Inclement weather closes campus for Monday operations

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. The closure is announced in the institution’s own name: "West Virginia State University will be closed on Monday, January 26".

  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 sender is the named institution, West Virginia State University, announcing its own closure.
  2. present: "West Virginia State University" identifies itself as announcing the closure.
  3. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" identifies the institution as sender.
  4. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" is the institution identifying itself.
  5. present: The sending institution is named outright as West Virginia State University.
  6. present: The message is issued in the university's own name as the closing authority.
  7. present: "West Virginia State University" announces the closure in its own name.
  8. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" identifies the university as the sender.
  9. present: The university names itself, "West Virginia State University will be closed".
  10. present: The sender identifies as "West Virginia State University" announcing its own closure.
  11. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" identifies the institution issuing the closure.
  12. present: "West Virginia State University" announces its own closure, identifying the sender.
  13. present: The message is issued in the name of West Virginia State University.
  14. present: The notice is issued in the university's own name, "West Virginia State University will be closed".
  15. present: West Virginia State University issues the closure in its own institutional name.
  16. present: The institution identifies itself as "West Virginia State University".
  17. present: The university names itself as the body announcing the closure.
  18. present: The university identifies itself as the closing institution in the opening clause.
  19. present: The sender is the named institution, "West Virginia State University will be closed".
  20. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" identifies the sending institution.
  21. present: "West Virginia State University will be closed" identifies the institution as the sender.
  22. present: The sender identifies as West Virginia State University in the closure announcement.
  23. present: "West Virginia State University" identifies itself as announcing the closure.
  24. present: The sender is the named institution, "West Virginia State University".
  25. present: "West Virginia State University" identifies itself as the announcing institution.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by 25 of 25. "Due to inclement weather" names a weather cause for the closure rather than an unexplained decision, though the weather type is unspecified.

  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: "Due to inclement weather" gives a specific weather cause for the decision.
  2. present: Cause named as "inclement weather" rather than a vague emergency.
  3. present: "inclement weather" names the weather hazard behind the closure.
  4. present: Attributes the closure to "inclement weather", a named weather hazard.
  5. present: "Due to inclement weather" gives a specific weather cause for the closure.
  6. present: "Due to inclement weather" names the specific hazard prompting closure.
  7. present: The reason given is "inclement weather", a specific weather hazard.
  8. present: The cause is specified as "inclement weather" rather than a generic emergency.
  9. present: "Due to inclement weather" names the specific hazard.
  10. present: "Due to inclement weather" names a specific weather hazard.
  11. present: The cause is the specific "inclement weather" rather than a generic word like incident.
  12. present: "Due to inclement weather" names a specific weather condition as the cause.
  13. present: "inclement weather" is given as the specific cause of closure.
  14. present: "inclement weather" identifies the specific cause of the closure.
  15. present: "Inclement weather" is the named specific cause of the closure.
  16. present: "inclement weather" is given as the specific cause of the closure.
  17. present: "inclement weather" is named as the specific cause.
  18. present: "Due to inclement weather" names the specific cause of the closure.
  19. present: "inclement weather" identifies the specific cause of the closure.
  20. present: Cites "inclement weather" as the specific cause of closure.
  21. present: The reason given is "inclement weather", a specific weather hazard rather than a vague event.
  22. present: "Due to inclement weather" names the weather condition behind the closure.
  23. present: "Inclement weather" names the specific condition behind the decision.
  24. present: "Due to inclement weather" names a specific weather hazard as the cause.
  25. present: "Due to inclement weather" names a weather hazard as the cause.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, unanimous at 25 of 25: the university itself is the place being closed, with "In-person classes are cancelled" confirming the campus as the affected location.

  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 closing applies to the university, identified as the place shut down.
  2. present: The university is the located subject being closed.
  3. present: The university campus is the located subject of the closure.
  4. present: The university campus is the stated location of the closure.
  5. present: The university itself is the place affected, with in-person classes canceled.
  6. present: The university itself is the location affected by the closure.
  7. present: The affected place is the university itself, with in-person classes cancelled there.
  8. present: The campus of West Virginia State University is the identified affected place.
  9. present: The university campus is the located subject, with in-person classes cancelled.
  10. present: The university campus is the location affected by the closure.
  11. present: The university campus is the location whose in person classes are cancelled.
  12. present: The university campus is the named place that will be closed.
  13. present: The university itself, including in person classes, is the located subject.
  14. present: The closure applies to the university and its in person classes.
  15. present: The university campus is the located subject, with in-person classes cancelled there.
  16. present: The university itself is the identified affected place.
  17. present: West Virginia State University is the named place being closed.
  18. present: The place is the university itself, with in-person classes on campus cancelled.
  19. present: The named university is the location the closure applies to.
  20. present: The university itself is the place named as closed.
  21. present: The university itself is named as the closed location, with in person classes affected.
  22. present: The campus of West Virginia State University is the location being closed.
  23. present: The closure applies to the named university campus.
  24. present: The affected place is the university, whose in person classes are cancelled.
  25. present: The university campus is the location affected by the closure.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, 25 of 25, on the instruction "Employees who are able to work remotely should do so", which asks a specific action of a named group of recipients.

