Clip detail

“Shrinking - TV drama”

Readers19

Emotions chosen10 of 15

Entropy2.72max ≈ 3.91

Krippendorff α-0.06

Complexitymoderate

Curated window: 0:01 – 1:01 (60s). Plays the same window each time — replays return to 0:01.

Plays only the curated 60-second window. · Embedded via the YouTube Player API · © original creators.

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

Embarrassed / awkward
11 · 58% (8p)
Affectionate / tender
4 · 21% (3p)
Happy / amused
3 · 16% (0p)
Moved / touched
2 · 11%
Anxious / nervous
2 · 11% (0p)
Surprised
1 · 5% (0p)
Disappointed
1 · 5%
Sad / sorry
1 · 5%
Confused
1 · 5% (0p)
Neutral / calm
1 · 5%

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

divergent · 16% of humans agreed

PrimaryHappy / amused

SecondarySad / sorry, Affectionate / tender

CuesFacial expression, Tone of voice, What they said, The situation

Why

The man seems gently amused by the woman's awkward reaction to his sad news, a reaction he explicitly predicted. His soft, knowing smile and light tone suggest he is trying to put her at ease, finding a bit of wry humor in a difficult social situation he has likely navigated before.

AI's own caveat

His smile could also be interpreted as a mask for deep sadness, a practiced coping mechanism rather than genuine amusement in the moment.

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.

What they said
12 · 63%
The situation
12 · 63%
Tone of voice
11 · 58%
Body language / posture
11 · 58%
Facial expression
9 · 47%
Timing / pauses
3 · 16%

Where the readers were

By country

The finding

On this clip, 58% of readers chose Embarrassed / awkward — but the rest split across 9 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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