code: def add_preceding_dict(config_entry, query_path, preceding_depth):
          
          if preceding_depth is None:
              return config_entry
  
          preceding_dict = {query_path[-1]: config_entry}
          path_length_minus_query_pos = len(query_path) - 1
          preceding_depth = path_length_minus_query_pos - preceding_depth if preceding_depth != -1 else 0
  
          for index in reversed(range(preceding_depth, path_length_minus_query_pos)):
              preceding_dict = {query_path[index]: preceding_dict}
  
          return preceding_dict
docs: Adds the preceeding config keys to the config_entry to simulate the original full path to the config entry
  
          :param config_entry: object, the entry that was requested and returned from the config
          :param query_path: (str, list(str)), the original path to the config_entry
          :param preceding_depth: int, the depth to which we are recreating the preceding config keys
          :return: dict, simulated config to n * preceding_depth