diff --git a/lark/common.py b/lark/common.py
index 7611a2c..84a4139 100644
--- a/lark/common.py
+++ b/lark/common.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-from .utils import get_regexp_width
+from .utils import get_regexp_width, STRING_TYPE
 
 Py36 = (sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6))
 
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ class ParseError(Exception):
     pass
 
 class UnexpectedToken(ParseError):
-    def __init__(self, token, expected, seq, index, considered_rules=None):
+    def __init__(self, token, expected, seq, index, considered_rules=None, state=None):
         self.token = token
         self.expected = expected
         self.line = getattr(token, 'line', '?')
         self.column = getattr(token, 'column', '?')
         self.considered_rules = considered_rules
+        self.state = state
 
         try:
             context = ' '.join(['%r(%s)' % (t.value, t.type) for t in seq[index:index+5]])
@@ -36,7 +37,36 @@ class UnexpectedToken(ParseError):
 
         super(UnexpectedToken, self).__init__(message)
 
-
+    def match_examples(self, parse_fn, examples):
+        """ Given a parser instance and a dictionary mapping some label with
+            some malformed syntax examples, it'll return the label for the
+            example that bests matches the current error.
+        """
+        assert self.state, "Not supported for this exception"
+
+        candidate = None
+        for label, example in examples.items():
+            assert not isinstance(example, STRING_TYPE)
+
+            for malformed in example:
+                try:
+                    parse_fn(malformed)
+                except UnexpectedToken as ut:
+                    if ut.state == self.state:
+                        if ut.token == self.token:  # Try exact match first
+                            return label
+                        elif not candidate:
+                            candidate = label
+
+        return candidate
+
+    def get_context(self, text, span=10):
+        pos = self.token.pos_in_stream
+        start = max(pos - span, 0)
+        end = pos + span
+        before = text[start:pos].rsplit('\n', 1)[-1]
+        after = text[pos:end].split('\n', 1)[0]
+        return before + after + '\n' + ' ' * len(before) + '^\n'
 ###}
 
 
diff --git a/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py b/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
index a20db07..baea614 100644
--- a/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
+++ b/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 """
 # Author: Erez Shinan (2017)
 # Email : erezshin@gmail.com
-
 from ..common import UnexpectedToken
 
 from .lalr_analysis import LALR_Analyzer, Shift
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ class _Parser:
                 return states[state][key]
             except KeyError:
                 expected = states[state].keys()
-
-                raise UnexpectedToken(token, expected, seq, i)
+                raise UnexpectedToken(token, expected, seq, i, state=state)
 
         def reduce(rule):
             size = len(rule.expansion)