We are currently solving the following issue within our repository. Here is the issue text:
--- BEGIN ISSUE ---
`.prefix`/`.suffix` returns a tuple instead of a single value
`.prefix` (and `.suffix`) can occasionally return a tuple of values instead of a single value when `prefixes_male` and `prefixes_female` (or `suffixes_*`) are present in the provider.

[See here for the code responsible.](https://github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/2af330e09d84306d10921fed00ad2e5cc8e3d36f/faker/providers/person/__init__.py#L93-L94)

I wasn't sure if this was intentional (it's documented to do so -- then again, the documentation is autogenerated, isn't it?), so I didn't make a PR yet, but it's certainly counterintuitive.


--- END ISSUE ---

Below are some code segments, each from a relevant file. One or more of these files may contain bugs.
--- BEGIN FILES ---
Path: `faker/providers/person/__init__.py`
Content:
```
1 localized = True
2 
3 from .. import BaseProvider
4 
5 
6 class Provider(BaseProvider):
7     formats = ['{{first_name}} {{last_name}}', ]
8 
9     first_names = ['John', 'Jane']
10 
11     last_names = ['Doe', ]
12 
13     def name(self):
14         """
15         :example 'John Doe'
16         """
17         pattern = self.random_element(self.formats)
18         return self.generator.parse(pattern)
19 
20     @classmethod
21     def first_name(cls):
22         return cls.random_element(cls.first_names)
23 
24     @classmethod
25     def last_name(cls):
26         return cls.random_element(cls.last_names)
27 
28     def name_male(self):
29         if hasattr(self, 'formats_male'):
30             formats = self.formats_male
31         else:
32             formats = self.formats
33         pattern = self.random_element(formats)
34         return self.generator.parse(pattern)
35 
36     def name_female(self):
37         if hasattr(self, 'formats_female'):
38             formats = self.formats_female
39         else:
40             formats = self.formats
41         pattern = self.random_element(formats)
42         return self.generator.parse(pattern)
43 
44     @classmethod
45     def first_name_male(cls):
46         if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_male'):
47             return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_male)
48         return cls.first_name()
49 
50     @classmethod
51     def first_name_female(cls):
52         if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_female'):
53             return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_female)
54         return cls.first_name()
55 
56     @classmethod
57     def last_name_male(cls):
58         if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_male'):
59             return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_male)
60         return cls.last_name()
61 
62     @classmethod
63     def last_name_female(cls):
64         if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_female'):
65             return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_female)
66         return cls.last_name()
67 
68 
69     @classmethod
70     def prefix(cls):
71         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes'):
72             return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes)
73         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):
74             return cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))
75         return ''
76 
77     @classmethod
78     def prefix_male(cls):
79         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male'):
80             return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_male)
81         return cls.prefix()
82 
83     @classmethod
84     def prefix_female(cls):
85         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):
86             return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_female)
87         return cls.prefix()
88 
89     @classmethod
90     def suffix(cls):
91         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes'):
92             return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes)
93         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):
94             return cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))
95         return ''
96 
97     @classmethod
98     def suffix_male(cls):
99         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male'):
100             return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_male)
101         return cls.suffix()
102 
103     @classmethod
104     def suffix_female(cls):
105         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):
106             return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_female)
107         return cls.suffix()
108
```
--- END FILES ---

Please first localize the bug based on the issue statement, and then generate a patch according to the `git diff` format fenced by three backticks.

Here is an example:

```diff
diff --git a/examples/server_async.py b/examples/server_async.py
--- a/examples/server_async.py
+++ b/examples/server_async.py
@@ -313,4 +313,4 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(run_async_server("."), debug=True)
+    asyncio.run(run_async_server(), debug=True)
diff --git a/examples/server_sync.py b/examples/server_sync.py
--- a/examples/server_sync.py
+++ b/examples/server_sync.py
@@ -313,5 +313,5 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    server = run_sync_server(".")
+    server = run_sync_server()
     server.shutdown()

```

diff --git a/faker/providers/person/__init__.py b/faker/providers/person/__init__.py
--- a/faker/providers/person/__init__.py
+++ b/faker/providers/person/__init__.py
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes'):
             return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes)
         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):
-            return cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))
+            prefixes = cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))
+            return cls.random_element(prefixes)
         return ''
 
     @classmethod
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@
         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes'):
             return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes)
         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):
-            return cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))
+            suffixes = cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))
+            return cls.random_element(suffixes)
         return ''
 
