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In linguistics, if we say a sentence is grammatical, what do we mean?

Why is it relevant, when developing a theory of syntax, that natural language grammars can generate a potentially infinite number of new sentences?

It shows that language use is creative and flexible, so the rules of grammar can't be too strict.
If children hear infinitiely many sentences, they have a lot of evidence to base their own grammar on.
Our mental grammar must be more than a list of acceptable sentence; it must be able to combine pieces in new ways.

Is the sentence below grammatical, ungrammatical (*), or grammatical but semantically odd (#)?

The students asks after class questions many.

Is the sentence below grammatical, ungrammatical (*), or grammatical but semantically odd (#)?

Ideas uncover dolphins.