  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: Employees able to work from home are told to do so, a direct instruction.
  2. present: Employees able to work remotely are told they "should do so".
  3. present: Employees are instructed that those able to work remotely "should do so".
  4. present: Employees are told they "should" work remotely where possible.
  5. present: Employees are told, "who are able to work remotely should do so".
  6. present: Staff are told directly that those able to work remotely "should do so".
  7. present: It tells employees who can work remotely to do so, a direct instruction.
  8. present: It instructs staff: "Employees who are able to work remotely should do so".
  9. present: Employees are instructed that those able to work remotely "should do so".
  10. present: Staff receive a directive: work remotely if their job allows it.
  11. present: It instructs employees able to work remotely to do so.
  12. present: It instructs employees able to work remotely to do so.
  13. present: Employees receive the directive to work remotely if their jobs allow it.
  14. present: Staff are instructed to work remotely where their jobs allow.
  15. present: Staff receive a directive: those able to work remotely "should do so".
  16. present: It tells employees able to work remotely that they "should do so".
  17. present: Employees able to work remotely are instructed that they "should do so".
  18. present: It directs employees "able to work remotely" to do so, an action for recipients.
  19. present: An instruction is given: employees "able to work remotely should do so".
  20. present: Tells employees who can work remotely that they "should do so".
  21. present: Employees "able to work remotely should do so", a direct instruction to recipients.
  22. present: Employees able to work remotely are told they "should do so", a direct instruction.
  23. present: Employees are told that those able to work remotely "should do so".
  24. present: Employees able to work remotely are told they "should do so", a direct instruction.
  25. present: Employees are instructed that those able to "work remotely should do so".
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by 25 of 25. The closure is pinned to a named date, "Monday, January 26", so recipients know exactly which day is affected.

  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: The closure day is specified as "Monday, January 26".
  2. present: The date "Monday, January 26" is given.
  3. present: The date is given as "Monday, January 26".
  4. present: Specifies "Monday, January 26".
  5. present: Pins the closure to "Monday, January 26".
  6. present: The date "Monday, January 26" fixes when the closure applies.
  7. present: The closure date "Monday, January 26" is explicit.
  8. present: The closure day is named as "Monday, January 26".
  9. present: "Monday, January 26" gives the date of the closure.
  10. present: The date is stated as "Monday, January 26".
  11. present: The closure date "Monday, January 26" is stated.
  12. present: The closure date is given precisely as "Monday, January 26".
  13. present: The closure date "Monday, January 26" is stated.
  14. present: It names "Monday, January 26" as the closure day.
  15. present: The closure is tied to a named date, "Monday, January 26".
  16. present: The closure is dated "Monday, January 26".
  17. present: It gives the date, "Monday, January 26".
  18. present: The closure date is stated as "Monday, January 26".
  19. present: A specific date is given, "Monday, January 26".
  20. present: Pins the closure to "Monday, January 26".
  21. present: The specific date "Monday, January 26" fixes when the closure applies.
  22. present: The closure is dated to "Monday, January 26".
  23. present: The closure day is dated "Monday, January 26".
  24. present: The closure date is explicit: "Monday, January 26".
  25. present: The closure date "Monday, January 26" is given explicitly.
• Impactabsent1/25

  Final assessment

  Absent at 1 of 25. The lone dissent counted cancelled in-person classes as an effect, but that is a scheduling change; nothing says how severe or harmful the weather may be.

  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 note lists class changes but says nothing about the weather's potential harm.
  2. absent: No description of how bad the weather is or what it might cause.
  3. absent: No potential harm or severity from the weather is described.
  4. absent: No consequence or severity of the weather is described.
  5. absent: Offers no consequence or severity language about the weather.
  6. absent: No consequence of the weather, such as danger or damage, is stated.
  7. absent: Nothing describes what the weather might cause or how severe it is expected to be.
  8. absent: No consequence or severity of the weather is offered in the message.
  9. absent: It gives no sense of how dangerous or damaging the weather might be.
  10. absent: There is no mention of danger, damage, or how severe the weather will be.
  11. absent: No consequence or danger level from the weather is mentioned.
  12. present: The effect is stated: in-person classes are cancelled while online classes continue.
  13. absent: Nothing describes what the weather could do or how hazardous it is.
  14. absent: No consequence or severity of the weather is stated.
  15. absent: No severity, hazard consequence, or risk to people is conveyed.
  16. absent: No severity or potential harm from the weather is conveyed.
  17. absent: No description of the weather's severity or potential harm appears.
  18. absent: No consequence or severity of the weather is described.
  19. absent: Nothing describes how severe or harmful the weather might be.
  20. absent: No indication of what the weather could cause or how severe it is.
  21. absent: Nothing conveys how severe the weather is or what harm it could cause.
  22. absent: No description of what the weather could do or how severe it is.
  23. absent: The message never says how severe or harmful the weather is expected to be.
  24. absent: Nothing conveys how severe the weather is or what it could cause.
  25. absent: No harm, risk or severity from the weather is conveyed.