Clip detail

“Love Actually”

Whose emotion the readers were reading: Lady in red

Readers7

Emotions chosen5 of 15

Entropy2.12max ≈ 3.91

Krippendorff α-0.17

Complexitymoderate

Curated window: 0:27 – 1:27 (60s). Plays the same window each time — replays return to 0:27.

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Each star is one emotion. Star size and brightness scale with how many readers chose it. The most-picked reading glows in peach; the AI's reading in mint.

Most-picked

AI's reading

How readers split across the emotions

Disappointed
4 · 57% (3p)
Sad / sorry
3 · 43% (2p)
Embarrassed / awkward
2 · 29% (1p)
Moved / touched
1 · 14% (0p)
Surprised
1 · 14% (0p)

Modal reading (by mentions) · AI's readingSolid bar segment = readers who picked this as primary. Lighter extension = readers who tagged it as part of a Mixed reading.

AI's reading

What one AI saw on this clip

matches human modal

PrimaryDisappointed

SecondarySad / sorry, Embarrassed / awkward

CuesFacial expression, Tone of voice, Timing / pauses, What they said

Why

The woman’s initially joyful expression appears to vanish the moment she opens her gift. Her subsequent smile seems forced and tight, and her verbal praise ("Wow," "That's great") is delivered in a higher, more strained tone, suggesting she may be masking deep disappointment in front of her family.

AI's own caveat

Because she is actively trying to appear pleased, her reaction could be interpreted as genuine, if slightly subdued, surprise rather than disappointment.

The AI's reading is one interpretation among many. We expose it as a single point of comparison against the human spread — not as an answer key. The rationale + caveat above are the AI's own words, reviewed and approved by a human admin before publishing.

Which signals readers used

Cue distribution

Multi-select per response — totals can exceed the reader count.

Facial expression
7 · 100%
Body language / posture
4 · 57%
Tone of voice
3 · 43%
The situation
3 · 43%
What they said
2 · 29%
Timing / pauses
1 · 14%
Something else
1 · 14%
I wasn't sure
1 · 14%

The finding

On this clip, 57% of readers chose Disappointed — but the rest split across 4 other emotions. The same moment, read in many ways at once. That spread is not a problem. That spread is the data.

Methodology + transparency

All counts above include only responses kept in analysis. Internal-test profiles are excluded. Free-text responses are not surfaced on this page; they pass through human moderation first and only feature on the dataset's curated quote page (forthcoming) once enough have been approved.

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