instruction:
In this task, you need to count the number of words in a sentence that start with the given letter. Answer with numbers and not words.
question:
Sentence: 'a baseball player holding a glove in one hand and ball in the other'. How many words start with the letter 'a' in the sentence.
answer:
3


question:
Sentence: 'a police car driving by a construction truck'. How many words start with the letter 'b' in the sentence.
answer:
1


question:
Sentence: 'a dog is sleeping on the floor next to a dirty shoe'. How many words start with the letter 's' in the sentence.
answer:

2