instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Brian wiped the counter of fingerprints.

response: unacceptable


instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

it is the tall man coming from England that Mary saw the tall man coming from England.

response: unacceptable


instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Reading about herself in the tabloids always annoys Sandra.

response: acceptable


instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

I pushed on the table.

response:
acceptable