Abstract: An example process includes at an electronic device: receiving a natural language input including a user request corresponding to an ambiguous entity; transmitting a representation of the user request to an external electronic device; receiving, from the external electronic device, disambiguation data, the disambiguation data including: a plurality of disambiguation options for the ambiguous entity; and respective semantic information for each of the plurality of disambiguation options; determining, based on comparing the disambiguation data to user information stored on the electronic device, whether to request user input; in accordance with a determination to not request user input: initiating a task based on a selected disambiguation option of the plurality of disambiguation options; and in accordance with a determination to request user input: providing an output indicative of a request for user input to disambiguate the ambiguous entity.