TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given a medical question pair hand-generated. Your task is to classify a given post into two categories 1) 'Similar' if the given two questions have a same connotation 2) 'Dissimilar' if the given two questions have a different connotation or meaning.
PROBLEM: Sentence1: I smoke and drink alcohol, is my sperm healthy? Can it last 7 days inside the uterus?
Sentence2: I usually smoke and drink alcohol, is my sperm healthy enough to last inside the uterus for 7 days or more?

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sentence1: I had water in my ear so I used ear drops for swimmers ear. Now I can't hear and the drops are stuck in my ear.
Sentence2: Do you think it is okay to use OTC ear drops if you have swimmer's ear?

SOLUTION: Dissimilar

PROBLEM: Sentence1: Can you use emla (lidocaine and prilocaine) cream during the tattoo process?
Sentence2: Do tattoo artists provide a local anesthetic cream like emla?

SOLUTION:
Similar