TASK DEFINITION: You're given a sentence and your task is to classify whether the sentence is acceptable or not. Any sentence which is grammatically correct, has a naturalistic text, is written by a native speaker and which minimizes superfluous content is acceptable, otherwise unacceptable. If the sentence is acceptable then write "acceptable", otherwise "unacceptable".
PROBLEM: Heidi gave a present to herself.

SOLUTION: acceptable

PROBLEM: The dog flopped in the comer.

SOLUTION: acceptable

PROBLEM: Stories about him seem to show up more on the evening news, the more that John gets upset by them.

SOLUTION:
acceptable