diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/util/QueryException.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/util/QueryException.java
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index 0000000..c3eee6f
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+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/util/QueryException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package de.ids_mannheim.korap.util;
+
+public class QueryException extends Exception {
+
+  public QueryException() {
+      super();
+  }
+
+  public QueryException(String message) {
+      super(message);
+  }
+
+  public QueryException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+      super(message, cause);
+  };
+
+  public QueryException(Throwable cause) {
+      super(cause);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/bsp1b.json b/src/test/resources/queries/bsp1b.json
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+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/bsp1b.json
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+{
+   "@context":{
+      "korap":"http://korap.ids-mannheim.de/ns/query",
+      "@language":"de",
+      "operands":{
+         "@id":"korap:operands",
+         "@container":"@list"
+      },
+      "relation":{
+         "@id":"korap:relation",
+         "@type":"korap:relation#types"
+      },
+      "class":{
+         "@id":"korap:class",
+         "@type":"xsd:integer"
+      },
+      "query":"korap:query",
+      "filter":"korap:filter",
+      "meta":"korap:meta"
+   },
+   "query":{
+      "@type":"korap:group",
+      "relation":"or",
+      "operands":[
+         {
+            "@type":"korap:token",
+            "@value":{
+               "@type":"korap:term",
+               "@value":"base:foo",
+               "relation":"="
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "@type":"korap:sequence",
+            "operands":[
+               {
+                  "@type":"korap:token",
+                  "@value":{
+                     "@type":"korap:term",
+                     "@value":"base:foo",
+                     "relation":"="
+                  }
+               },
+               {
+                  "@type":"korap:token",
+                  "@value":{
+                     "@type":"korap:term",
+                     "@value":"base:bar",
+                     "relation":"="
+                  }
+               }
+            ]
+         }
+      ]
+   },
+   "meta":{
+      "@type":"korap:meta",
+      "@value":{
+         "@type":"korap:group",
+         "operands":[
+            {
+               "@type":"korap:term",
+               "@value":"author:Goethe",
+               "relation":"="
+            },
+            {
+               "@type":"korap:term",
+               "@value":"year:1815",
+               "relation":"="
+            }
+         ],
+         "relation":"and"
+      }
+   }
+}