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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 normalize_release_properties(ensembl_release, species):
 """ Make sure a given release is valid, normalize it to be an integer, normalize the species name, and get its associated reference. """

    ensembl_release = check_release_number(ensembl_release)
    if not isinstance(species, Species):
        species = find_species_by_name(species)
    reference_name = species.which_reference(ensembl_release)
    return ensembl_release, species.latin_name, reference_name