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

Q: Sentence: 'group of old women sitting at a restaurant dinner table together'. Count the occurrences of the word 'old' in the given sentence.

A: 1
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Q: Sentence: 'baseball players on the field in the middle of a game'. Count the occurrences of the word 'the' in the given sentence.

A: 2
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Q: Sentence: 'a woman sits on a bench next to a statue'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

A:
3
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