Question

Kernel Sentence: He asks the police officers to sit.
• Who?
• Where?
• Why?
Expanded Sentence:
Kernel Sentence: He confesses.
• Who?
• When?
• Why?
Expanded Sentence:

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Answers

Answer 1

Kernel Sentence: The narrator hears the old man's heart beating and confesses to the police officers.
• Who? - The narrator
• Where? - In the old man's room
• Why? - Because he cannot bear the guilt of the murder he committed

Expanded Sentence:

Kernel Sentence: The narrator confesses to killing the old man.
• Who? - The narrator
• When? - After the police officers arrive and question him
• Why? - Because he is tormented by the sound of the old man's heartbeat and cannot keep his guilt buried any longer