= Sentential complement
An embedded clause serving as a complement, such as “that the toy is in the box” in “she says that the toy is in the box”. The full report can be true even when the embedded proposition is false, making such constructions relevant to distinguishing a representation from reality.<The influence of language on theory of mind by Courtney Melinda Hale and Helen Tager-Flusberg>[Developmental Science 6, 346–359; random allocation to complement, false-belief or relative-clause training]{ref}
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