code: def describe(
      article: str | None,
      value: Any,
      name: str | None = None,
      verbose: bool = False,
      capital: bool = False,
  ) -> str:
      """Return string that describes a value
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      article : str or None
          A definite or indefinite article. If the article is
          indefinite (i.e. "a" or "an") the appropriate one
          will be inferred. Thus, the arguments of ``describe``
          can themselves represent what the resulting string
          will actually look like. If None, then no article
          will be prepended to the result. For non-articled
          description, values that are instances are treated
          definitely, while classes are handled indefinitely.
      value : any
          The value which will be named.
      name : str or None (default: None)
          Only applies when ``article`` is "the" - this
          ``name`` is a definite reference to the value.
          By default one will be inferred from the value's
          type and repr methods.
      verbose : bool (default: False)
          Whether the name should be concise or verbose. When
          possible, verbose names include the module, and/or
          class name where an object was defined.
      capital : bool (default: False)
          Whether the first letter of the article should
          be capitalized or not. By default it is not.
  
      Examples
      --------
      Indefinite description:
  
      >>> describe("a", object())
      'an object'
      >>> describe("a", object)
      'an object'
      >>> describe("a", type(object))
      'a type'
  
      Definite description:
  
      >>> describe("the", object())
      "the object at '...'"
      >>> describe("the", object)
      'the object object'
      >>> describe("the", type(object))
      'the type type'
  
      Definitely named description:
  
      >>> describe("the", object(), "I made")
      'the object I made'
      >>> describe("the", object, "I will use")
      'the object I will use'
      """
      if isinstance(article, str):
          article = article.lower()
  
      if not inspect.isclass(value):
          typename = type(value).__name__
      else:
          typename = value.__name__
      if verbose:
          typename = _prefix(value) + typename
  
      if article == "the" or (
          article is None and not inspect.isclass(value)
      ):
          if name is not None:
              result = f"{typename} {name}"
              if article is not None:
                  return add_article(result, True, capital)
              else:
                  return result
          else:
              tick_wrap = False
              if inspect.isclass(value):
                  name = value.__name__
              elif isinstance(value, types.FunctionType):
                  name = value.__name__
                  tick_wrap = True
              elif isinstance(value, types.MethodType):
                  name = value.__func__.__name__
                  tick_wrap = True
              elif type(value).__repr__ in (
                  object.__repr__,
                  type.__repr__,
              ):  # type:ignore[comparison-overlap]
                  name = "at '%s'" % hex(id(value))
                  verbose = False
              else:
                  name = repr(value)
                  verbose = False
              if verbose:
                  name = _prefix(value) + name
              if tick_wrap:
                  name = name.join("''")
              return describe(
                  article,
                  value,
                  name=name,
                  verbose=verbose,
                  capital=capital,
              )
      elif article in ("a", "an") or article is None:
          if article is None:
              return typename
          return add_article(typename, False, capital)
      else:
          raise ValueError(
              "The 'article' argument should be 'the', 'a', 'an', or None not %r"
              % article
          )
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/traitlets/py3/traitlets/utils/descriptions.py
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  import inspect
  import re
  import types
  from typing import Any
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: describe(article, value, name, verbose, capital) and returns: describe, add_article, add_article, result, typename