Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Many people are feared to be trapped in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after a multistorey building under construction collapsed, leaving a huge mound of concrete as rescuers dig through the rubble.
asserted
rescuers → fear → rubble
The building came down on Friday at about 1pm local time (10:00GMT) on a busy commercial street in Eastleigh, a neighbourhood crowded with thousands of traders and residents.
asserted
building → come → traders
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asserted
court → peak → people
Nairobi police chief Issa Mohamud said more than 10 upper floors were under construction.
asserted
floors → say → construction
The ground floor had been rented to an electronics shop, a butchery and a grocery, according to The Associated Press news agency.
uncertain
floor → rent → agency
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, reporting from Nairobi, said the developers and authorities are being asked “to answer now” as people were not supposed to be inside a building under construction.
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people → report → construction
She said rescue efforts were expected to continue through Friday night and Saturday.
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efforts → say → night
Rescuers used poles stripped from trees and excavators to move concrete bound with steel, as heavy equipment was slow to arrive.
asserted
equipment → use → steel
Mohamud said one injured woman had been rescued and taken to hospital, while another person who had been calling for help had gone silent.
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who → say → help
He warned of a potential second collapse because the building was leaning on its neighbour.
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building → warn → neighbour
Local media reported looting immediately after the collapse and police firing tear gas to disperse crowds.
‘Our concern is to save lives’
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concern → report → lives
Joseph Kaula, a plasterer working on the fifth floor of the collapsed building, told AP that he was the last person to walk out.
asserted
he → work → AP
“The whole area was filled with dust,” he said.
asserted
he → fill → dust
Relatives of those trapped said some had phoned for help immediately after the collapse, but their phones later became unreachable.
asserted
phones → trap → collapse
A tent was set up to report missing relatives.
asserted
tent → set → relatives
“Our concern is to save lives,” Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja told reporters.
asserted
Sakaja → save → reporters
He said the building had been approved for construction but had no certificate of occupation, so opening shops on the ground floor was illegal.
asserted
opening → say → floor
“This has potentially cost lives,” he told reporters on site.
asserted
he → cost → site
He said that it was possible “one or two” people had died and that more would be known as time went on.
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time → say → ?
Kenya’s National Building Inspectorate found that 87 percent of buildings audited nationwide last year failed to meet standards or lacked approvals, according to the AFP news agency.
uncertain
percent → find → agency
Sakaja said county governments needed stronger enforcement powers, calling lenient penalties a “slap on the wrist”.
asserted
governments → say → wrist
Police said they would carry out investigations and anyone found negligent would face the law.
asserted
anyone → say → law
The Aporia
