YES # Compositional parallel critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: F(G(x,A(),B())) -> x G(F(H(C(),D())),x,y) -> H(K1(x),K2(y)) K1(A()) -> C() K2(B()) -> D() Let C be the following subset of R: (empty) The parallel critical pair system PCPS(R,C) is: F(G(F(H(C(),D())),A(),B())) -> F(H(K1(A()),K2(B()))) F(G(F(H(C(),D())),A(),B())) -> F(H(C(),D())) All pairs in PCP(R) are joinable and PCPS(R,C)/R is terminating. Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C. # emptiness The empty TRS is confluent.