Multimodality in digital assistant systems

A method for processing natural language requests, the method comprising:

• detecting a context of the electronic device;
• in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device corresponds to a predetermined type of event:
• receiving a natural language input;
• determining, based on the natural language input, a first value for a first node of a plurality of nodes of a parsing structure, the first node corresponding to a natural language data stream;
• determining, based on the detected context, a second value for a second node of the plurality of nodes of the parsing structure;
• and
• performing a task associated with the natural language input using the parsing structure, the first value, and the second value.

An electronic device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• detecting a context of the electronic device;
• in accordance with a determination that the context of the electronic device corresponds to a predetermined type of event:
• receiving a natural language input;
• determining, based on the natural language input, a first value for a first node of a plurality of nodes of a parsing structure, the first node corresponding to a natural language data stream;
• determining, based on the detected context, a second value for a second node of the plurality of nodes of the parsing structure;
• and
• performing a task associated with the natural language input using the parsing structure, the first value, and the second value.