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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 serialize(self):
 """This function serializes into a simple dict object. The only usage is to send to poller, and it does not need to have the depend_on and depend_on_me properties. :return: json representation of a Check :rtype: dict """

        res = super(Check, self).serialize()
        if 'depend_on' in res:
            del res['depend_on']
        if 'depend_on_me' in res:
            del res['depend_on_me']
        return res