Disambiguation of generic commands for controlling objects

A computer system for performing an action on an object identified from a command, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
• analyze a command to perform an action on a target object, wherein the command includes a term for the target object that refers to a plurality of different candidate objects;
• identify the target object from the plurality of different candidate objects based on historical associations of the term with specific ones of the candidate objects, recent interactions with the different candidate objects, and a state of the candidate objects provided by network devices;
• and
• perform the action on the identified target object.

A computer program product for performing an action on an object identified from a command, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media collectively having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• analyze a command to perform an action on a target object, wherein the command includes a term for the target object that refers to a plurality of different candidate objects;
• identify the target object from the plurality of different candidate objects based on historical associations of the term with specific ones of the candidate objects, recent interactions with the different candidate objects, and a state of the candidate objects provided by network devices;
• and
• perform the action on the identified target object.