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

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: 'a living area with couch laptop desk and rug'. Count the occurrences of the word 'area' in the given sentence.

A: 1
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Q: Sentence: 'several people on bikes in front of a building'. Count the occurrences of the word 'in' in the given sentence.

A:
1
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