misleading validation error message in selections under a String

[Geal]

Found when testing something else: https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/6035#discussion_r1768865666

With the query query Invalid { me { name { reviews { body } } } } where name is a String, we get the following errors:

{
  "errors":[
    {
      "message":"Field \"me\" of type \"Query\" must have a selection of subfields. Did you mean \"me { ... }\"?",
      "locations":[{"line":1,"column":17}],
      "extensions":{"code":"GRAPHQL_VALIDATION_FAILED"}},
    {
       "message":"Field \"name\" must not have a selection since type \"String\" has no subfields",
       "locations":[{"line":1,"column":22}],
       "extensions":{"code":"GRAPHQL_VALIDATION_FAILED"}
    }
  ]
}

The second error is expected, but why would we get the first one? Is that because the compiler considers the entire name selection invalid, removes it from its view, and then the me selection appears empty?

[goto-bus-stop]

Repro in https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-rs/pull/917