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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 _comparator_lt(filter_value, tested_value):
 """ Tests if the filter value is strictly greater than the tested value tested_value < filter_value """

    if is_string(filter_value):
        value_type = type(tested_value)
        try:
            # Try a conversion
            filter_value = value_type(filter_value)

        except (TypeError, ValueError):
            if value_type is int:
                # Integer/float comparison trick
                try:
                    filter_value = float(filter_value)
                except (TypeError, ValueError):
                    # None-float value
                    return False
            else:
                # Incompatible type
                return False
    try:
        return tested_value < filter_value
    except TypeError:
        # Incompatible type
        return False