Failure to manage home with Ollama when aliases for entity exist

The problem

Ollama correctly analyzes a question like "is the office ceiling light on?" (responding it's off).

But when asked to turn it on, here is the full debug log (the relevant snippet) from Ollama:

You are a helpful assistant with tool calling capabilities. When you receive a tool call response, use the output to format an answer to the orginal use question.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>

is the office ceiling light on?<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>{"name": "HassTurnOff", "parameters": {"domain":"light","name":"Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina"}}{"name": "HassTurnOn", "parameters": {"domain":"light","name":"Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina"}}<|start_header_id|>ipython<|end_header_id|>

{"error": "MatchFailedError", "error_text": "<MatchFailedError result=MatchTargetsResult(is_match=False, no_match_reason=<MatchFailedReason.NAME: 1>, states=[], no_match_name=None, areas=[], floors=[]), constraints=MatchTargetsConstraints(name='Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina', area_name=None, floor_name=None, domains={'light'}, device_classes=None, features=None, states=None, assistant='conversation', allow_duplicate_names=False), preferences=MatchTargetsPreferences(area_id=None, floor_id=None)>"}

{"error": "MatchFailedError", "error_text": "<MatchFailedError result=MatchTargetsResult(is_match=False, no_match_reason=<MatchFailedReason.NAME: 1>, states=[], no_match_name=None, areas=[], floors=[]), constraints=MatchTargetsConstraints(name='Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina', area_name=None, floor_name=None, domains={'light'}, device_classes=None, features=None, states=None, assistant='conversation', allow_duplicate_names=False), preferences=MatchTargetsPreferences(area_id=None, floor_id=None)>"}<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>

No, the office ceiling light is not on.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>

turn it on<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>{"name": "HassTurnOn", "parameters": {"domain":["light"],"name":"Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina"}}<|start_header_id|>ipython<|end_header_id|>

{"error": "MatchFailedError", "error_text": "<MatchFailedError result=MatchTargetsResult(is_match=False, no_match_reason=<MatchFailedReason.NAME: 1>, states=[], no_match_name=None, areas=[], floors=[]), constraints=MatchTargetsConstraints(name='Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina', area_name=None, floor_name=None, domains={'light'}, device_classes=None, features=None, states=None, assistant='conversation', allow_duplicate_names=False), preferences=MatchTargetsPreferences(area_id=None, floor_id=None)>"}<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>

Pay close attention to the last two lines. It's attempting to set the name "Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina" which is very clearly not a light at home, hence the MatchFailedError. That makes sense, since it was given that "name" by the integration itself in the system prompt:

- names: Office ceiling light, luz de la oficina
  domain: light
  state: 'off'
  areas: Office

Given that Ollama (LLAMA 3.1) is failing to understand the nuance of names vs. name, then the YAML prompt given to Ollama has to be reengineered to separate the aliases from the name, rather than unifying them both in a single field. Consider this as an alternative:

- name: Office ceiling light
  also known as: Luz de la oficina

Alternatively, we the users should be given the ability to customize the template again (this feature was taken out a few releases ago).

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.9.0

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Core

Integration causing the issue

ollama

Link to integration documentation on our website

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Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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home-assistant / core