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

Q: Sentence: 'a man that is holding a ladle in a blender'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

A: 3
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Q: Sentence: 'a truck that has pictures painted on it sitting in front of a store'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

A: 2
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Q: Sentence: 'there are a lot of people in the store loking at kites'. Count the occurrences of the word 'lot' in the given sentence.

A:
1
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