def METHOD_NAME(s):
    """Lower text and remove punctuation, articles and extra whitespace."""
    def remove_articles(text):
        return re.sub(r'\b(a|an|the)\b', ' ', text)
    def white_space_fix(text):
        return ' '.join(text.split())
    def remove_punc(text):
        exclude = set(string.punctuation)
        return ''.join(ch for ch in text if ch not in exclude)
    def lower(text):
        return text.lower()
    return white_space_fix(remove_articles(remove_punc(lower(s))))