code: def resolve_stage(self, skip_checks: bool = False) -> "DictStrAny":
      context = self.context
      name = self.name
      if not skip_checks:
          # we can check for syntax errors as we go for interpolated entries,
          # but for foreach and matrix generated ones, once is enough, which it does
          # that itself. See `ForeachDefinition.template`
          # and `MatrixDefinition.template`.
          check_syntax_errors(self.definition, name, self.relpath)
  
      # we need to pop vars from generated/evaluated data
      definition = deepcopy(self.definition)
  
      wdir = self._resolve_wdir(context, name, definition.get(WDIR_KWD))
      vars_ = definition.pop(VARS_KWD, [])
      # FIXME: Should `vars` be templatized?
      check_interpolations(
          vars_, f"{self.where}.{name}.vars", self.relpath
      )
      if vars_:
          # Optimization: Lookahead if it has any vars, if it does not, we
          # don't need to clone them.
          context = Context.clone(context)
  
      try:
          fs = self.resolver.fs
          context.load_from_vars(fs, vars_, wdir, stage_name=name)
      except VarsAlreadyLoaded as exc:
          format_and_raise(
              exc, f"'{self.where}.{name}.vars'", self.relpath
          )
  
      logger.trace(
          "Context during resolution of stage %s:\n%s", name, context
      )
  
      with context.track() as tracked_data:
          # NOTE: we do not pop "wdir", and resolve it again
          # this does not affect anything and is done to try to
          # track the source of `wdir` interpolation.
          # This works because of the side-effect that we do not
          # allow overwriting and/or str interpolating complex objects.
          # Fix if/when those assumptions are no longer valid.
          resolved = {
              key: self._resolve(context, value, key, skip_checks)
              for key, value in definition.items()
          }
  
      self.resolver.track_vars(name, tracked_data)
      return {name: resolved}
  
imports: import logging
  import os
  from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
  from copy import deepcopy
  from itertools import product
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
  from funcy import collecting, first, isa, join, reraise
  from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
  from dvc.log import logger
  from dvc.parsing.interpolate import ParseError
  from dvc.utils.objects import cached_property
  from .context import Context, ContextError, KeyNotInContext, MergeError, Node, VarsAlreadyLoaded
  from .interpolate import check_recursive_parse_errors, is_interpolated_string, recurse, to_str
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling the EntryDefinition obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.resolve_stage(skip_checks) and returns: dict