Simplified prompting around Markdown table text

src/paperqa/core.py

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ async def _map_fxn_summary(  # noqa: PLR0912
                 text_with_tables_prompt_template.format(
                     text=cleaned_text,
                     citation=citation,
-                    tables="\n\n----\n\n".join(media_text),
+                    tables="\n\n".join(media_text),
                 )
                 if media_text
                 else cleaned_text

src/paperqa/prompts.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 text_with_tables_prompt_template = (
     "{text}\n\n------------\n\nMarkdown tables from {citation}."
     " If the markdown is poorly formatted, defer to the images"
-    "\n\n------------\n\n{tables}"
+    "\n\n{tables}"
 )
 
 summary_json_prompt = (