Assault reported on Walnut Street with all-clear
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How the first alert is built
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.
UPennAlert: Assault reported in the 4000 block of Walnut Street – Large group of individuals in the area. Increased police activity in the area. Police on scene, use caution, avoid the immediate area. The suspect is described as a juvenile male wearing all dark clothing.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Source present: the branded UPennAlert signature identifies the sender, and police are named as on scene.
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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- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are described as on scene.
- present: The opening branded tag UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are described as on scene.
- present: The branded opener UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are named as on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies who is sending the message.
- present: The branded signature "UPennAlert" identifies the sender.
- present: The message opens with the branded signature UPennAlert, which identifies the sender.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and the text also notes police on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender.
- present: The branded opener UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are named as on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are named on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sending system.
- present: The branded opener UPennAlert identifies who is issuing the message.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender.
- present: The branded opener UPennAlert identifies the sending system.
- present: The branded opener UPennAlert identifies the sending system.
- present: The branded opening UPennAlert identifies the sending system.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert and Police on scene identify the issuing and responding authority.
- present: The branded signature "UPennAlert" identifies the sending system.
- present: The message opens with the branded signature "UPennAlert", which identifies the sender.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sending authority.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are named as on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are described as on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and the text also refers to police on scene.
- present: The branded signature UPennAlert identifies the sender, and police are named as on scene.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Hazard present because the text names a reported assault, a specific crime threat rather than a generic incident.
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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- present: It names Assault reported, a specific crime threat, plus a large group of individuals in the area.
- present: It names a specific threat with the words Assault reported.
- present: It names assault reported, a specific crime threat rather than a generic incident or situation.
- present: It names a reported assault, which is a specific threat.
- present: It names "Assault reported," a specific crime threat.
- present: It names Assault as the specific threat.
- present: It names a specific threat: Assault reported.
- present: It names Assault reported, a specific crime threat.
- present: It names Assault reported, a specific threat.
- present: The text names an assault as the specific threat.
- present: It names a reported assault, a specific threat, along with a large group of individuals in the area.
- present: It names a reported assault as the specific threat.
- present: It names a specific crime, assault reported, rather than a generic emergency or situation.
- present: It names an assault, a specific threat, and also notes a large group of individuals in the area.
- present: It names an assault, a specific threat.
- present: It names a reported assault as the specific threat, plus a large group in the area.
- present: It names a specific threat: assault reported.
- present: It names an assault, which is a specific threat.
- present: It names "Assault reported" as the specific threat, along with a large group in the area.
- present: It names "Assault reported", a specific threat.
- present: It names a reported assault, which is a specific threat.
- present: It names an assault as the specific threat.
- present: It names an assault, a specific crime threat, along with a large group of individuals in the area.
- present: It names a reported assault, which is a specific threat.
- present: It names a reported assault, a specific crime threat.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Location present: the assault is placed in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and the immediate area.
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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- present: The location is the 4000 block of Walnut Street and the immediate area.
- present: The assault is located in the 4000 block of Walnut Street, with further reference to the area and the immediate area.
- present: The location is the 4000 block of Walnut Street and the immediate area around it.
- present: It locates the event in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and the immediate area.
- present: It locates the event in the "4000 block of Walnut Street" and refers to "the area."
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: The assault is placed in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the area.
- present: It locates the assault in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It places the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: The assault is placed in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and in that immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the area.
- present: It locates the event in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the area and the immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It locates the event in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It places the assault in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the area and the immediate area.
- present: It locates the assault in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the "4000 block of Walnut Street" and "the immediate area".
- present: It places the incident in the "4000 block of Walnut Street" and "the immediate area".
- present: It locates the assault in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and the immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: The report is placed in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and in the immediate area.
- present: It locates the assault in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
- present: It locates the incident in the 4000 block of Walnut Street and refers to the immediate area.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Guidance present: recipients are told to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
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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- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the immediate area, which are protective instructions.
- present: Recipients are instructed to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: Recipients are told to "use caution" and "avoid the immediate area."
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area, which are protective actions.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs people to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs people to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to "use caution" and "avoid the immediate area".
- present: It instructs recipients to "use caution, avoid the immediate area".
- present: It instructs people to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It tells recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
- present: It instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the immediate area.
Timeabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Time absent: no clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
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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- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: The text gives no clock time, date, or recency word such as now, immediately, or ongoing.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now, immediately, or ongoing appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now, immediately, or ongoing appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrase appears in the text.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency cue appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now, immediately, or ongoing appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" or "immediately" appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately is present.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now, immediately, or ongoing appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Impact absent: naming an assault and telling people to use caution does not state harm, danger, or severity.
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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- absent: The text does not state consequences or severity such as dangerous, injury, or deadly.
- absent: A large group and extra police activity are described, but no harm, injury, or severity is stated.
- absent: The text does not state harm, danger, or other consequences beyond naming the assault.
- absent: Use caution is guidance, and the text does not state what harm the assault could cause.
- absent: Assault and police activity are named, but no consequence or severity phrase is given.
- absent: It does not state any consequence or severity such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: Naming an assault and telling people to use caution does not state what the hazard could do or how severe it is.
- absent: It does not state consequences or severity such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: Nothing states what the assault could do or how severe it is, such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: It does not state consequences or severity, only the crime type and police presence.
- absent: It does not state what the assault could do or how serious it is, such as dangerous or injurious.
- absent: It does not state any consequence or severity beyond naming the assault.
- absent: Naming an assault does not convey consequence or severity such as dangerous, injury, or deadly.
- absent: Use caution is guidance only; the text does not state consequences or severity such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: It does not state consequences or severity. Use caution is guidance, not a statement of harm.
- absent: Assault and police activity name the event, not a consequence or severity such as injury or dangerous.
- absent: Assault is named without any statement of consequence or severity such as injury, dangerous, or deadly.
- absent: Use caution is guidance only, and the text does not state consequences or severity of the assault.
- absent: Assault is named but no consequence or severity such as dangerous, injury, or deadly is stated.
- absent: It does not state any consequence or severity; assault is the hazard name only.
- absent: Nothing states harm or severity; use caution is an instruction, not an impact claim.
- absent: Assault is named but the text does not state consequences or severity such as injury or danger.
- absent: It does not state harm, danger, or other consequences beyond naming the assault.
- absent: Naming an assault and telling people to use caution does not state a consequence or severity of harm.
- absent: It does not state consequences or severity; assault is named without saying what harm it could cause.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Pennsylvania: Assault reported on Walnut Street with all-clear." Incident of November 6, 2024. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-pennsylvania-4000-walnut-assault-2024-11-06/
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