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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _create_figure(kwargs: Mapping[str, Any]) -> dict: """Create basic dictionary object with figure properties."""

    return {
        "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v3.json",
        "width": kwargs.pop("width", DEFAULT_WIDTH),
        "height": kwargs.pop("height", DEFAULT_HEIGHT),
        "padding": kwargs.pop("padding", DEFAULT_PADDING)
    }