Two Children Are in a Grocery Store and Hear an Adult

Multiple Choice

Two children are in a grocery store and hear an adult refer to the huge apples in the display as "eating apples." The older child understands that these "apples would be good for eating, rather than cooking," while the younger child is distancing herself from the display, hoping not to be the "apple's next meal." This situations illustrates a _____ problem in understanding the phrase "eating apples."

A) grammatical
B) semantic
C) phonemic
D) syntactical