Shots fired near the 400 block of N Frances Street

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 passes found the WiscAlert brand (25/25). That branded signature is source.

  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: WiscAlert is a branded campus alert signature that names the sending system.
  2. present: The message opens with WiscAlert, which identifies the alerting authority.
  3. present: WiscAlert is a named campus brand and counts as source.
  4. present: The sender is identified by the WiscAlert tag at the start.
  5. present: A branded WiscAlert signature tells recipients who issued the notice.
  6. present: Source is present because WiscAlert names the campus alert system.
  7. present: The product is labeled WiscAlert, a branded sender tag.
  8. present: WiscAlert identifies the university alerting channel.
  9. present: The opening WiscAlert marker is a branded source identifier.
  10. present: Who sent it is answered by the WiscAlert brand name.
  11. present: The alert carries a WiscAlert signature as the source.
  12. present: WiscAlert is the campus emergency brand in the first word.
  13. present: A named alert brand WiscAlert satisfies source.
  14. present: The text identifies the issuer via the WiscAlert label.
  15. present: Source is the WiscAlert header on the emergency product.
  16. present: The sending system is named as WiscAlert.
  17. present: WiscAlert functions as a branded sender signature.
  18. present: Recipients can tell the university alert system sent this because it says WiscAlert.
  19. present: The WiscAlert prefix is an institutional source tag.
  20. present: Source is present: WiscAlert names the alerting program.
  21. present: The first token WiscAlert is a campus brand identifying the sender.
  22. present: This is signed WiscAlert, which is source.
  23. present: The message is attributed to WiscAlert, the campus alert brand.
  24. present: WiscAlert at the front is enough to identify the sender.
  25. present: A branded emergency header WiscAlert is source.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes found shots fired (25/25). That is a specific named threat.

  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 text names shots fired, a specific threat rather than a generic emergency.
  2. present: Shots fired is a concrete hazard type.
  3. present: The hazard is shots fired near N Frances St.
  4. present: A specific threat, shots fired, is stated.
  5. present: Hazard is present because shots fired is named.
  6. present: The product reports shots fired, not merely an incident.
  7. present: Shots fired is a specific named threat.
  8. present: The threat type is gunfire: shots fired.
  9. present: It says shots fired, which names the hazard.
  10. present: Hazard equals shots fired in this initial.
  11. present: The opening body names shots fired as the event.
  12. present: A shots-fired report is a specific hazard.
  13. present: The alert specifies shots fired rather than a generic emergency.
  14. present: Named threat: shots fired.
  15. present: Gunfire is specified by the phrase shots fired.
  16. present: The hazard field is satisfied by shots fired.
  17. present: Recipients are told the threat is shots fired.
  18. present: Specific threat wording: shots fired.
  19. present: This is not a generic incident label; it says shots fired.
  20. present: Hazard is shots fired near the 400 block.
  21. present: The message reports shots fired as the danger type.
  22. present: Shots fired names what the threat is.
  23. present: A specific crime/hazard, shots fired, is in the text.
  24. present: The initial product is a shots-fired warning.
  25. present: Threat content is shots fired.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes found the 400 block of N Frances St and campus (25/25).

  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: The 400 block of N Frances St is a specific street location.
  2. present: Location is the 400 block of N Frances St plus University Ave and campus.
  3. present: N Frances St and University Ave name streets.
  4. present: On campus and the 400 block of N Frances St locate the event.
  5. present: A named block, N Frances St, is given.
  6. present: The place is near the 400 block of N Frances St.
  7. present: Street block N Frances St is a concrete location.
  8. present: University Ave and N Frances St are location cues.
  9. present: Everyone on campus plus a street block is location.
  10. present: The 400 block of N Frances St answers where.
  11. present: A numbered block of N Frances St is specific enough.
  12. present: Location includes campus and N Frances St.
  13. present: The text points to N Frances St near University Ave.
  14. present: Where: 400 block of N Frances St.
  15. present: A street block and campus are both location.
  16. present: N Frances St is a named street.
  17. present: The area is identified as the 400 block of N Frances St.
  18. present: Location is present via N Frances St and campus.
  19. present: Suspects running toward University Ave still names a place.
  20. present: The initial locates the report near N Frances St.
  21. present: A specific block and street are stated.
  22. present: Campus plus N Frances St is location.
  23. present: The 400 block is a mapped street segment.
  24. present: Frances St is named as the site.
  25. present: Where is answered by N Frances St.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes found stay inside, seek a safe location, and avoid the area (25/25).

