code: def _has_soft_dep(est):
      """Return whether an estimator has soft dependencies."""
      softdep = est.get_class_tag("python_dependencies", None)
      return softdep is not None
  
imports: import pkgutil
  import re
  from importlib import import_module
  import pytest
  from sktime.registry import all_estimators
  from sktime.tests._config import EXCLUDE_ESTIMATORS
  from sktime.utils._testing.scenarios_getter import retrieve_scenarios
  from sktime.utils.validation._dependencies import _check_python_version, _check_soft_dependencies
label_desc: Use image node_id 7 for calling a global function with example usage: _has_soft_dep(est) and returns: unknown