instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Interviewing Richard Nixon gave Norman Mailer a book.

response: acceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Ten pounds was weighed by the package.

response: unacceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

He liked Anson.

response: unacceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

I broke those twigs and branches apart.

response:
acceptable