code: def parse_instance_count(instance_count, speaker_total_count):
      
  
      # Use all the instances of a speaker unless specified
      result = copy.copy(speaker_total_count)
      for speaker_id, count in instance_count.items():
          speaker_id = str(speaker_id)
          speaker_total = speaker_total_count.get(speaker_id, 0)
  
          if type(count) == float and 0.0 <= count <= 1.0:
              result[speaker_id] = int(speaker_total * count)
  
          else:
              result[speaker_id] = int(count)
  
      return result
docs: This parses the instance count dictionary
      (that may contain floats from 0.0 to 1.0 representing a percentage)
      and converts it to actual instance count.