instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Ellen told a story to Helen.

response: acceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

He looked at a book about swimming.

response: acceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

John offers few advice.

response: unacceptable

instruction: Is the next sentence syntactically and semantically acceptable?

Fanny regretted talking to Mary.

response:
acceptable