def _simple_expand(template, seq):
    """
    seq IS TUPLE OF OBJECTS IN PATH ORDER INTO THE DATA TREE
    seq[-1] IS THE CURRENT CONTEXT
    """

    def replacer(found):
        ops = found.group(1).split("|")

        path = ops[0]
        var = path.lstrip(".")
        depth = min(len(seq), max(1, len(path) - len(var)))
        try:
            val = seq[-depth]
            if var:
                if is_sequence(val) and float(var) == _round(float(var), 0):
                    val = val[int(var)]
                else:
                    val = val[var]
            for func_name in ops[1:]:
                parts = func_name.split('(')
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    val = eval(parts[0] + "(val, " + ("(".join(parts[1::])))
                else:
                    val = FORMATTERS[func_name](val)
            val = toString(val)
            return val
        except Exception as e:
            from mo_logs import Except

            e = Except.wrap(e)
            try:
                if e.message.find("is not JSON serializable"):
                    # WORK HARDER
                    val = toString(val)
                    return val
            except Exception as f:
                if not _Log:
                    _late_import()

                _Log.warning(
                    "Can not expand " + "|".join(ops) + " in template: {{template_|json}}",
                    template_=template,
                    cause=e
                )
            return "[template expansion error: (" + str(e.message) + ")]"

    return _variable_pattern.sub(replacer, template)