「tax_query」パラメータがWP_Queryで機能しない

「episode」というカスタム投稿タイプがあります. 「episode」に添付されている「video_type」というカスタム分類法には、「bonus-footage」と「episode」の2つの用語が含まれています. 「episode」には、「season-1」と「season-2」の2つの子用語が含まれています(他のシーズンは将来追加される予定です). 「episode」タイプの最新の投稿のみを取得し、「bonus-footage」用語の投稿は含めません.以下は私がこれに使用しているコードです:

 <?php
$some_args = array(
    'tax_query' => array(
        'taxonomy' => 'video_type',
        'terms' => 'bonus-footage',
        'field' => 'slug',
        'include_children' => true,
        'operator' => 'NOT IN'
     ),
    'posts_per_page' => 1,
    'post_type' => 'episode',
);

$s = new WP_Query( $some_args );

if ( $s->have_posts() ) : $s->the_post();
    // Do something with this post.
endif;
?>
 

「シーズン」用語のいずれかの投稿が最新の場合、クエリは期待どおりに機能しますが、「ボーナスフッテージ」の投稿が最新の場合、クエリはその投稿を読み込みます.言い換えると、私の「tax_query」パラメータはクエリに影響を与えていないようです. 「tax_query」を適切にフォーマットしていませんか、それとも何か他のものが不足していますか?

「tax_query」を以下のように設定してみました:

 'tax_query' => array(
        'taxonomy' => 'video_type',
        'terms' => 'episode',
        'field' => 'slug',
    'include_children' => true,
        'operator' => 'IN'
),
 

しかし、それでも同じ結果が得られます.

I have a custom post type called 'episode'. Attached to 'episode' I have a custom taxonomy called 'video_type' that contains two terms: "bonus-footage" and "episode"; "episode" contains two child terms "season-1" and "season-2" (other seasons will be added in the future). I want to grab only the most recent post of the 'episode' type but not include any posts from the 'bonus-footage' term. Below is the code I'm using for this:

<?php
$some_args = array(
    'tax_query' => array(
        'taxonomy' => 'video_type',
        'terms' => 'bonus-footage',
        'field' => 'slug',
        'include_children' => true,
        'operator' => 'NOT IN'
     ),
    'posts_per_page' => 1,
    'post_type' => 'episode',
);

$s = new WP_Query( $some_args );

if ( $s->have_posts() ) : $s->the_post();
    // Do something with this post.
endif;
?>

The query works as expected if a post in one of the 'season' terms is the newest, but if a post in "bonus-footage" is the newest, then it's loading that one. In other words my "tax_query" parameters appear to have no affect on the query. Am I not formatting the "tax_query" properly or am I missing something else?

I've also tried setting "tax_query" as below:

'tax_query' => array(
        'taxonomy' => 'video_type',
        'terms' => 'episode',
        'field' => 'slug',
    'include_children' => true,
        'operator' => 'IN'
),

but I'm still getting the same result.