Database: scholar
Question: how many citations does noah a smith have ?
SQL:
SELECT DISTINCT COUNT ( t4.citedpaperid ) FROM paper AS t3 JOIN cite AS t4 ON t3.paperid  =  t4.citedpaperid JOIN writes AS t2 ON t2.paperid  =  t3.paperid JOIN author AS t1 ON t2.authorid  =  t1.authorid WHERE t1.authorname  =  "noah a smith";