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: 'there is a chocolate muffin on the plate'. How many words start with the letter 'i' in the sentence.
answer:
1


question:
Sentence: 'a bus stops in order to pick up passengers'. How many words start with the letter 'p' in the sentence.
answer:
2


question:
Sentence: 'small grey and white bird sitting in mud and water'. How many words start with the letter 'a' in the sentence.
answer:

2