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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_version(self):
 """ Query the Cassandra server for the version. :returns: string -- the version tag """

        def _vers(client):
            return client.describe_version()

        d = self._connection()
        d.addCallback(_vers)
        return d