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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_training_instances(x):
 """Create `TrainingInstance`s from raw text."""

    (input_files, out, tokenizer, max_seq_length, dupe_factor,
     short_seq_prob, masked_lm_prob, max_predictions_per_seq, rng) = x
    time_start = time.time()
    logging.info('Processing %s', input_files)
    all_documents = [[]]

    # Input file format:
    # (1) One sentence per line. These should ideally be actual sentences, not
    # entire paragraphs or arbitrary spans of text. (Because we use the
    # sentence boundaries for the "next sentence prediction" task).
    # (2) Blank lines between documents. Document boundaries are needed so
    # that the "next sentence prediction" task doesn't span between documents.
    for input_file in input_files:
        with io.open(input_file, 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as reader:
            while True:
                line = reader.readline()
                if not line:
                    break
                line = line.strip()

                # Empty lines are used as document delimiters
                if not line:
                    all_documents.append([])
                tokens = tokenizer(line) if not args.tokenized else line.split(' ')
                if tokens:
                    all_documents[-1].append(tokens)

    # Remove empty documents
    all_documents = [x for x in all_documents if x]
    rng.shuffle(all_documents)

    vocab_words = tokenizer.vocab.idx_to_token
    instances = []
    for _ in range(dupe_factor):
        for document_index in range(len(all_documents)):
            instances.extend(
                create_instances_from_document(
                    all_documents, document_index, max_seq_length,
                    short_seq_prob, masked_lm_prob, max_predictions_per_seq,
                    vocab_words, rng))

    rng.shuffle(instances)
    input_ids = []
    segment_ids = []
    masked_lm_positions = []
    masked_lm_ids = []
    masked_lm_weights = []
    next_sentence_labels = []
    valid_lengths = []

    for inst_index, instance in enumerate(instances):
        feature = transform(instance, tokenizer, max_seq_length, max_predictions_per_seq, False)
        input_ids.append(
            np.ascontiguousarray(feature['input_ids'], dtype='int32'))
        segment_ids.append(
            np.ascontiguousarray(feature['segment_ids'], dtype='int32'))
        masked_lm_positions.append(
            np.ascontiguousarray(feature['masked_lm_positions'], dtype='int32'))
        masked_lm_ids.append(np.ascontiguousarray(feature['masked_lm_ids'], dtype='int32'))
        masked_lm_weights.append(
            np.ascontiguousarray(feature['masked_lm_weights'], dtype='float32'))
        next_sentence_labels.append(feature['next_sentence_labels'][0])
        valid_lengths.append(feature['valid_lengths'][0])
        if inst_index < 20:
            print_example(instance, feature)

    features = (input_ids, segment_ids, masked_lm_positions, masked_lm_ids, \
                masked_lm_weights, next_sentence_labels, valid_lengths)

    logging.info('*** Writing to output file %s ***', out)
    if args.format == 'numpy':
        write_to_files_np(features, tokenizer, args.max_seq_length,
                          args.max_predictions_per_seq, [out])
    elif args.format == 'recordio':
        write_to_files_rec(instances, tokenizer, args.max_seq_length,
                           args.max_predictions_per_seq, [out])
    else:
        raise ValueError('unsupported format: %s'%args.format)

    time_end = time.time()
    logging.info('Process %d files took %.1f s', len(input_files), time_end - time_start)