This is a TEST of Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system. In

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: it opens "Carolina Alert:" and names "Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system" as the system being tested.

  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: The message begins "Carolina Alert", naming the university notification system.
  2. present: The message is signed "Carolina Alert" and names the Columbia campus notification system.
  3. present: The "Carolina Alert:" prefix plus naming the Carolina Alert system identifies the sender.
  4. present: The message opens with "Carolina Alert", the branded sender tag.
  5. present: The message begins "Carolina Alert", naming the notification system.
  6. present: It opens with "Carolina Alert" and names the Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system.
  7. present: The branded "Carolina Alert" tag names the issuing system.
  8. present: The message begins with the "Carolina Alert" signature.
  9. present: "Carolina Alert:" names the sending emergency notification system.
  10. present: The message opens "Carolina Alert" and names the Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system.
  11. present: The message is tagged "Carolina Alert" and names the Columbia campus system.
  12. present: The message is signed "Carolina Alert" and names the Carolina Alert system.
  13. present: The "Carolina Alert" tag plus the named notification system identify the sender.
  14. present: The "Carolina Alert" signature and named notification system identify the sender.
  15. present: The "Carolina Alert:" signature identifies the Columbia campus alert system as sender.
  16. present: The "Carolina Alert" tag and named Emergency Notification system identify the sender.
  17. present: The prefix "Carolina Alert" names the sending notification system.
  18. present: The line begins "Carolina Alert:", naming the notification system sending it.
  19. present: The Carolina Alert branded signature names the sending system.
  20. present: It is tagged "Carolina Alert", the campus notification brand.
  21. present: Labelled "Carolina Alert", identifying the campus notification system.
  22. present: The branded signature "Carolina Alert" and the named notification system identify the sender.
  23. present: "Carolina Alert" names the sending notification system.
  24. present: The "Carolina Alert" signature and the named notification system identify the sender.
  25. present: The message begins "Carolina Alert:" and names the Carolina Alert notification system.
• Hazardabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent, 0 of 25: the message states it is "only a TEST" and that a real message "will contain important alert information", so no threat is named.

  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 is explicitly a test and names no threat whatsoever.
  2. absent: It is purely a test and says a real message "will contain important alert information" later.
  3. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no hazard.
  4. absent: It is only a system test and names no threat.
  5. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no hazard.
  6. absent: The message declares itself only a TEST and names no threat.
  7. absent: It is purely a system test and identifies no threat.
  8. absent: It is purely a test and identifies no threat.
  9. absent: It is purely a test notice with no threat identified.
  10. absent: It announces only a test and describes no real threat to anyone.
  11. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  12. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no hazard.
  13. absent: It is expressly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  14. absent: It is purely a test and names no threat.
  15. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no hazard.
  16. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  17. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  18. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat at all.
  19. absent: The message is purely a system test and names no threat.
  20. absent: The text is explicitly only a test and names no threat.
  21. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  22. absent: The message states it is "only a TEST" and names no hazard.
  23. absent: It is only a test and names no threat whatsoever.
  24. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
  25. absent: It is explicitly "only a TEST" and names no threat.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25: the test is identified as being of the "Columbia campus" system, which supplies a named campus as the scope.

  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 refers to the "Columbia campus" alert system, giving a campus location.
  2. present: It identifies the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
  3. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  4. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  5. present: It identifies the "Columbia campus" system being tested.
  6. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
  7. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" alert system, giving a place.
  8. present: It names the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
  9. present: It specifies the "Columbia campus" alert system being tested.
  10. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system, giving a place.
  11. present: It refers to "Columbia campus" as the scope of the notification system.
  12. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  13. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
  14. present: It identifies the "Columbia campus" as the system being tested.
  15. present: It references the "Columbia campus" alert system as the scope.
  16. present: It specifies the "Columbia campus" alert system.
  17. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" alert system.
  18. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  19. present: It identifies the Columbia campus as the area tested.
  20. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  21. present: Refers to the "Columbia campus" notification system.
  22. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
  23. present: It identifies the "Columbia campus" as the system being tested.
  24. present: It refers to the "Columbia campus" alerting system.
  25. present: It identifies the "Columbia campus" as the scope of the test.
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent, 0 of 25: the test asks recipients to do nothing, offering no protective action, no reply, and no site to check.

