YES # Compositional parallel critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022). Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(g(x)) -> h(x,x) g(a()) -> b() f(x) -> h(x,x) b() -> a() h(x,y) -> h(g(x),g(y)) g(x) -> x a() -> b() Let C be the following subset of R: f(g(x)) -> h(x,x) g(a()) -> b() f(x) -> h(x,x) b() -> a() h(x,y) -> h(g(x),g(y)) g(x) -> x a() -> b() The parallel critical pair system PCPS(R,C) is: (empty) All pairs in PCP(R) are joinable and PCPS(R,C)/R is terminating. Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C. # Parallel rule labeling (Zankl et al. 2015). Consider the left-linear TRS R: f(g(x)) -> h(x,x) g(a()) -> b() f(x) -> h(x,x) b() -> a() h(x,y) -> h(g(x),g(y)) g(x) -> x a() -> b() All parallel critical peaks (except C's) are decreasing wrt rule labeling: phi(f(g(x)) -> h(x,x)) = 9 phi(g(a()) -> b()) = 6 phi(f(x) -> h(x,x)) = 4 phi(b() -> a()) = 3 phi(h(x,y) -> h(g(x),g(y))) = 1 phi(g(x) -> x) = 8 phi(a() -> b()) = 2 psi(f(g(x)) -> h(x,x)) = 4 psi(g(a()) -> b()) = 8 psi(f(x) -> h(x,x)) = 5 psi(b() -> a()) = 1 psi(h(x,y) -> h(g(x),g(y))) = 1 psi(g(x) -> x) = 3 psi(a() -> b()) = 7