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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 loads(cls, value):
    '''Returns mapping type deserialized `value`.'''
    if len(value) == 1 and cls.sentinel in value:
      value = value[cls.sentinel]
    return value