Choose the correct version of the given sentence from the options below:

The committee told me that they have already been processed the file.

The committee told me that they had already processed the file.

The correct answer is Option (2) - The committee told me that they had already processed the file.

Explanation:

• This option correctly uses the past perfect tense ("had processed") to indicate that the action of processing the file occurred before the time referenced in the reporting clause ("The committee told me").

Incorrect options:

• "They have already been processed the file." (Incorrect structure; "been processed" implies the file is being acted upon, not that it was processed.)
• "They has already processed the file." (Incorrect subject-verb agreement; it should be "they have.")
• "They had been processed the file." (Incorrect structure; similar to the first option.)
• "They have process the file." (Incorrect verb form; should be "processed.")