  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. absent: No action is requested of recipients in this test message.
  2. absent: No action of any kind is requested of the recipient.
  3. absent: No action is requested of recipients.
  4. absent: No action is requested of recipients; it simply says this is a test.
  5. absent: No action or instruction is offered to recipients.
  6. absent: No action is requested of the recipient anywhere in the message.
  7. absent: No action of any kind is requested of the recipient in this test message.
  8. absent: No protective action is requested, since it is only a test message.
  9. absent: No instruction is given to recipients about anything to do or avoid.
  10. absent: No action is requested of the reader anywhere in the test message.
  11. absent: No action is requested of recipients anywhere in the message.
  12. absent: No protective action is asked of recipients anywhere in the text.
  13. absent: No action is requested of recipients anywhere in the message.
  14. absent: No action is requested of recipients beyond noting that it is a test.
  15. absent: No protective action or instruction is directed at recipients.
  16. absent: No action of any kind is requested of the reader.
  17. absent: No protective action is asked of recipients during this test.
  18. absent: No protective action is requested, since the message only announces a test.
  19. absent: No action of any kind is asked of recipients.
  20. absent: No action is requested of recipients, not even to disregard the message.
  21. absent: No action is requested of recipients anywhere in the message.
  22. absent: No protective action is requested; it simply announces a test.
  23. absent: No action is asked of recipients in this test message.
  24. absent: No action of any kind is asked of recipients.
  25. absent: No action is requested of recipients anywhere in the message.
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent, 0 of 25: the two-sentence test carries no date, no clock time, and no recency wording of any kind.

  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. absent: There is no date, clock time or recency cue in the sentence.
  2. absent: There is no clock time, date, or recency cue in the test message.
  3. absent: No time, date, or recency word is present.
  4. absent: No time, date, or recency reference appears.
  5. absent: The text gives no date, clock time, or recency expression.
  6. absent: There is no time, date or recency reference in the test text.
  7. absent: No date, clock time or recency expression is present.
  8. absent: No clock time, date or recency indicator appears.
  9. absent: No date, clock time, or recency reference appears.
  10. absent: There is no clock time, date, or recency wording in the text.
  11. absent: No clock time, date or recency indicator appears.
  12. absent: No time, date, or recency indicator appears.
  13. absent: There is no clock time, date or recency word in the text.
  14. absent: No time, date or recency reference is given.
  15. absent: The test message carries no clock time, date, or recency cue.
  16. absent: There is no clock time, date or recency indicator.
  17. absent: There is no clock time, date, or recency reference.
  18. absent: No time, date or recency indicator is included.
  19. absent: Neither a clock time nor a date nor a recency cue appears.
  20. absent: The message carries no time, date or recency reference.
  21. absent: No time, date or recency indicator is included.
  22. absent: No clock time, date, or recency wording appears.
  23. absent: No time, date, or recency indicator is included.
  24. absent: There is no clock time, date or recency cue in the test message.
  25. absent: There is no time, date, or recency reference in the text.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent, 0 of 25: as a test naming no hazard, it describes no harm, damage, or severity that recipients might face.

  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: A test conveys no harm or severity of any hazard.
  2. absent: Being a test, it states no consequence or severity.
  3. absent: No harm or severity is described in the test wording.
  4. absent: Nothing conveys harm or severity, since no real event is described.
  5. absent: As a test message it conveys no consequence or severity.
  6. absent: No danger or consequence is described, as would be expected for a test.
  7. absent: Nothing describes any harm or severity, as no real event is being reported.
  8. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed.
  9. absent: No consequence or severity is stated, since the message is only a test.
  10. absent: Being purely a test, it conveys no harm, damage, or severity.
  11. absent: Nothing about harm or severity is conveyed in this test message.
  12. absent: Nothing about consequences or severity is stated.
  13. absent: Being a test, it conveys no potential harm or severity.
  14. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed.
  15. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed in a pure system test.
  16. absent: No consequence or severity is described in a test message.
  17. absent: No harm, danger, or severity is conveyed.
  18. absent: No harm or severity is described in this test message.
  19. absent: No consequence or severity is described in a test message.
  20. absent: Being a test, it conveys no harm or severity.
  21. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed since nothing is happening.
  22. absent: There is no statement of severity or consequence in a test message.
  23. absent: No consequence or severity information is conveyed.
  24. absent: No harm or severity is mentioned in this test notice.
  25. absent: No danger or consequence is described, since no hazard exists.