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

Q: Sentence: 'woman wearing all black holding up a white surfboard'. Count the occurrences of the word 'holding' in the given sentence.

A: 1
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Q: Sentence: 'some people with a bunch of hot dogs on some big forks'. Count the occurrences of the word 'people' in the given sentence.

A: 1
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Q: Sentence: 'a man sits at a table with various items on it'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

A:
2
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