In this task, you need to count the occurrences of the given word in the given sentence.
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Question: Sentence: 'a road with parked cars on both sides of the street and houses on the street'. Count the occurrences of the word 'the' in the given sentence.

Answer: 2


Question: Sentence: 'a baseball player holding a bat while playing a game'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer: 3


Question: Sentence: 'a man in a black shirt holds up a black cell phone'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer:
3