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

Sentence: 'a crowd of people standing next to a bus'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.
2

Sentence: 'people standing around on the side the orad with a bus and jeep close to them'. Count the occurrences of the word 'the' in the given sentence.
2

Sentence: 'skiers lined up at the starting point for a race'. Count the occurrences of the word 'lined' in the given sentence.

1