Left join in Neo4j does not seem to work

Question

This is my graph

I am trying to make a query that tells me if the connections from a node of type T exist to nodes of type M. I heard that OPTIONAL MATCH is equivalent to SQL Left Join, but it does not include the the missing link.

Here is my attempt:

START t=node(241)
OPTIONAL MATCH t-[r:R]->(m)
RETURN m.name, r is not  NULL

and the result only has nodes M1, M2, M3.

I also want to include the row M4 | false in the result.

If I modify the query a bit

START t=node(241), m=node(246,247, 248, 249)
OPTIONAL MATCH t-[r:R]->(m)
RETURN m.name, r is not  NULL

then I can get the desirable result, but it requires me to know the ids of all the M nodes in advance.

Answer 1

I felt kinda dump because I found the answer right after posting this.

All I need is an extra match to get all M nodes.

START t=node(241)
MATCH (m:M)
OPTIONAL MATCH t-[r:R]->(m)
RETURN m.name, r is not  NULL