def unwrap_process_input_tuple(tup: tuple):
    """
    Helper function that unwraps a tuple to its components and creates a unique key for the column combination

    Parameters
    ---------
    tup : tuple
        the tuple to unwrap
    """
    names, quantile, intersection, tmp_folder_path = tup
    name_i, name_j = names
    k = (name_i, name_j)
    return name_i, name_j, k, quantile, intersection, tmp_folder_path