def create_extras(cls: Type[T],
                  extras: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Given a dictionary of extra arguments, returns a dictionary of
    kwargs that actually are a part of the signature of the cls.from_params
    (or cls) method.
    """
    subextras: Dict[str, Any] = {}
    if hasattr(cls, "from_params"):
        from_params_method = cls.from_params  # type: ignore
    else:
        # In some rare cases, we get a registered subclass that does _not_ have a
        # from_params method (this happens with Activations, for instance, where we
        # register pytorch modules directly).  This is a bit of a hack to make those work,
        # instead of adding a `from_params` method for them somehow. Then the extras
        # in the class constructor are what we are looking for, to pass on.
        from_params_method = cls
    if takes_kwargs(from_params_method):
        # If annotation.params accepts **kwargs, we need to pass them all along.
        # For example, `BasicTextFieldEmbedder.from_params` requires a Vocabulary
        # object, but `TextFieldEmbedder.from_params` does not.
        subextras = extras
    else:
        # Otherwise, only supply the ones that are actual args; any additional ones
        # will cause a TypeError.
        subextras = {k: v for k, v in extras.items()
                     if takes_arg(from_params_method, k)}
    return subextras