In this task, you need to count the occurrences of the given word in the given sentence.

Sentence: 'two women walking down a street holding an umbrella'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.
1

Sentence: 'a man sitting at a table holding a glass of wine'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.
3

Sentence: 'there are many people that are riding a elephant'. Count the occurrences of the word 'are' in the given sentence.

2