def _clean_annotated_text(text):
    """Cleans text from the format that it was presented to annotators in the 
    S.M.A.R.T data annotation tool. Splits the title from the abstract text 
    and strips any trailing whitespace.

    Returns:
        title (str): The project title
        text (str): The project abstract
    """
    text = text.split('=====')
    title = text[1].strip()
    abstract = text[-1].strip()
    return title, abstract