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Funny moment in baseball

Whose emotion the readers were reading: Center fielder (Back number 88)

Readers16
Emotions chosen5 of 15
Entropy1.56max ≈ 3.91
Krippendorff α-0.07
Complexitysimple

Curated window: 0:190:36 (17s). Plays the same window each time — replays return to 0:19.

Plays only the curated 17-second window. · Embedded via the YouTube Player API · © original creators.

16READERSHappy / amusedProudMoved / touchedAffectionate / tenderSurprisedDisappointed2Sad / sorry1Angry / frustrated2Contempt / scornAnxious / nervousScared / afraidEmbarrassed / awkward12Confused1Neutral / calm

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
Other readers

Full distribution

How readers split across the emotions

  • Embarrassed / awkward
    12 · 75%
  • Disappointed
    2 · 13% (1p)
  • Angry / frustrated
    2 · 13% (1p)
  • Sad / sorry
    1 · 6%
  • Confused
    1 · 6% (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

divergent · 13% of humans agreed

PrimaryDisappointed

SecondaryAngry / frustrated, Embarrassed / awkward

CuesBody language / posture, The situation

Why

After the ball drops out of his glove, the player throws his head back in a classic gesture of exasperation. Given the context of dropping a catchable ball in a professional game due to apparent miscommunication, this body language strongly suggests disappointment and frustration at the error.

AI's own caveat

It's hard to say whether his frustration is directed more at himself for the physical error or at his teammate whose proximity may have caused the misplay.

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.

  • The situation
    12 · 75%
  • Facial expression
    2 · 13%
  • Body language / posture
    2 · 13%
  • How others reacted
    2 · 13%
  • Tone of voice
    1 · 6%
  • What they said
    1 · 6%

Where the readers were

By country

  • SG7
  • KR7
  • US1
  • VN1

The finding

On this clip, 75% of readers chose Embarrassed / awkward — 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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