A method for providing natural language interaction by a virtual assistant, the method comprising: at an electronic device (104, 200, 400, 600, 900, 1220, 1320, 1420) with one or more processors (220, 704), memory (202, 470, 618, 702), and a microphone: receiving, via the microphone, a first audio stream (802, 912, 1212) including one or more utterances; determining whether the first audio stream includes a lexical trigger; in accordance with a determination that the first audio stream includes the lexical trigger, generating one or more candidate text representations of the one or more utterances; determining whether a first candidate text representation of the one or more candidate text representations is to be disregarded by the virtual assistant, and prior to determining whether the first candidate text representation is to be disregarded obtaining one or more pre-mitigation intents corresponding to the first candidate text representation, wherein a pre-mitigation intent corresponding to the first candidate text representation indicates that an utterance corresponding to the first candidate text representation is not directed to the virtual assistant; in accordance with a determination that the first candidate text representation is to be disregarded by the virtual assistant, generating one or more candidate intents based on a second candidate text representation of the one or more candidate text representations, wherein generating the one or more candidate intents comprises: obtaining one or more pre-mitigation intents corresponding to the one or more candidate text representations of the one or more utterances; selecting, from the one or more pre-mitigation intents, the one or more candidate intents corresponding to the second candidate text representation; determining whether the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent based on a relation between the first candidate text representation and the second candidate text representation; in accordance with a determination that the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent, executing the at least one actionable intent; outputting a result of the execution of the at least one actionable intent. at an electronic device (104, 200, 400, 600, 900, 1220, 1320, 1420) with one or more processors (220, 704), memory (202, 470, 618, 702), and a microphone: receiving, via the microphone, a first audio stream (802, 912, 1212) including one or more utterances; determining whether the first audio stream includes a lexical trigger; in accordance with a determination that the first audio stream includes the lexical trigger, generating one or more candidate text representations of the one or more utterances; determining whether a first candidate text representation of the one or more candidate text representations is to be disregarded by the virtual assistant, and prior to determining whether the first candidate text representation is to be disregarded obtaining one or more pre-mitigation intents corresponding to the first candidate text representation, wherein a pre-mitigation intent corresponding to the first candidate text representation indicates that an utterance corresponding to the first candidate text representation is not directed to the virtual assistant; in accordance with a determination that the first candidate text representation is to be disregarded by the virtual assistant, generating one or more candidate intents based on a second candidate text representation of the one or more candidate text representations, wherein generating the one or more candidate intents comprises: obtaining one or more pre-mitigation intents corresponding to the one or more candidate text representations of the one or more utterances; selecting, from the one or more pre-mitigation intents, the one or more candidate intents corresponding to the second candidate text representation; determining whether the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent based on a relation between the first candidate text representation and the second candidate text representation; in accordance with a determination that the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent, executing the at least one actionable intent; outputting a result of the execution of the at least one actionable intent. obtaining one or more pre-mitigation intents corresponding to the one or more candidate text representations of the one or more utterances; selecting, from the one or more pre-mitigation intents, the one or more candidate intents corresponding to the second candidate text representation; determining whether the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent based on a relation between the first candidate text representation and the second candidate text representation; in accordance with a determination that the one or more candidate intents include at least one actionable intent, executing the at least one actionable intent; outputting a result of the execution of the at least one actionable intent.