The phenomenological novelty of gaining an ability is routinely confused with discovering a new fact, but the confusion is a feature of the cognitive situation, not evidence of ontological novelty.

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Cognitive situation(explaining why we confuse two things—it's because of how our thinking works, not reality): The specific way our minds are set up or the context in which we're thinking about and understanding something.
Feature (in philosophical context)(the confusion between gaining ability and discovering fact is a normal part of how we experience learning): A characteristic or expected part of how something works, rather than a bug or error.
Ontological: "Ontological" refers to questions about what actually exists or is real. It's concerned with the fundamental nature of being—asking "What kinds of things are there?" rather than "How do we know about them?" For example, an ontological question might be whether numbers, ideas, or God actually exist as real things, or if they're just human inventions.
Phenomenological(describing the approach to studying self-awareness in this debate): Related to phenomenology, the philosophical study of what it's actually like to experience things and how consciousness works from the inside.
novelty(Central to Bodmer and Breitinger's theory of poetic imagination.): Departure from the familiar creatures and events of the real world, valued by Bodmer and Breitinger as a source of aesthetic pleasure and moral effectiveness.

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