Cheers HazelNuts39,
All - the point I'm trying to get across is that we're in the realms of theory here, and there are too many variables about which we are unsure to be able to make a definitive assertion one way or the other. For example, we know the speeds came back at about 02:10:35 (shortly into the zoom climb) - did this affect the C*/pitch angle transition at any point?
My personal assumption is that the THS may have continued to trim NU to maintain the commanded FPA or pitch angle, but I think it was the continued attpemts to pull up during this process that caused it to happen so quickly.