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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 baseclass(self):
 """The baseclass of self."""

        for cls in _BASE_CLASSES:
            if isinstance(self, cls):
                return cls

        raise ValueError("Cannot determine the base class of %s" % self.__class__.__name__)