No Sh*t Sherlock

PythonHardstringsformatting

Instructions

On a crime scene, there are many pieces of evidence that point to a particular person having the murder weapon and motive to kill poor old Tom (although not poor at all).

Create a function that takes phrases/words as clues and forms a sentence formatted to have the murder's name, verb, "Tom as", Reason.

Sn	Weapon	Verb to be used	Reason
1	Poison	Poisoned	Only X could have such high-grade poison.
2	Knife	Butchered	Only X was in the kitchen.
3	Bat	Swatted	Only X is a baseball player.
4	Gun	Shot	Only X had a gun.
5	Briefcase	Smacked	Only X was after Tom's money.

Examples

sherlock("Mr.Red", "Knife") ➞ "Mr. Red butchered Tom as only he was in the kitchen."

sherlock("Ms.Blue", "Poison") ➞ "Ms. Blue poisoned Tom as only she could have such high-grade poison."

sherlock("Mr.Red", "Bat") ➞ "Mr. Red swatted Tom as only he was a baseball player."

Notes

Ms/Mr gives you the gender of the murderer.
Feel free to remove the dictionary if you want.

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