occurred" places the crime moments before the alert.
  25. present: "Just occurred" marks the event as having happened moments earlier.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent, 0 of 25. The alert reports a firearm robbery but never states whether anyone was hurt or what the armed offender might do next.

  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 what the armed robber could do to others.
  2. absent: No danger statement or description of possible harm is included.
  3. absent: No danger level or possible consequence is described.
  4. absent: No statement of danger or potential injury is included.
  5. absent: No statement of danger or potential injury to the community is made.
  6. absent: No severity or potential harm from the armed offender is stated.
  7. absent: No explicit danger or severity statement is present.
  8. absent: No statement of harm or danger accompanies the armed robbery report.
  9. absent: No consequence, injury, or severity description follows the report.
  10. absent: No statement of ongoing danger or potential harm is offered.
  11. absent: No danger or potential harm to readers is spelled out.
  12. absent: No statement of how dangerous the armed offender remains.
  13. absent: No danger level or possible harm from the armed offender is described.
  14. absent: No danger level or potential harm to readers is described.
  15. absent: No statement of danger or potential harm is provided.
  16. absent: No consequence or severity statement accompanies the report.
  17. absent: No harm, injury, or danger level is described.
  18. absent: Nothing conveys the danger posed or possible harm to people nearby.
  19. absent: No statement of danger to the community or possible harm is included.
  20. absent: No statement of potential harm or danger level is offered.
  21. absent: No statement describes the danger posed by the armed robber.
  22. absent: No statement of danger or potential injury is included.
  23. absent: Nothing states injuries, severity, or what danger remains.
  24. absent: No statement of ongoing danger or potential harm is included.
  25. absent: No statement of danger, injury potential, or severity is included.