In this task, you need to count the occurrences of the given word in the given sentence.
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Question: Sentence: 'two cats are walking on wood near a trash can'. Count the occurrences of the word 'are' in the given sentence.

Answer: 1


Question: Sentence: 'a woman in a red shirt holding a cup of coffee and a donut'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer: 4


Question: Sentence: 'a cat sitting on a window sill next to a sports bottle'. Count the occurrences of the word 'a' in the given sentence.

Answer:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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3


