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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 describe(self):
        '''Provide a dictionary with information describing itself.'''
        description = {
            'description': self._description,
            'type': self.name,
        }
        description.update(self.extra_params)
        return description