When latex gives the warning "Unused global option(s):", latexrun doesn't show which options are unused. Compare the output of latexrun and pdflatex below:
Test file (foo.tex):
\documentclass[english]{article}
\begin{document}
Foo
\end{document}
$ latexrun foo.tex
foo.tex: warning: Unused global option(s):
$ pdflatex foo.text
...
LaTeX Warning: Unused global option(s):
[english].
...