from typing import Dict
from typing import Any


def isSimpleFormat(paramDict: Dict[str, Any]):
    """Checks if the supplied paramDict is in the simplified format.

    We identify the simple format by the fact that otherwise **all** item values
    are a dictionary with a least the key `value` in it.
    """
    for k, v in paramDict.items():
        if not isinstance(v, dict) or not "value" in v:
            return True

    return False