code: def maybe_parse_collection_argument(path: str) -> Union[str, Dict]:
      try:
          path_dict = ast.literal_eval(path)
          path_dict = {
              key: maybe_remove_gluster_path_prefix(value)
              for key, value in path_dict.items()
          }
      except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
          return maybe_remove_gluster_path_prefix(path)
      return path_dict
  
imports: import argparse
  import ast
  import os
  import signal
  import threading
  import time
  from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
  import torch
  from fairseq import distributed_utils, tasks, utils
  from pytorch_translate.file_io import PathManager
label_desc: Use image node_id 12 for calling a global function with example usage: maybe_parse_collection_argument(path) and returns: path_dict, maybe_remove_gluster_path_prefix