In this task, you need to count the occurrences of the given word in the given sentence.
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Question: Sentence: 'a cat is standing on a green bench looking on'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer: 2


Question: Sentence: 'baseball players on the field in the middle of a game'. Count the occurrences of the word 'the' in the given sentence.

Answer: 2


Question: Sentence: 'a woman licking down at a plate of hot dogs'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer:
2