     @classmethod

{"golden_diff": "diff --git a/faker/providers/person/__init__.py b/faker/providers/person/__init__.py\n--- a/faker/providers/person/__init__.py\n+++ b/faker/providers/person/__init__.py\n@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@\n         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes'):\n             return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes)\n         if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):\n-            return cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))\n+            prefixes = cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))\n+            return cls.random_element(prefixes)\n         return ''\n \n     @classmethod\n@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@\n         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes'):\n             return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes)\n         if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):\n-            return cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))\n+            suffixes = cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))\n+            return cls.random_element(suffixes)\n         return ''\n \n     @classmethod\n", "issue": "`.prefix`/`.suffix` returns a tuple instead of a single value\n`.prefix` (and `.suffix`) can occasionally return a tuple of values instead of a single value when `prefixes_male` and `prefixes_female` (or `suffixes_*`) are present in the provider.\n\n[See here for the code responsible.](https://github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/2af330e09d84306d10921fed00ad2e5cc8e3d36f/faker/providers/person/__init__.py#L93-L94)\n\nI wasn't sure if this was intentional (it's documented to do so -- then again, the documentation is autogenerated, isn't it?), so I didn't make a PR yet, but it's certainly counterintuitive.\n\n", "before_files": [{"content": "localized = True\n\nfrom .. import BaseProvider\n\n\nclass Provider(BaseProvider):\n    formats = ['{{first_name}} {{last_name}}', ]\n\n    first_names = ['John', 'Jane']\n\n    last_names = ['Doe', ]\n\n    def name(self):\n        \"\"\"\n        :example 'John Doe'\n        \"\"\"\n        pattern = self.random_element(self.formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name(cls):\n        return cls.random_element(cls.first_names)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name(cls):\n        return cls.random_element(cls.last_names)\n\n    def name_male(self):\n        if hasattr(self, 'formats_male'):\n            formats = self.formats_male\n        else:\n            formats = self.formats\n        pattern = self.random_element(formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    def name_female(self):\n        if hasattr(self, 'formats_female'):\n            formats = self.formats_female\n        else:\n            formats = self.formats\n        pattern = self.random_element(formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_male)\n        return cls.first_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_female)\n        return cls.first_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_male)\n        return cls.last_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_female)\n        return cls.last_name()\n\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes)\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))\n        return ''\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_male)\n        return cls.prefix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_female)\n        return cls.prefix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes)\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))\n        return ''\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_male)\n        return cls.suffix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_female)\n        return cls.suffix()\n", "path": "faker/providers/person/__init__.py"}], "after_files": [{"content": "localized = True\n\nfrom .. import BaseProvider\n\n\nclass Provider(BaseProvider):\n    formats = ['{{first_name}} {{last_name}}', ]\n\n    first_names = ['John', 'Jane']\n\n    last_names = ['Doe', ]\n\n    def name(self):\n        \"\"\"\n        :example 'John Doe'\n        \"\"\"\n        pattern = self.random_element(self.formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name(cls):\n        return cls.random_element(cls.first_names)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name(cls):\n        return cls.random_element(cls.last_names)\n\n    def name_male(self):\n        if hasattr(self, 'formats_male'):\n            formats = self.formats_male\n        else:\n            formats = self.formats\n        pattern = self.random_element(formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    def name_female(self):\n        if hasattr(self, 'formats_female'):\n            formats = self.formats_female\n        else:\n            formats = self.formats\n        pattern = self.random_element(formats)\n        return self.generator.parse(pattern)\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_male)\n        return cls.first_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def first_name_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'first_names_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.first_names_female)\n        return cls.first_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_male)\n        return cls.last_name()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def last_name_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'last_names_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.last_names_female)\n        return cls.last_name()\n\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes)\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):\n            prefixes = cls.random_element((cls.prefixes_male, cls.prefixes_female))\n            return cls.random_element(prefixes)\n        return ''\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_male)\n        return cls.prefix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def prefix_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'prefixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.prefixes_female)\n        return cls.prefix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes)\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male') and hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):\n            suffixes = cls.random_element((cls.suffixes_male, cls.suffixes_female))\n            return cls.random_element(suffixes)\n        return ''\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix_male(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_male'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_male)\n        return cls.suffix()\n\n    @classmethod\n    def suffix_female(cls):\n        if hasattr(cls, 'suffixes_female'):\n            return cls.random_element(cls.suffixes_female)\n        return cls.suffix()\n", "path": "faker/providers/person/__init__.py"}]}