Can you put a picture or something so I can help with the question
I would say that all scenarios that are not too complex could be a basis for a short story, but also in principle, you could shorten and simplify any story to make a short story out of it!
So there is no clear distinction.
But among the options, the better candidates are:
a championship basketball game in which a new player is the star
a family mix-up over selecting a birthday present for Dad
the mysterious disappearance of a cake from the pantry
The other options are potentially too complex.
At the bottom of the lake buried
Anything that gets in the way of effective communication
The words in the brackets are telling the actors what to physically do, meaning it would be a stage direction.
It isn't dialogue because that is a conversation between two people.
It isn't dialect because that is how a person speaks. There is no speaking in the brackets.
It isn't narration because it isn't spoken allowed for the audience.
It isn't a description because that is too broad a term more often used for emotions.
