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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 get_entity(self):
 """ Returns the entity converted from the proxied data. """

        if self._accessor is None:
            if self.__converted_entity is None:
                self.__converted_entity = self._convert_to_entity()
        else:
            # If we have an accessor, we can get the proxied entity by ID.
            # FIXME: This is a hack that is only used for REMOVE operations
            #        with data elements.
            self.__converted_entity = \
                self.get_matching(self.get_id()).get_entity()
        return self.__converted_entity