  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: Stay inside, seek a safe location, and avoid the area are protective instructions.
  2. present: Recipients are told to stay inside and avoid the area.
  3. present: Seek a safe location is guidance to the audience.
  4. present: Avoid the area is a protective action.
  5. present: The public is instructed to stay inside on campus.
  6. present: Guidance is stay inside and avoid the area.
  7. present: Protective actions: stay inside, seek a safe location, avoid the area.
  8. present: The audience is told what to do: stay inside and avoid the area.
  9. present: Seek a safe location is an instruction to recipients.
  10. present: Avoid the area directs people away from the hazard.
  11. present: Stay inside is shelter-type guidance.
  12. present: Three instructions are given to the campus audience.
  13. present: The product tells people to stay inside and avoid the area.
  14. present: Protective guidance is present.
  15. present: Recipients must stay inside and seek a safe location.
  16. present: Avoid the area is explicit guidance.
  17. present: Stay inside and avoid the area are both audience instructions.
  18. present: The alert tells people how to protect themselves.
  19. present: Safe location plus avoid the area is guidance.
  20. present: Campus is told to stay inside.
  21. present: Instructional language: stay inside, seek a safe location, avoid the area.
  22. present: The public is directed to avoid the area.
  23. present: Guidance exists as stay-inside and avoid-area orders.
  24. present: People are told to seek a safe location.
  25. present: Protective actions are stated to recipients, not just responder activity.
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes found no clock, date, now, or immediately (0/25 present). Last seen is not a time cue.

  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: No clock time, date, now, immediately, today, or ongoing wording appears.
  2. absent: There is no timestamp or recency cue such as now or today.
  3. absent: Last seen describes suspect movement, not a clock time or date.
  4. absent: The text has no time-of-day or date stamp.
  5. absent: No as of, until further notice, or immediately is present.
  6. absent: Time is absent: no clock, date, or now.
  7. absent: Recency words required by the rubric are missing.
  8. absent: Last seen is not a time element under the rubric.
  9. absent: No today, now, or clock time is in the initial.
  10. absent: The message does not say when in clock or date terms.
  11. absent: Absent: date, clock, immediately, ongoing.
  12. absent: There is no temporal marker like 3 a.m. or today.
  13. absent: Time fails because only last seen is used, which is not a time cue.
  14. absent: No starting at or until wording.
  15. absent: The initial does not convey when with a date or clock.
  16. absent: Rubric time words are not in this product.
  17. absent: Now, immediately, and today are all missing.
  18. absent: No duration or clock is given.
  19. absent: The text is silent on clock time.
  20. absent: A time element is not stated.
  21. absent: There is no date line in the body.
  22. absent: Ongoing is not used; no other time cue either.
  23. absent: The product does not include a timestamp.
  24. absent: When is not answered by a clock or date.
  25. absent: Time is coded absent.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes found no consequence or severity language (0/25 present). Naming shots fired is hazard, not impact.

  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: Shots fired names the hazard but does not state consequence or severity.
  2. absent: No deadly, life-threatening, injury, or dangerous wording is present.
  3. absent: Impact requires stated harm; naming shots fired alone does not count.
  4. absent: There is no explicit consequence for people or property.
  5. absent: Severity language is absent.
  6. absent: The text does not say what the hazard could do beyond naming it.
  7. absent: No injury, death, or danger adjective is used.
  8. absent: Impact is not conveyed; only the hazard name appears.
  9. absent: Could be deadly or similar is missing.
  10. absent: Harm is not stated or clearly implied beyond the hazard label.
  11. absent: Stay inside is guidance, not an impact statement.
  12. absent: The product does not describe potential consequences.
  13. absent: No severity marker such as dangerous appears.
  14. absent: Impact fails the explicit-harm test.
  15. absent: Naming gunfire is hazard, not impact, per the rubric.
  16. absent: There is no stated risk of injury.
  17. absent: Consequences are not described.
  18. absent: The alert does not say how serious the harm would be.
  19. absent: No destructive or life-threatening language.
  20. absent: Impact is absent.
  21. absent: People are not told the hazard could injure them in so many words.
  22. absent: Severity is not stated.
  23. absent: The text lacks an impact clause.
  24. absent: Hazard name without harm language is I=0.
  25. absent: No consequence sentence is present.