In this task, you need to count the occurrences of the given word in the given sentence.
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Question: Sentence: 'a tennis player is waiting to compete on a tennis court'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer: 2


Question: Sentence: 'a man puts his head on his cat sitting on a suitcase'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer: 2


Question: Sentence: 'there are many people smiling and sitting at a table'. Count the occurrences of the word 'are' in the given sentence.

Answer:
1